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Disturbed offering new Rock Band DLC via Best Buy pre-order deal
7:57 PM on 05.04.2008, Nick Chester 44 comments

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Hey, do you like the metal band Disturbed? You know, that band whose singer makes weird screeching monkey noises in some of their songs? Yeah, me neither. But there's some pretty cool news for those of you who do.

Best Buy is offering a pretty slick Rock Band-related deal for the band's new album, Indestructible, which is set to hit stores on June 3. Pre-order the album online and you'll receive a download code for two Rock Band tracks, "Inside the Fire" and "Indestructible," both from the forthcoming album. No word on whether or not these tracks will be available through the Rock Band Music Store, though it seems like a fairly obvious move. (Note that the Best Buy site only appears to be offering the tracks for Xbox 360.)

This is the second time that a band has decided to make songs available for Rock Band prior to their commercial release; last month, Mötley Crüe's latest single, "Saints of Los Angeles," became available for just under a dollar. Whether or not you're fans of these bands is irrelevant -- it's just good to see that the music industry is taking notice of the game, and seeing it as a viable money-making and promotional opportunity.

Now bring on some new Shakira already.


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Wedge's Avatar
Wedge at 05/04/2008 20:17
This is a good idea for stuff in general, it'd be nice if some bands that weren't shit would do it sometime...
power-glove's Avatar
power-glove at 05/04/2008 20:24
For anyone who is interested in knowing what one of the songs sound like go here
animateria's Avatar
animateria at 05/04/2008 20:29
OOOOH AH AH AH AHH!
ian_esq's Avatar
ian_esq at 05/04/2008 20:35
Rock band is fun
ZeeJayTL's Avatar
ZeeJayTL at 05/04/2008 20:40
and $12.71 isn't bad either.
Wiid Whacker's Avatar
Wiid Whacker at 05/04/2008 20:46
No "Down With the Sickness" or "Land of Confusion" = FAIL, i'm afraid.
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Shin Oni at 05/04/2008 20:50
Funny...one of my friends on MSN is listening to some Disturbed song...."Believe"

well I dunno nor do I care. congrats to anyone who does it though.
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 05/04/2008 20:51
If these were completely free, I'd get them, but I have no desire to buy this CD in the first place, so no big deal.
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Triox at 05/04/2008 21:00
Ahh, if only we could take advantage of this in good old Europe... Only a few more weeks to go before our wallets get shafted even more... And yes, I have pre-ordered and yes I feel dirty.. And yes, I like Disturbed... And yes, I like saying and yes... and yes, I am slightly drunk... Now where is my Hotpot?
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Kain at 05/04/2008 21:13
Why is it that it seems that anyone on game sites has to flame anything thats metal unless it's Metallica? I highly doubt half of these game bloggers even listen to Metallica, but they're "classic" so they have to be cool. Right?

Not saying i don't like Metallica. I love them. One of my favorite bands.

I have one question though. What do all of you Gamers listen to? I've always listened to the metal, hard rock stuff but every time there is a release of a band like this for a game like Rock Band everyone has nothing but bad things to say. Then when they release tracks from 30 seconds to mars everyone is jumping around like it's Christmas.

Metal and hard rock i believe is the music that is lacking in games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band. The stuff thats actually hard to play and is more technical.

I still think that i liked GH1's track list the best. Pantera, BLS, Ozzy. It might not be your type of music but when you're trying to be a "Guitar Hero" you better be playing something that requires more than three fuckin cords.
Cheeburga's Avatar
Cheeburga at 05/04/2008 21:23
OH WAAHAHAHAHAHA
JoeCamNet's Avatar
JoeCamNet at 05/04/2008 22:22
I wonder if this is for the CD only version or if you can get it for the CD/DVD version....
Anybody try this yet? Are the songs live yet?
conglomerate's Avatar
conglomerate at 05/04/2008 22:27
DISTURBED: MUSIC FOR DOUCHEBAGS, BY DOUCHEBAGS!




seriously. if you listen to that band, stop it.

what do i listen to?
glad you asked.

I ONLY LISTEN TO THE SOOTHING SOUNDS OF BEHEMOTH.
Kalmah's Avatar
Kalmah at 05/04/2008 22:30
Hey now, I like Behemoth too, but I don't mind Disturbed either. Be a little more open-minded.
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Angry Irish at 05/04/2008 23:02
@Kain

I love Disturbed. I listen to them and even see them in concert if I can. But what sucks for me is that it's now a trend (at least where I'm at) for pseudo intellectuals to say that Disturbed sucks. I have even been made fun of for listening to them by a girl who looks like she would cum at the sight of David Draiman.

When asking her what she would listen to, I hear retro bands such as Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, etc and Nine Inch Nails and she is so damn closed minded about it. I hear people all the time saying how they hate Disturbed, but they won't bother getting into what they are about. I'm sorry, but they make some damn good points and messages through their music.

Now, this will likely piss people off, but I'll say it anyway. Disturbed's music is much more meaningful than that of Led Zeppelin. Don't get me wrong. Plant is a wonderful vocalist, Page is a god to me and their music has touched me (then I had to call the cops) and they are one of my favorites. But for someone who views music as art, I can't pick favorites based on who's retro and who isn't. I'm too open minded for that bullshit.

Look, like whatever bands and artists you choose. I don't care. Just don't be a dick unless you're creatively trolling.
Endstiem's Avatar
Endstiem at 05/04/2008 23:23
OOOH WAHAHAHA!

....

Heh.
13thDragon's Avatar
13thDragon at 05/04/2008 23:28
OOOOH AH AH AH AHH!
FreePablo's Avatar
FreePablo at 05/04/2008 23:35
If the singer from Disturbed doesn't have OHH AHH AHH AHH AHH! on his tombstone, he wasted something great.
AngelsDontBurn's Avatar
AngelsDontBurn at 05/04/2008 23:51
I keep forgetting these guys are still around.
GuitarAtomik's Avatar
GuitarAtomik at 05/04/2008 23:54
NO FUCKING THANK YOU.
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jorge at 05/04/2008 23:55
I wouldn't listen to this band if you paid me free DLC.
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ElfShotTheFood at 05/05/2008 00:28
I did hear one of the singles on the radio the other day; it was pretty good, actually.

Oh wait. Am I no longer "cool" because I said I liked a song by Disturbed? The approval of total strangers on the internet is very important to me, you know. ;)
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SpencersGifts at 05/05/2008 00:28
*Irish

I agree. Ive always liked Disturbed. Not my FAV band but definitely very good. I was psyched when RB had the Haunted on there. Kick ass

But I wanna see more metal bands, and NOT metallica, metallica hasn't been metal since the early 90's and thats being nice.

How about Killswitch Engaged? As I Lay Dying? Dimmu Borgir? Fear Factory? Jesus the list goes on. Give us our metal songs Rock Band, and I will love thee
SpencersGifts's Avatar
SpencersGifts at 05/05/2008 00:32
Side note, the lack of "Land of Confusion" is a fail as far as anythings concerned haha
kagai's Avatar
kagai at 05/05/2008 00:57
Disturbed has some good songs, but I would like to see some King Diamond on GH or RB...Abigail, anyone?

Andy LaRocque - FTW
Styles B LKV's Avatar
Styles B LKV at 05/05/2008 01:17
I'm a whore and just did it, I was going to get the CD anyways so this is just an extra incentive.
Syn's Avatar
Syn at 05/05/2008 01:25
I like Disturbed and if it didn't appear that it's only for 360 I might've gone for it. I've mentioned a few times some bands I would like to see in RB and/or GH, but since the question was asked what do we listen to, here's a small list of the music I listen to the most:

Blind Guardian
Iced Earth
Demons & Wizards (thought I should get those 3 out of the way)
Evergrey
Persuader
Dark Empire
Savage Circus
Dimmu Borgir
ICP
Gorillaz
In Flames
Megadeth
Therion
Nevermore
Ayreon
Type O Negative
Sonata Arctica
Slipknot
Tool
Mushroomhead
Raintime

Theres more of course, and I don't like everything by any means, but I think we can all afford to be a little less judgemental about music.
Hoss's Avatar
Hoss at 05/05/2008 01:28
ick

however! purchasing it for a chance to see your singer babble like a 15 year old epileptic cutter is win in my book

also yes King Diamond would be fantastic... id belt that out to the heavens!
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ParaParaKing at 05/05/2008 01:50
This might not be for everyone, but if you like the band and have RockBand, this sounds like a pretty good deal.
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sleepingagain at 05/05/2008 02:15
its not a bad idea for them, since most kids that do listen to this crap download this off torrent sites. just seems like the record company has realized there is money to be made selling to gamers now
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Knives at 05/05/2008 02:25
I'll try to get one of my friends that likes disturbed to get the code for me, if not then I'll buy them if they come out as DLC later on.
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BenHaskett at 05/05/2008 03:08
God, I fucking hate this band. I remember when they were passing around demo tapes with Stupify on it. I hated it then, and even more when it showed up all over the radio.
JoeCamNet's Avatar
JoeCamNet at 05/05/2008 04:34
Syn, did you just suggest that the abortion of music called ICP should be in Rock Band?
Syn's Avatar
Syn at 05/05/2008 05:18
no, not at all
I've suggested several bands from that list be in rock band, but thats just a list of music I listen to the most
Syn's Avatar
Syn at 05/05/2008 05:25
Thats funny that you would think that though, because everything in that list except ICP and Gorillaz would go great in Rock Band
Luigi takes over's Avatar
Luigi takes over at 05/05/2008 07:05
Man, I'm gonna start calling destructoid Flame Club. There was really no reason to flame people who like Disturbed.
Nick Chester's Avatar
Nick Chester at 05/05/2008 07:59
Just so we're clear, my original post never flamed Disturbed. I'm not a fan of the band, but that doesn't a) mean I don't think they're talented musicians, b) think you're "stupid" if you listen to them, or c) think they're a bad fit for Rock Band.

I just want more Shakira.
Jetrockite's Avatar
Jetrockite at 05/05/2008 09:15
WHAHAH-OW!

Shame Europe has no Rock Band. I'm not a very big fan anyway. I've only heard Stricken because of Guitar Hero III. D:
JoeCamNet's Avatar
JoeCamNet at 05/05/2008 09:29
Nick Chester's hips don't lie.

Also, I really want these songs to play like right now, not in June.
brandon85's Avatar
brandon85 at 05/05/2008 10:21
I would cream my jeans if we had some Tool on Rock Band
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VampireChrist at 05/05/2008 13:22
i had some BB credit so i bit
havent received the code yet but we'll see
Disturbed aint the greatest but hey. should be fun

on a side note, i have a Disturbed demo on cassette from back in the day, and there are NO, i repeat NO, screeching monkey noises in the demo version of 'down with the sickness'
im not sure when he started doing that shit

anyhow, i say we need tracks from Type O Negative and DOWN
Dexter345's Avatar
Dexter345 at 05/05/2008 13:42
Oh my gosh, Nick, are you really a Shakira fan?

I went to one of Shakira's concerts a year or two ago, and it was AWESOME. She puts on a good show.
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