Harmonix and MTV Games have announced today that it will be releasing a standalone Rock Band Metal Track pack this October. Your neighbors are not amused.
The disc will feature 20 tracks, including six tracks previously unavailable on the Rock Band Music Store: Blue Öyster Cult' "Transmaniacon MC"; Hawkwind's "Master of the Universe"; I Mother Earth's "Levitate"; Motörhead's "Killed by Death"; Nazareth's "Hair of the Dog"; and Rage Against The Machine's "Bulls on Parade." Seems like the "metal" label is a bit broad here, as this one's a bit all over the place, if you ask me. (Note: No one actually asked me.)
All this for $29.99. PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 owners rejoice -- you can dump these tracks to your hard drive for use in Rock Band or Rock Band 2, as you could with the other track packs. Wii Rock Band 2 owners, well... I don't know what to tell you. You can store your DLC on SD Cards now?
If this Metal Track Pack sounds familiar, it's because it was leaked way back in June by way of Xbox 360 achievements. But the full track list is now available for your perusal, and it can be found after the jump.
Songs exclusive to the track pack for a limited time only appear in bold, because an asterisk just isn't enough. Also, dibs on Mr. Dibs when playing the Hawkwind track:
All That Remains - "Two Weeks"
At the Gates - "Blinded By Fear"
Black Tide - "ShockWave"
Blue Öyster 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"
Motörhead - "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"
Contest:
10:00 AM on 08.13.2009
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Harmonix guy 2: Does it have teh drums, teh distortions, and teh weird vocals?
Harmonix guy 1: Oh ya. Check.
Harmonix guy 2: Then ya. It's teh Metal.
FAIL
Yes, yes I do. Thanks for asking! :D
@Aurion:
Definitely, but considering the DLC (single tracks) are priced at $1.99, 20 tracks would normally cost $40. So you know, $10 discount, right? But I see your point. Activision's "we're going to release a new game every 6 months" argument was partially "it's a better value for the consumer." When you look at it that way, it does appear so. But for those who prefer the cherry-picking DLC method, $30 is reasonable for 20 tracks... provided you'd buy them anyhow.
Still, I already own most of this pack. So yeah.
You didn't really need to know that though.
Killed By Death, other than having one of the most hilarious titles in history, is right up my alley. More Motorhead!
Bleh. I like Lacuna Coil and Godsmack, but I already bought the songs, so...no real point here.
[WTB] Lamb of God - 11th Hour (plz.)
That's a good one, Harmonix.
Yeah, I getcha. But as other shave said, this seems to be a pretty weak bunch of tracks. I mean, where's the Death or Black Metal? Where's the Prog? Hell, they could've at least thrown in the other, better Metal tracks for download on the store, like Behemoth, Cannibal Corpse and Whitechapel (Deathcore).
They could've even took some of the lesser tracks in that pack out (like BFMV and Godsmack) and replaced them with those aforementioned better tracks. I 'unno, this just seems really odd that they'd pass up actual Metal in favour of crappy Nu Metal and Metalcore. Bah, call me elitist, but this just stinks...
Damn typos.
Fucking Queens of the Stone Age is not metal...it's not even mall metal
and get ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN METAL TRACKS.
But then, I do like me some Rage Against the Machine. I didn't realize there were more tracks by them.
I can wait for it to be DLC now yay
Honestly, I wasn't expecting either of the franchises to have a Hawkwind track on just about ever. That and the soon-to-be-released Would? are helping to make RB even more enjoyable. Have to say, though, I'm amazed that they didn't go with Silver Machine, I'd have thought that was the more well-known Hawkwind track?
CORRECTION: Needs real Metal.
I only want Bulls on Parade, don't give a fuck about the rest other than 3s & 7s...which I have as DLC.
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