Hardest Guitar Hero III Songs

The Top Ten
1 Through the Fire and Flames - DragonForce

Love this song! It's difficult, and there's a Paper Jamz guitar song where, at the end, there are notes that you hit. It's difficult, but not as much as this song, which blows away the awesome concept of rock. It smashes the top 26,000 times! Just listen to it.

This is the only song I've ever encountered on any Guitar Hero that I can't seem to beat, no matter how much I practice. The highest difficulty I can beat it on is Hard, and that's on a good day.

The toughest part is definitely the beginning, where there's just hammer-ons, and I could never seem to get that! I normally get 0% or 1%!

2 Raining Blood - Slayer

Nearly impossible. "Mosh 1" is the hardest part due to hundreds of pull-offs (about 14-15 notes per second). "Through the Fire and Flames" is harder than this, but I've gotten at least 67-69% through that song. This one? I've never gotten past 30-40%. Even though it's unbelievably short, it takes months of practice to get through it, even just once.

Even on easy, this song is harder than the others. When I played this when I was a noob to Guitar Hero, I literally was like, nope!

I ended up doing all the bonus songs and all the other career songs before doing this song.

3 The Devil Went Down to Georgia - The Charlie Daniels Band

Why is this sixth? Surely if there were enough Guitar Hero players out there who played the game on Expert, they would know how hard this song is, not Through the Fire and Flames. That song is only famous for its beginning. After that, it's about as hard as, let's say, Before I Forget.

I never played it, but I have Guitar Hero at home, and I think this is a lot harder than Through the Fire and Flames, because it has incredible solos. This song is just one big solo, like Through the Fire and Flames, but this song is harder.

4 One - Metallica

I've been trying to beat this song for years. I think about it constantly. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night, sweating, nervously singing Guitar Solo A.

I've lost all my friends, my job, my passion. All I do is play One by Metallica on Guitar Hero.

I have beat this lots of times. When it gets to the freaky fast Hammer-ons, use all the stored star power and you should pass that part.

If you pass this part with moderate ease, you should be able to beat it.

It would be easy if it weren't for the first two segments of the fast solo, especially that infamous tapping part.

5 Knights of Cydonia - Muse

This was personally an easy song for me. Like, really easy.

I can see others have problems with it, but "near impossible on expert"? Just learn to play, please.

This is the single greatest song ever. Before I first heard this, I had no idea who Muse was. But because I played this song, Muse is now my favorite band. Thank you, Guitar Hero!

This song is very hard. The notes in some parts fly down the screen, and it is nearly impossible to play on Expert.

6 Cult of Personality - Living Colour

This song deserves fifth place (after The Devil Went Down to Georgia, Through the Fire and Flames, Raining Blood, and One). Its solo is so long and hard that after passing it, I end up making mistakes in the easy parts just because my fingers are so tired.

Knights of Cydonia isn't hard. Once you learn how to shred about 15 notes per second and make it to the tapping part, the rest of the song is very easy. The Number of the Beast is a bit harder than Knights of Cydonia, but still easier than Cult of Personality. Once you pass the beginning, the rest of the song is simple (until the repeat of the starting riff).

7 Cliffs of Dover - Eric Johnson

This song is easy on guitar and Expert, except for the one part in the beginning where you need to keep holding orange or something. But get past that, and you're home free.

I dare anyone on this site to play this on an actual guitar.

8 The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden

The song is tough in the beginning. After the beginning, Verse 1 is not that tough until it gets to the solo!

I cannot play this song at all because the notes come at you very quickly!

9 Before I Forget - Slipknot

Who on earth stated that Knights of Cydonia was harder than this song? Before I Forget is definitely the fifth hardest song in the game due to the insane amount of three-note chords you have to play at high speed, not to mention the demonic bridge. Every part of this track is atrociously overcharted, making it harder to beat than any of the previous tracks in the game.

Pretty easy. The bridge is the hardest part, but it's kind of overrated. The only part that gives me any trouble is towards the end of the bridge, where there's a fast alternation between the RB and YO chords. This usually messes up any combo I originally had, making it hard for me to FC.

10 The Way It Ends - Prototype

This song requires a mastery of strumming and finger placement. It's ridiculous that Knights of Cydonia ranks higher than this. The fast parts in Knights only require consistent strumming, and there are only a few instances of it. Keeping stamina in that song may be hard for some, but clearly, they've never attempted The Way It Ends. The majority of this song matches the speed of Knights, but with quick pauses between the columns, making it significantly harder to keep the strumming accurate to the BPM.

On top of that, you have to avoid getting thrown off by the three-note chords in the pre-chorus and chorus. To make it easier, you need to treat the strumming segments like they are two-note chords and swap between them, which makes the song that much more difficult. To wrap it all up, it has a difficult solo, much harder than anything in Knights. This song definitely deserves a higher ranking than tenth and should take Knights' place in fifth, where it belongs.

The Contenders
11 Nothing for Me Here - Dope

Fast strumming and a tricky solo make it difficult but not impossible.

12 Take This Life - In Flames

This is the only song from the basic GH3 setlist that I've never passed. The strumming is too intensive, and there is no moment for rest. It's way harder to beat (though probably not to FC) than Through the Fire and Flames. In terms of passing, here's my list (including only basic GH3 songs, excluding DLC, so The Devil Went Down to Georgia is not here):

1. Take This Life
2. Through the Fire and Flames
3. The Way It Ends
4. Raining Blood
5. Before I Forget
6. Nothing for Me Here
7. Mauvais Garçon
8. Knights of Cydonia
9. F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X.
10. The Number of the Beast
11. Cult of Personality
12. One
13. My Curse
14. Impulse
15. Cliffs of Dover
16. I'm in the Band
17. Monsters
18. Pride and Joy
19. Holiday in Cambodia
20. The Metal

13 Stricken - Disturbed

I can make it through everything except this song on Hard difficulty. D: Devil's work.

14 Pride and Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan
15 F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X. - The Fall of Troy

I can't believe this isn't even in the top 20. This is, by far, one of the hardest strumming songs in the game. The continuous three-note back-to-back motion, and the insane solo at the end, is crazy. Your fingers will hurt halfway through. But hey, maybe it's just me...

I can do all the songs on medium apart from this one.

16 Slow Ride - Foghat

This song... I literally can't believe this is how I lost my Guitar Hero career. Full combo in all Guitar Hero games, and this song...

Holy crap, it took me a few years to be able to beat this one.

I still shudder when I hear that nightmarish riff... *shudder*

17 3's & 7's - Queens of the Stone Age
18 Mauvais Garçon - Naast

Stupid chords. I hate these chords. I don't want to disgrace any of the other songs on this list by ranking it any higher, but I've always struggled with the rhythm of this song and the speed at which you change between chords. It's not even an enjoyable song to listen to - I have no idea what it's about, and I don't care to find out. The only redeeming quality is that it's like two minutes of suffering instead of more.

This song is really tricky to play, but it's also fun.

19 Stockholm Syndrome - Muse
20 Revolution Deathsquad - DragonForce

What, people? This song makes Through the Fire and Flames look like my morning coffee...

21 Bulls on Parade - Rage Against the Machine

Way too difficult. Failed like 12 times. Hardest song in the game.

22 Monsters - Matchbook Romance
23 Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N' Roses

If you just got this game, this song will be a pain!

24 Rock You Like a Hurricane - Scorpions
25 Paranoid - Black Sabbath
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