DRAGONFORCE's 'Through The Fire And Flames' Featured In TV Ad For 'Despicable Me 4'

According to DRAGONFORCE guitarist Herman Li, "Through The Fire And Flames", the leadoff track from the band's 2006 album "Inhuman Rampage", was featured in a TV ad for "Despicable Me 4", the latest installment in the animated franchise.

On Monday (January 29),Li shared the video to his account on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, and he wrote in an accompanying message: "DRAGONFORCE music on NFL playoff prime time TV ad? Yes, it happened with @DespicableMe 4. Thank you!"

In the first "Despicable Me" movie in seven years, Gru, the world's favorite supervillain-turned-Anti-Villain League-agent, returns for an exciting, bold new era of Minions mayhem in Illumination's "Despicable Me 4".

Following the 2022 summer blockbuster phenomenon of Illumination's "Minions: The Rise Of Gru", which earned almost $1 billion worldwide, the biggest global animated franchise in history now begins a new chapter as Gru (Oscar nominee Steve Carrell) and Lucy (Oscar nominee Kristen Wiig) and their girls — Margo (Miranda Cosgrove),Edith (Dana Gaier) and Agnes (Madison Polan) — welcome a new member to the Gru family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad.

Gru faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal (Emmy winner Will Ferrell) and his femme fatale girlfriend Valentina (Emmy nominee Sofia Vergara),and the family is forced to go on the run.

The film features fresh new characters voiced by Joey King ("Bullet Train"),Emmy winner Stephen Colbert ("The Late Show With Stephen Colbert") and Chloe Fineman ("Saturday Night Live"). Pierre Coffin returns as the iconic voice of the Minions and Oscar nominee Steve Coogan returns as Silas Ramsbottom.

Packed with non-stop action and filled with Illumination's signature subversive humor, "Despicable Me 4" is directed by a co-creator of the Minions, Oscar nominee Chris Renaud ("Despicable Me", "The Secret Life Of Pets"),and is produced by Illumination's visionary founder and CEO Chris Meledandri and by Brett Hoffman (executive producer, "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" and "Minions: The Rise Of Gru"). The film is co-directed by Patrick Delage (animation director "Sing 2" and "The Secret Life Of Pets 2") and the screenplay is by the Emmy-winning creator of "White Lotus", Mike White, and the veteran writer of every "Despicable Me" film, Ken Daurio.

"Despicable Me 4" opens in theaters July 3.

According to Billboard, "Through The Fire And Flames" sparked a watershed moment in DRAGONFORCE's career. The song's inclusion in the "Guitar Hero" video game catapulted the band's international profile and inspired multitudes of gamers to try to keep up with guitarists Herman Li and Sam Totman's lighting-fast riffs. In honor of its massive popularity, "Guitar Hero Live" included the song in its "Shred-A-Thon" on GHTV.