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DragonForce’s face melter Through the Fire and Flames is coming to Guitar Hero Live!

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Through the fire and flames

The Guitar Hero franchise has included some truly challenging tracks for players to suffer through and enjoy over the years. None has been as memorable as DragonForce’s face-melter though – Through the Fire and Flames. It’s a tough track, filled with some truly insane solos that only few have managed to master.

It was first released in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, as a bonus track. Now, it’ll be gracing the new six-button guitar controller for the first time. That’s right, finally, Through the Fire and Flames will be coming to Guitar Hero Live!

FreeStyleGames are celebrating the occasion with a shredathon. DragonForce’s killer song will be playable through GHTV, along with 4 other terrifying tracks, from today, the 3rd of February, through to Sunday the 7th. That’s five terrifyingly difficult tunes, playable for 5 days solid. Here’s what the lineup looks like…

  • DragonForce – Through the Fire and Flames
  • Alter Bridge – Cry of Achilles
  • Lamb of God – Ghost Walking
  • Megadeth – Hangar 18
  • Trivium – Strife

Dragonforce pic

Rivals mode will be enabled too, so you can watch your highway fill with millions of notes, along with an opponent’s. By the end, you’ll both surely be on the floor crying at the incompetence on show.

trivium

For those on the other hand, who possess godly guitar skills, there are prizes up for grabs. Over the duration of the shredathon, FreeStyleGames will be giving out rewards such as player tokens, player cards, and so on, to those who place well on leaderboards.

Once the festival is over, Through the Fire and Flames will be added to the overall Guitar Hero Playlist as usual. For now though, I’d recommend taking advantage of it appearing frequently over the next five days. I don’t even want to imagine how many plays the average player would have to spend just to perfect even a fraction of the song!

Through the Fire and Flames was difficult enough on expert with 5 buttons alone. I can’t even fathom how challenging it’s going to be on the new guitar controller and its 2 x 3 layout!

Last Updated: January 4, 2017

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  1. Oh no. The 1st 5 seconds of a Dragonforce song turned into the worst half hour of my life. tee hee

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    • RinceThis

      February 3, 2016 at 14:05

      See below! ZING! Next time you are over I’ll show you how it’s done! Hue hue hue

      Reply

    • RinceThis

      February 3, 2016 at 14:05

      PS. It’s a pleasure!

      Reply

  2. RinceThis

    February 3, 2016 at 14:04

    I used to be able to play this (when sober, else it sounded like a guitar bouncing down a mountain). I think having 6 strings would actually make it easier.

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  3. Captain JJ 'saurus

    February 3, 2016 at 14:23

    I can’t believe even Trivium is letting their songs be on this.
    Then again…Trivium is a shadow of what they used to be.

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  4. HvR

    February 3, 2016 at 14:23

    Mmmm Dragon Force, clearly all the original guitar controllers have no passed their warranty period and FreeStyleGames wants to make a bit of moola

    Reply

  5. Hammersteyn

    February 3, 2016 at 14:24

    Oh right, this game…

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    • RinceThis

      February 3, 2016 at 14:25

      Just because the controllers are too small for your freakishly troll-sized hands!

      Reply

      • Captain JJ 'saurus

        February 3, 2016 at 14:27

        A real guitar or bass would fit them just fine methinks 😉

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        • Hammersteyn

          February 3, 2016 at 14:29

          incidentally I prefer bass

          Reply

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            February 3, 2016 at 14:30

            Ah, see, I knew it was worth putting both in there 😀

      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        February 3, 2016 at 14:28

        Whereas they’re perfect for your petite goblin hands.

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        • RinceThis

          February 3, 2016 at 14:29

          I don’t know, let me play Fire Through the Flames for your again and we’ll see?

          Reply

          • Hammersteyn

            February 3, 2016 at 14:30

            Sound catchy… STD catchy :/

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            February 3, 2016 at 14:32

            Well I’ve never heard the full song, so okay. 😉

          • RinceThis

            February 3, 2016 at 14:33

            Awesome! PS. You never will!

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            February 3, 2016 at 14:34

            Oh I know. oVG also knows. Your neighbours know. EVERYONE knows.

          • RinceThis

            February 3, 2016 at 14:36

            OvG knows nothing, he’s too busy still discussing the movie from the week before.

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            February 3, 2016 at 14:36

            So he’s off talking about Alien Isolation at least. XD

          • RinceThis

            February 3, 2016 at 14:38

            boom!

          • Hammersteyn

            February 3, 2016 at 14:37

            50 shades of black?

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            February 3, 2016 at 14:34

            Because he talks through the whole thing?

          • Hammersteyn

            February 3, 2016 at 14:34

            Because he plays so kak the song ends prematurely?

          • RinceThis

            February 3, 2016 at 14:35

            You say ends, I like to think STARTS 0_O

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            February 3, 2016 at 14:36

            He didn’t play it long enough for me to be able to judge. 😉

          • RinceThis

            February 3, 2016 at 14:38

            But it stopped prematurely before gathering momentum, surely you can relate to that? *RUNS

          • Hammersteyn

            February 3, 2016 at 14:39

            Oh snap

          • Hammersteyn

            February 3, 2016 at 14:39

            Sounds like he bought Arkham Knight on PC

          • RinceThis

            February 3, 2016 at 14:40

            Time out! TIME OUT!

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            February 3, 2016 at 14:42

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            February 3, 2016 at 14:43

            At least you can return that. :/

          • RinceThis

            February 3, 2016 at 14:44

            0_O

          • Hammersteyn

            February 3, 2016 at 14:44

            At least we don’t need to.

          • RinceThis

            February 3, 2016 at 14:44

            HAHAHAHAHAHA

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            February 3, 2016 at 14:44

            Can’t sell him 2nd hand either. It’s against the law.

          • Hammersteyn

            February 3, 2016 at 14:46

            him?

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            February 3, 2016 at 14:49

            Wow. And I thought I was being nasty towards Rince.

          • Hammersteyn

            February 3, 2016 at 14:49

            I get it now XD

          • RinceThis

            February 3, 2016 at 14:51

            You can’t be nasty towards me, I revel in the attention!

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            February 3, 2016 at 14:41

            LOL
            Wait, you just said that you prefer to say Start, not End….does that mean you just never stop or you never get far enough to end?

          • RinceThis

            February 3, 2016 at 14:43

          • Hammersteyn

            February 3, 2016 at 14:45

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            February 3, 2016 at 14:46

            Terminator 2 “Rich White People Problems”

          • RinceThis

            February 3, 2016 at 14:49

            Give them all Oscars!

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            February 3, 2016 at 14:49

            Hahaha.

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            February 3, 2016 at 14:45

            I shall take this fair insult with pride.
            Because Arnie and Terminator

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            February 3, 2016 at 14:42

            Relate? To other people? It’s like you don’t know me at all.

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            February 3, 2016 at 14:44

            “other people”
            It’s like you don’t know yourself at all. ;P

          • RinceThis

            February 3, 2016 at 14:45

            Quick, fetch his Steam ‘Friends’ list! STAT!

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            February 3, 2016 at 14:45

            I was being nice to you people.

          • RinceThis

            February 3, 2016 at 14:47

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            February 3, 2016 at 14:48

          • Hammersteyn

            February 3, 2016 at 14:48

        • Captain JJ 'saurus

          February 3, 2016 at 14:29

          Petitie Goblin, first time I’ve ever heard that….and it’s accurate! XD

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          • RinceThis

            February 3, 2016 at 14:30

            Shut it eyeliner boy

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            February 3, 2016 at 14:30

            >:D

          • Hammersteyn

            February 3, 2016 at 14:31

            At least he looks fabulous on stage whereas with you people will wonder why the roadie is in the band

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            February 3, 2016 at 14:32

            LOL

          • RinceThis

            February 3, 2016 at 14:33

            Hey man, never diss the roadie

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            February 3, 2016 at 14:30

            There’s nothing worse than an inaccurate insult. It just ruins the whole point.

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            February 3, 2016 at 14:31

            Well, this certainly does make me feel a bit different about all the things that’s been said to me. 😛

          • RinceThis

            February 3, 2016 at 14:32

            BWAHAHAHA

          • Hammersteyn

            February 3, 2016 at 14:33

            I never meant anything I dropped on you in the comments as an insult.

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            February 3, 2016 at 14:33

            Touché

          • RinceThis

            February 3, 2016 at 14:32

            If it’s accurate how can it be an insult!? You kindhearted person!

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            February 3, 2016 at 14:33

            Not many are as accepting to their own flaws as you are.

          • Hammersteyn

            February 3, 2016 at 14:33

            I love having flaws, it automatically lowers peoples expectations

          • RinceThis

            February 3, 2016 at 14:35

            Yeah, embrace them! Not like the sniveling wreaks around us who act like Kardashians!

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            February 3, 2016 at 14:36

            You’re talking about Admiral, aren’t you?
            Damn preppy grammar nazi ;P

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            February 3, 2016 at 14:37

            Why’s he damned?

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            February 3, 2016 at 14:38

            He’s not in the Westernous Republic, that’s why.

          • Hammersteyn

            February 3, 2016 at 14:38

            HAHA!

          • Hammersteyn

            February 3, 2016 at 14:38

            damned to fix errors for all time?

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            February 3, 2016 at 14:40

            Strange he’s not here…
            Let me try something.
            I wunder wher Admirul cood be. I wnt to diskus fings wiff him.

          • RinceThis

            February 3, 2016 at 14:40

            BWAHAHAHAHAH!

          • Hammersteyn

            February 3, 2016 at 14:40

            I wander wear Gunther vent.

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            February 3, 2016 at 14:42

            XCOMWARFRAMEFTL

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            February 3, 2016 at 14:42

            LOOOL!!

          • RinceThis

            February 3, 2016 at 14:47

            BWAHAHAHAHAHAH! PLUS Everything!

          • RinceThis

            February 3, 2016 at 14:37

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            February 3, 2016 at 14:35

            >:D
            ^ those are my brows, btw

        • HvR

          February 3, 2016 at 14:30

          So many jokes in this thread

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      • Hammersteyn

        February 3, 2016 at 14:29

        troll hands…. well that explains the warts

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    • Captain JJ 'saurus

      February 3, 2016 at 14:27

      *sigh

      Reply

  6. Dresden

    February 3, 2016 at 14:25

    Would love to try Hangar 18 out! Such a good song with amazing solos.

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