Sam Totman is a guitarist and main songwriter 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 was in the black metal band Demoniac, which featured his future DragonForce guitar partner Herman Li. During his time with Demoniac, Sam was usually referred to as Heimdall (Norse God of vigilance.) 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. Most of the members went on to form power metal band DragonHeart, which later became known as DragonForce. Keyboardist Steve Williams and bassist Steve Scott left DragonHeart to form Power Quest who Sam recorded with on the first album, Wings of Forever and provided guest instrumentation on the following album, Neverworld.
Totman is the primary songwriter of DragonForce, writing both music and lyrics for a majority of their discography.
Totman is also known for his energetic live performances, as he usually pulls off several "stunts".
Gear
* Ibanez STM - Sam Totman Signature Model
* Ibanez VBT700 Custom V
* Jackson Custom Flying V
* Ibanez IC400 Iceman
* Ibanez Iceman ICT700
* Peavey XXX Cab
* Before Totman started playing Ibanez guitars, he used to play a Jackson RR3.
* When Totman first joined Dragonforce, he started playing a Kramer Vanguard.
(from Wikipedia)
