Through the Fire and Flames
DragonForce · 2006
An extreme-speed power-metal benchmark for sustained ultra-fast double-bass.
- Artist
- DragonForce
- Year
- 2006
- Genre
- power metal
- Drummer
- Dave Mackintosh
- Tempo
- 200 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- straight
- Difficulty
- advanced
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
120bpm
Building
160bpm
Target
200bpm
The feel
A straight in 4/4 around 200 BPM. It's fast — economy of motion is everything; speed comes from relaxation, not force.
What to watch
- •Advanced: isolate the single hardest bar and loop it slowly before ever playing along.
How to learn it
Well-known tutorials exist for this one — use the links below, and play along from your own copy.
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Learn it
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