DragonForce are an English Grammy-nominated power metal band from London, England, formed in 1999. They are known for fast guitar solos, fantasy-based lyrics, and electronic sounds in their music to add to their retro video game influenced sound.
“Through the Fire and Flames” is a song by English power metal band DragonForce. The song is acclaimed as the most successful song by the band. The song is a single as well as the opening track from DragonForce’s third album, Inhuman Rampage, and features rapid twin guitar solos by Herman Li and Sam Totman.
The song peaked at #86 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #61 on the Canadian Hot 100. The song has appeared on two compilation albums, is an unlockable bonus song in the rhythm game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, and is one of the most popular songs used by Audiosurf players.
During the recording of the song, guitarist Herman Li broke one of his guitar strings. Despite this, the band decided to keep this recording and left it on the final album version. The album version was recorded in sections and combined to make the final song.
The track was used in the first music video by DragonForce. For the video, a shortened version of the song was used, lasting only 4 minutes and 59 seconds.
During the guitar solos, the camera focuses on Herman Li and Sam Totman, with an inset shot of whoever is currently playing. During Herman Li’s solos, Totman stands to Herman’s left drinking. At the start of the solo, a Pac-Man sound is played by Herman, after which the whammy bar that was used to make this sound is thrown in the air.
Near the end, five shots of each band member are shown, each one from a different angle. At the very end, the camera zooms away from the band, the same way it zooms into them at the beginning.
The music video circulated through YouTube and various music video channels, including MTV2, and was shown on monitor screens during the band’s performances at Ozzfest 2006. The video was once incorrectly titled as “Through the Wire” on MTV2.
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