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Rock Band DLC: Seriously, 'Hammer Smashed Face' OMG (update) photo

Okay, so since the release of the first Guitar Hero back in 2005, I've been saying, "Can we get some Cannibal Corpse up in this piece? Specifically, 'Hammer Smashed Face'?" I said it mostly joking, because -- and let's be serious -- that's never going to happen, right?

Well, it's happening. Next week, you can download and play Cannibal Corpse's classic tune in Rock Band, and frighten your neighbors by growling the lyrics "Eyes bulging from their sockets/With every swing of my mallet/I smash your f**king head in, until brains seep in."

"Mayhem Pack" ($13.49/1080 MS Points, or $1.99/160 MS Points per track)

Behemoth - "Conquer All"
Black Dahlia Murder - "What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse"
Cannibal Corpse - "Hammer Smashed Face"
God Forbid - "Empire of the Gun"
Job for a Cowboy - "Embedded"
Marilyn Manson - "Disposable Teens"
Slayer - "Black Magic"
Whitechapel - "This is Exile"

Seriously. This is happening. Oh yeah, and that previously announced Green Day Pack ($5.49/440 MS Points, or $1.99/160 MS per track) is also coming out. But I think after you run through the "Mayhem Pack," you and the entire party will be, like, totally spent.

[Update: The article originally said that the Mayhem Pack would be set at the standard three-pack price of $5.49. That's incorrect -- the eight-song pack will actually cost $13.49 (1080 MS Points). Sorry!]


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YONKE's Avatar
YONKE at 07/02/2009 09:37
wow unexpected but very welcome...............more pack like this please.......
Roryzilla's Avatar
Roryzilla at 07/02/2009 09:37
Oh Shiiit, White Chapel? Brutal.
pascuz46's Avatar
pascuz46 at 07/02/2009 09:38
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
Xhumation's Avatar
Xhumation at 07/02/2009 09:41
So I'm getting some Death Metal brutality in my Rock Band?

HELL YEAH!
Zantetsuken's Avatar
Zantetsuken at 07/02/2009 09:45
OH GOD YES THAT IS THE GREATEST SONG EVER
JamnOnTheOne's Avatar
JamnOnTheOne at 07/02/2009 09:47
So...Is the song going to be edited or not?
Zantetsuken's Avatar
Zantetsuken at 07/02/2009 09:50
If you can make out the lyrics to HSF then you deserve a medal.



So it probably wont.
Nick Chester's Avatar
Nick Chester at 07/02/2009 09:52
@JamnOnTheOne:

My guess is that the profanities will be edited out; the DLC content has to reflect the ESRB rating of the retail game, which is T. While I guess it would be possible for them to release the content unedited, the ESRB would then be forced to change the rating of the game at retail (see also: the Oblivion mod fiasco). It's just not worth it. No one is stopping you from not throwing in the profanities when you sing along, though. The ESRB doesn't prevent that. Yet.
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Suff0cat at 07/02/2009 09:52
Behemoth, Black Dahlia Murder, White Chapel and Cannibal Corpse. HOLY FUDGING POOP!!

I will never complain about a week of DLC ever again! This makes up for all the bad stuff. :D
GuitarAtomik's Avatar
GuitarAtomik at 07/02/2009 09:54
Let me know when they put out some Kitty ;D
Qraze's Avatar
Qraze at 07/02/2009 09:55
do want rock band. guitar hero fails to target the hardcore audience.
Suff0cat's Avatar
Suff0cat at 07/02/2009 10:08
@Nick Chester

They can't have an F-Bomb without getting an M rating but the vivid description of bludgeoning someone to death with a hammer is acceptable under the Teen rating? Gotta love that ESRB.

And shouldn't the DLC content fall under the "Game play experience may change online" disclaimer since the songs are being purchased online? There has to be some kind of loophole to end these censorship shenanigans.
Grandmas Boy's Avatar
Grandmas Boy at 07/02/2009 10:13
Black Magic will be fun, but it's about time for Angel of Death. Or better yet, a Slayer track pack.
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-PL- at 07/02/2009 10:24
They call it the "Mayhem" pack, yet there are no songs by Mayhem.
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Controllersaurus at 07/02/2009 10:24
Job For A Cowboy should just disappear off that list and this world. Just shove Arsonists Get All The Girls on there instead and it will be improved and a half.
JerinsFury's Avatar
JerinsFury at 07/02/2009 10:35
I am all for this pack. Especially the Slayer song.
VampireChrist's Avatar
VampireChrist at 07/02/2009 10:40
job for a cowboys demo was good...
anyway, this pack is like a dream come true!
Nick Chester's Avatar
Nick Chester at 07/02/2009 10:40
@Cuntbutt:

I don't believe DLC applies to the "game experience may change" thing. This is just my understanding based on what I've heard, it's by no means case closed, end of story. I don't approve DLC or certify it or work for the ESRB, so I'm just going on what I've heard.

And yeah, I find it hilarious that a song about slaughtering someone with a hammer is "A-OK" but dropping the f-bomb is not. Again, I don't make the rules!

@Grandmas Boy:

Agreed.

@-PL-

In my excitement about "Hammer Smashed Face," I neglected to mention that the "Mayhem Pack" is a result of ROCKSTAR MayhemFest. http://www.mayhemfest.com/
Suff0cat's Avatar
Suff0cat at 07/02/2009 10:46
@Nick Chester

Yeah, I know you don't make the rules. I just had to vent a little and it wasn't really cblog worthy. :)

Also, I'm actually Suff0cat. Hamza thought it'd be funny to change my name a few nights ago and he's clearly forgotten to change it back. lol
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Necros at 07/02/2009 11:06
Sadly, the only Marilyn Manson song I care about in the slightest is "Beautiful People." I wish that was there instead.
vApathyv's Avatar
vApathyv at 07/02/2009 11:11
Shit, Rock Band just dropped the hardcore hammer. I look forward to another week of thinking my leg's gonna fall off like with the other awesome metal packs.
Aurion's Avatar
Aurion at 07/02/2009 11:15
It's about fucking time.

Since they've started expanding the FUCK outta RB and GH, there needs to be an extreme metal iteration. Desperately.

This Is Exile on vocals (trying properly, not just whispering) is gonna be pretty tough considering how fast Bozeman spits rhymes.
gains's Avatar
gains at 07/02/2009 11:34
NES references in songs are always fun.
Nick Chester's Avatar
Nick Chester at 07/02/2009 11:38
@Suff0cat/Cuntbutt:

I was wondering wtf was going on. Hamza is so getting written up.
IroN1c's Avatar
IroN1c at 07/02/2009 12:14
Now all I need is some Dillinger Escape Plan. Then I've got everything I could wish for, at the moment.
witthaus's Avatar
witthaus at 07/02/2009 12:34
Milk Lizard by Dillinger would be awesome. This whole pack equals face melt! Bring it on.
Brandon Undead's Avatar
Brandon Undead at 07/02/2009 12:39
omfg!!!!!!! Rock Band just swept the leg!

Also DEPFTW
TripleZer0's Avatar
TripleZer0 at 07/02/2009 13:08
I am effing excited for this! Finally some death metal for Rock Band. Now they just have to keep it coming.
Naim Master's Avatar
Naim Master at 07/02/2009 13:23
Thanks for the conforting fuzzy image , Nick ...
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TheDreadHawk at 07/02/2009 13:30
The Black Dahlia Murder and Whitechapel? That is fucking win right there!
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Arttemis at 07/02/2009 13:58
This is what makes me want to buy Rock Band/Rock Band 2.

I'm usually a huge vocal advocate for GH games because I like buying the games for cheap once they're old, and DLC prices almost never drop in price; I'm vehemetly opposed to the current DLC content and pricing strategies. There are a few other really awesome seemingly-exclusive DLC packs for Rock Band that would greatly interest me... perhaps I will get around to buying a cheap copy of RB2 and picking up just those few select pieces of exclusive DLC.
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DarkSaint76 at 07/02/2009 14:17
Now we all need is some Darkthrone DLC in Rock Band so we can check off the final item on the "will never happen" list.
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FatherChesz at 07/02/2009 14:22
I agree with the fact that ESRB rules are stupid. One of the album covers in the free 20-song pack that I downloaded has a topless woman in profile. Sure, her boob is painted, but there's enough there to make it awkward to play that game with family. That and the Nirvana cover.
Stahlbrand's Avatar
Stahlbrand at 07/02/2009 14:24
Wow, I just fired up the mp3 of "Horrible Night to Have a Curse" because I haven't listened to it in months; and I salute any drummer with the balls to play that one on expert - I know its out of my reach.
zavage's Avatar
zavage at 07/02/2009 15:02
I'M gonna make my mom sing these songs...
Hoss's Avatar
Hoss at 07/02/2009 15:28
i love my CC but how the eff would you sing that?!? i hope guitar hero gets the summer slaughter tour or something... look that up... for people that think WC and JFAC are 'br00tal'
Zohan's Avatar
Zohan at 07/02/2009 15:35
So...I'm the only one who thinks cannibal corpse fucking sucks
Vedicardi2's Avatar
Vedicardi2 at 07/02/2009 16:29
Slayer \m/
Puppy Licks's Avatar
Puppy Licks at 07/02/2009 17:46
HOLYSHIT! WHITE CHAPEL AND JOB FOR A COWBOY!!!
BREEEE BREEEEE BREEEEEE!!!!!!!
DanMazkin's Avatar
DanMazkin at 07/02/2009 17:55
THIS IS FUCKING EXILE!!!!!!!
*proceeds to grind 2 cinder-blocks together*
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wastedyears at 07/02/2009 19:35
HSF is a good CC song, but I was hoping for Blunt Force Castration or Dormant Bodies Bursting. And any and all Slayer songs (excluding their newest album).
Gh0ulunatic's Avatar
Gh0ulunatic at 07/07/2009 11:29
@Hoss: Nice Try. Summer Slaughter has Winds of Plague and After The Burial. There's that same level of "ZAWMG THIS IS SO BRUTAL". Also, Necrophagist sucks.
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