History Music / Dragonland

* DistressedDamsel: Duviel in Fire and Brimstone

* SurprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage: The band did a cover of "Rusty Nail" by Music/XJapan, and the singer manages to nail the Japanese near-perfectly. This is made even more impressive by the fact that Jonas Heidgert doesn't speak Japanese.

* CoverVersion: Their cover of ''Rusty Nail'' by Music/XJapan, complete with the vocalist singing in near-perfect Japanese, is ''famous'' among the X Japan fandom, for good reasons rather than for the [[SoBadItsGood reasons]] [[SnarkBait a lot]] of X covers are famous.

->[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Thousands are gathering]] [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome as I sound the Century Horn of Mount Farnor]]

* KillTheGods: After killing all his enemies, the protagonist of Holy War [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome singlehandedly]] eliminates the gods and takes their place.

Dragonland are a PowerMetal band from Sweden, established in 1999. Their first two albums, ''The Battle of the Ivory Plains'' and ''Holy War'', are based on a [[HeavyMithril fantasy]] [[RockOpera saga]] named The Dragonland Chronicles, written by lead guitarist Olof Mörck and vocalist Jonas Heidgert. These albums, while applauded for the skill which the band members showed, were criticized for being highly derivative of RhapsodyOfFire’s albums.

* SurprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage: The band did a cover of "Rusty Nail" by XJapan, and the singer manages to nail the Japanese near-perfectly. This is made even more impressive by the fact that Jonas Heidgert doesn't speak Japanese.

* OneOfUs: The band are reported to all be big gamers, especially fans of the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' and ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' games.
** Jesse Lindskog is a Redskins fan, hence the big 'ol Reskins shirt he wears in one of the pictures in Starfall's booklet.

* HeyItsThatVoice - Ever since Starfall, most notably:
** [[{{Evergrey}} Tom Englund]] on Starfall's "In Perfect Harmony", "The Dream Seeker", "The Shores of Our Land", and its [[TitleTrack titular]] one.
** [[{{Amaranthe}} Elize Ryd]] on "Too Late For Sorrow", "Cassiopeia", and chanting in the intro for "Supernova". Also plays Sariel in Under the Grey Banner.
** [[{{Nightrage}} Jimmie Strimmel]] does the growl vocals in a few songs on Astronomy.
** [[{{Amaranthe}} Jake E]] sings with Elize Ryd on Too Late For Sorrow, he even sings simultaneously with Fred Johanson for a moment in [[TitleTrack Under the Grey Banner]].
** [[JesusChristSuperstar Fred Johanson]] voices The King of Westmar.

* HiddenElfVillage: The elves in ''The Black Mare'' and ''Lady of Goldenwood'' as well as the dwarfs, to a greater extent, in ''Durnir's Forge''.

* {{Backstory}}: The booklets that come with each of the “Dragonland Chronicles” [=CDs=] are filled with the history of the universe where the story takes place.

* Determinator: Pretty much all of the protagonists in the Dragonland Chronicles, and some more people in Under the Grey Banner.

* Also happens to the Protagonist of Holy War in Forever Walking Alone.

* OneOfUs: The band are reported to all be big gamers, especially fans of the FinalFantasy and Franchise/TheElderScrolls games.

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: The [[NoNameGiven protagonist]] of Holy War in the “Dragonland Chronicles” becomes a god after [[KillTheGods slaying * BerserkButton: The second Protagonist (Holy War) gets this at the end of Forever Walking Alone.

the gods]] by his own hand after the losing his loved one and achieving an empty vengeance against the Dark Lord and his orcs.