Sam Totman

Sam Totman is one of those guitarists I file under 'serious players hiding behind a sense of humor.' As the main songwriter and guitarist of DragonForce, he helped define a kind of hyper-fast, almost absurdly over-the-top power metal that you either love or find ridiculous. I lean toward loving it. The British-born, New Zealand-raised path is a nice reminder that this scene was always more international than people assume. What I appreciate most is the craft under the speed; you don't write those riffs by accident. He clearly knows exactly how silly and how skilled he's being.

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Name (English)

Sam Totman

Name (Japanese)

サム・トットマン

Reading

さむ・とっとまん

Born

April 26, 1974 (age 52)

Origin

London, United Kingdom

Occupation

guitarist / songwriter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Tiger

• Official sitehttps://www.dragonforce.com/df/band/sam-totman
• Xhttps://x.com/samdforce
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam%20Totman
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1784139

Tags

• guitarist
• songwriter

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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