Sam Totman

Sam Totman is a New Zealand guitarist who plays lead and rhythm guitarist for the power metal band DragonForce. Totman was born in England, but moved to New Zealand at an early age. He began playing classical guitar at the age of nine, receiving formal training for many years. He took part in three bands of very different styles before joining DragonForce.

Totman is the writer of many of the songs from DragonForce. He was also in a band called Demoniac which laterally featured his future DragonForce guitar partner Herman Li. During his time with Demoniac, Sam was usually referred to as Heimdall. Demoniac struggled to make any real progress at all despite releasing three albums and re-locating to London. Due to this, Demoniac split sometime in late 1999, shortly after the album The Fire and the Wind was released.

Totman is the primary songwriter of DragonForce, writing both music and lyrics for a majority of their discography.

Gear

Sam's main live gear consists primarily of:

• Jackson RR3 Blue
• Jackson RR1T
• Laney GH100L (Valve Head)
• Ibanez Iceman IC400
• A Black Jackson RR3
• A Kramer Vanguard FR440S
• DiMarzio Evolution (Steve Vai) Pickups
• Rocktron Voodoo Valve.

Sam is noted for using most of Herman Li's left over gear, including mainly S and RG series Ibanez guitars.

External links

• Sam's profile at DragonForce.com