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Dragonrider

Where thunder forever Strikes

About Me

The band Started its Musical Journey back in 2001 when Songwriter Ra'ed Miqdadi Decided to form his own band and left his former band (Virgin Killer). Having trouble finding Musicians with the same taste in music he moved alone till he formed Valderia now Dragonrider. with past members.Ala' Qarakeesh: Vocals Mohammed Tal'at: Guitars Hazem Amari: Bass
Firas Kyali: Drumsthat band didnt last very long and had a split up, due to diffrent problems.Later Amer Qashlan joined as a rythym guitar player, together with Ra'ed they did various sounds but he had to leave the band after a whole year.later Anas Hatahet joined forces in 2006 and recorded some songs with Ra'ed.Later on the band finaly found the best bass player they could ever ask for. Mohammed Hijjawi Joins Forces.After that the band met up with the young Drummer Ala' who seemed interested in the band. Ala' Joins the Ride. The band has many influnces in metal music. .the Dragonrider is a band that fights depression and go against brutality and violence, and calls out for the human in all of us, in an epic way.Our main goal is to play Music and we believe in the old bands, the masters who raised the Heavy Metal Flag. So we will play Metal to our best of abilities nothing less.The band is currently getting many contacts so we had to produce better sound than the songs which are currently on this page. the band is at Phex Studio recording the 1st Album Musical Sword.we will keep you informed with any news that may occur.Here is the track list from our Album: 1- Prelude 2- Follow your Heart 3- The World is Yours 4- As we raise the flags of war 5- Valley of Dreams 6- Ride the Dragon 7- Final Fantasy (Instrumental) we use:

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/19/2007
Band Members: Omar: Vocals Favorite bands: Dio, Helloween, Manowar, Savatage, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, and alot of power and heavy metal bands. Favorite Singers: Roger Waters, Jon Oliva, Andi Deris, Ronnie James Dio, Klaus Meine, Tony Martin, Eric Adams, Rob Rock, Bruce Dickinson, Robin McAuley. Favorite Drinks: Apple, Vodka , Beer. Favorite Food: My moms kooking :P Goals: To be remembered by the world Fears: Snakes only :) Likes: Music all the time , Video Games. Dislikes: stupidity , and fly sound near the ears , mono speakers , Nokia , being kicked out of puplic places , summer. Rad the Mad: Lead and Rhythm Guitars, Favorite Bands: Helloween, Gamma Ray, Running Wild, Black Sabbath, Manowar, DIO, W.A.S.P, Saxon, Savatage, Accept, Blind Guardian, Axel Rudi Pell, Stormwitch, Grave Digger, Riot. Favorite Guitar players: George Lynch, Eddie Van Halen, Michael Schenker, Axel Rudi Pell, Criss Oliva, Randy Rhoads, Kai Hansen, Michael Wiekath, Andrea Martongelli, Steve Howe, Alex Lifeson, Steve Lukather, Adrian Smith, Steve Clark, David Shankle, John Norum, Tony Iommi, Angus Young, Gary Moore, Ritchie Blackmoore, Vinnie Moore. EX-Bands: Anatomy,Requiem, Virgin Killer, Dust N' Bones, Overture. Favorite Drinks: Pepsi Cola, Mineral Water and Beers of course. Favorite Food: hmmmm That would be food. Goals: To become a better songwriter. Fears: Losing someone dear to me. Likes: Music, Hanging out with friends, reading, sleeping, the day off job, Japanese animation and comic books, Japanese RPG Video Games. Dislikes: Job, as well as many things. Places you like to tour: anywhere where true Metalheads Dwell. Waleed: Lead and Rhythm guitars Favorite bands: Helloween, Gamma Ray, Kiss, Megadeth, Blind Guardian, Running Wild, Manowar. Favorite Guitar Players: Vinnie Moore, Greg Howe, George Lynch, Eddie Van Halen. Nader Elnatsheh: Bass Guitar Favorite Bands: Death, Control Denied, Testament, Destruction, Kreator, Violator, Slammer, Forbidden, Old Sepultura, Black Sabbath, DIO , W.A.S.P, AC/DC, MSG, Leatherwolf, Metal Church. Favorite Bass players: Steve Digeorgio, Geezer Buttler, Steve Harris, Greg Christian, Joey Demaio. Favorite Drinks:Gin, Vodka, Beers, Wine, Mineral Water. Favorite Food: Junk Food, Soup, Eggs. Goals: there's nothing to live for. Fears: I Fear nothing. Likes: Metal Music, Hang out and getting lost on the road, Playing tours everywhere, Being with my Friends. Dislikes: everything. Places you like to tour: All over the World. Ala' Dragonfire: Drums Favorite bands: Death, Stryper, Riot, Savatage, AC/DC, Manowar, Testament, Black Sabbath. W.A.S.P, Dio, Helloween, Ritchie Black Moore nights, Power quest, Blind Guardian, Running wild, Iron maiden, Rainbow, Iron Fire, At Vance, Rush, Steel Attack, Gamma Ray, Accept, Falconer, Skylark, Y&T, Giant, Axel Rudi Pell, Van Halen, Stormwitch, Scorpions. Favorite Drummers: Mike Terrana , Gene Hoglan, Niel Peart, Phil Rudd, Scott Colombus, Cozy Powell, Simon wright. Favorite Drinks: Vodka, Beer, Water, Nescafe. Favorite Food: Italian Food, Chinese Food, Junk Food, My Mother's Food. Goals: To Become A Great Drummer And To Stay With My Band Forever. Fears: To Lose The People That I Love And Care for And Not to Become The Man I want to be. .. Likes: Metal Music, Vodka, To Stay All Night With My Friends In The Streets, Wolves, Animation, Sleeping, Video Games. Dislikes: Everything stupid, Commercial Music, (Metallica). Places you like to tour: Germany, Russia, Japan, And Wherever The True Metal Music Plays.
Influences: Black Sabbath, Helloween, DIO, Manowar, Running Wild, W.A.S.P, Axel Rudi Pell, Scorpions, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Saxon, Savage Grace, CJSS, Chastain, Steeler, Angel Witch, Grave Digger, Riot, Savatage, Stormwitch, Blind Guardian, Gamma Ray, Tyran Pace, Metal Church, Megadeth, TestAmenT, Dokken back in the George Lynch days. Any great metal music has a big influence on us.
Sounds Like: Optimistic Metal Music, Fast , loud and Melodic.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Another thing comin’

Our bass player Leaves the band as he got married and will be leaving the country very soon.The band kept on searching for another bass player.and Finally our Friend Warrior Nader Joined Forces with t...
Posted by Dragonrider on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:29:00 PST

changes

Hello everybody.Some nice changes were made at our page.and the offical artwork has been uploaded.another song has been uploaded it's entitled beyond the stars.though it may sound a bit strange this s...
Posted by Dragonrider on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 06:25:00 PST

Latest news

hello everyone.maybe you've already seen or heard the latest version of valley of Dreams.we're so happy that our vocalist did the job.we hope u will like it as well.please take care everyone.and stay ...
Posted by Dragonrider on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 04:29:00 PST

Final Fantasy

the Instrumental entitled as Final Fantasy was made after Ra'ed Played the game (Final Fantasy 9) which was released on the PSX. It really inspiered me alot , you know the gameplay, the storyline it's...
Posted by Dragonrider on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:18:00 PST

congratulations :)

This is the latest news for our band.the Demo CD is still going fine.the final touches are all that is left to complete the Demo.The artwork will be on our page soon also.We would love to congratulate...
Posted by Dragonrider on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 01:27:00 PST

New stuff

Hello again everyone.it's been a while since we last had the time to get in touch with all our friends.we're terribly sorry about that.as you can see the search is over for a lead singer and another g...
Posted by Dragonrider on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:45:00 PST

the band's situation

Hi everyone. our band is currently recording the Demo CD. and we are working on it and everything else like the artwork and other related stuff. the band had a line up changes since more members joine...
Posted by Dragonrider on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 07:37:00 PST