The folks at Guitar Hero have been racing like they’re in a distant second place and really want to get back to the top.  We’ve seen a huge improvement in the amount of downloadable ontent they’ve ben releasing since this summer and they’ve got another pack to add to the mix.  This one should make the Guitar Hero fans happy:  a new pack from DragonForce including a new debut off their newest album!

The pack, announced several weeks ago, is available as of August 21 and includes:

• “Heroes of our Time” from the new album Ultra Beatdown
• “Revolution Deathsquad”
• “Operation Ground and Pound” both from Inhuman Rampage

DragonForce is best known for their impossibly challenging track “Through the Fire and Flames” from Guitar Hero III.  The song contains 3722 notes and helped make one notable shredder into an internet celebrity this year.

Chris Chike - aka Iamchris4life - claimed his spot in the Guinness Book of World Records under the category “Highest Score for a Single Song on Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock” in March 2008. Hitting 97% of the notes and scoring 840,647 points, he was unbelievably beaten by a rival in May by a mere 10,000 points.  Not content to sit back and take second, Chris once again reclaimed his title when he fully completed the song and hit all 100% of the notes on June 3rd beating his own world record and scoring 987,786 points - all of which was captured on YouTube. 

Chris’s abilities even landed him a gig as a spokesperson for The Ant Commandos (TAC) company which makes third party guitar peripherals for the rhythm games and plans to have a Chike branded guitar.  Chris certainly has Guitar Hero and DragonForce partly to thank for his success so far.  Perhaps DragonForce can help create some new celebrities with their newest releases.