Posts Tagged ‘Metal’

There so much buzz around the Rock Band Network this week, I nearly forgot that we have our weekly regular DLC announcement.   OK, I maybe I didn’t nearly forget, but I am pretty damn excited for the Rock Band Network to go live.  There is going to be a LOT of content that you love on there, as well as even more content for you to explore.  But we’re not talking about that now… we’re talking about next week’s DLC, so let’s get on with it…

• Blue Öyster Cult – “Godzilla”
• Blue Öyster Cult – “Transmaniacon MC”
• Hawkwind – “Master of the Universe”
• I Mother Earth – “Levitate”
• Motörhead – “Killed by Death ‘08”
• Nazareth – “Hair of the Dog” (2008 re-recording)
• Rage Against the Machine – “Bulls on Parade”

[Official announcement]

I like when Harmonix announces the Classic Rock track pack, and even the Country tack pack was alright, but now this one has me amped! Looks like Harmonix has finally officially announced that the Metal track pack will be available on October 13th for the Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, and Nintendo Wii for $29.99.  As with the other disc-based track packs, the songs new to this track pack will be exclusive for a limited time, and will then be available as DLC.  Entire track listing include below:

• All That Remains – Two Weeks
• At the Gates – Blinded By Fear
• Black Tide – ShockWave
• Blue Oyster Cult – Transmaniacon MC*
• Bullet For My Valentine -  Waking the Demon
• Children of Bodom -  Are You Dead Yet
• Evile – Thrasher
• Godsmack – I Stand Alone
• The Haunted – D.O.A.
• Hawkwind – Master Of The Universe*
• I Mother Earth – Levitate*
• In This Moment – Forever
• Judas Priest – Screaming for Vengeance
• Lacuna Coil – Closer
• Lamb of God – Laid to Rest
• Motorhead – Killed by Death*
• Nazareth – Hair of the Dog*
• Queens of the Stone Age – 3’s & 7’s
• Rage Against The Machine – Bulls On Parade*
• Yngwie Malmsteen – Red Devil

* Denotes exclusive track

[Official Harmonix announcement]

Rumored earlier this year, it appears that thanks to the Entertainment Software Rating Board, sometime in the near future we will have a new track pack for Rock Band featuring all metal songs! Here’s what the ESRB statement says:

This is a music and rhythm simulation game in which players can perform songs along with on-screen avatars. Players simulate playing guitar, bass, or drums and are scored based on the accuracy of notes hit. Some song lyrics contain expletives (e.g., “b*tch” and “hell”) as well as allusions to violence (e.g., “Forced into submission…A strip of tape that kills the screams…Surgical steel twist the flesh”). Some songs also mention alcohol products or indirectly reference drugs (e.g., “Beers and barracuda, reds and monocaine” and “Doped up soul-Senses numb”).

Based on some the lyrical clues above and the lyrics search engine lyricrat.com, you can figure out at least two of the songs on the Track Pack: Haunted – “DOA” (…A strip of tape that kills the screams…) and Blue Oyster Cult – “Transmaniacon MC” (…Beers and barracuda…).  Also, if you look at Harmonix’s RBN “Offensive Content Guidelines” page, you can clearly see a reference to Nazareth’s “Hair of the Dog.”  These also appear to be corroborated by the rumored achievements listed here.  With all this info, these are just some of the songs expected to be on disc:

• Motorhead “Killed by Death”*
• Hawkwind “Master of the Universe”*
• Blue Oyster Cult “Transmaniacon MC”*
• Nazareth “Hair of the Dog”*
• Yngwie Malmsteen “Red Devil”
• Judas Priest “Screaming for Vengeance”
• Lacuna Coil “Closer”
• In This Moment “Forever”
• Queens of the Stone Age “3’s and 7’s”
• Evile “Thrasher”
• The Haunted “D.O.A.”
• At the Gates “Blinded by Fear”
• Lamb of God “Laid to Rest”

* – Denotes songs not currently released as DLC

According to the ESRB statement, the track pack will be released for the Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, PS3, and PS2.  No release date has yet been announced.

According to some sleuthing on the Rock Band message boards, it looks like someone has been able to find some references to new songs not currently listed as DLC via the Xbox 360 achievements on the Rock Band Metal Pack disc. A French site appears to be listing all the achievements for the still unreleased game. Chalk it up as a rumor for now until it is confirmed, but I can’t wait to get my hands on this one! The (potential) new tracks are listed below, but check out the links above to see the rumored rest of the songs from the game, as well as the possible achievements:

• Motorhead – Killed by Death
• Hawkwind – Master of the Universe
• Blue Oyster Cult – Transmaniacon MC
• Nazareth – Hair of the Dog

[via @S1ckH4nds]