Rock Band Weekly: Number of the Beast edition

Today we got an announcement of some songs coming to Rock Band, not next week but the week after(June 6th) and this is a band that has been requested quite a bit by the Rock Band fans. We are getting a Iron Maiden 12 Pack, yes 12 songs from one of the most requested metal bands on Rock Band! There's a mix of studio tracks and live tracks taken from the bands new documentary "Flight 666." Check out the track listing below!




Aces High(live)
2 Minutes to Midnight
The Trooper
Wasted Years
The Number of the Beast
Run to the Hills
Can I Play with Madness
The Clarivoyant
Powerslave
Fear of the Dark(Live)
Hallowed Be Thy Name(Live)
Iron Maiden(Live)

There is no word yet on the price of this pack but I will go ahead and assume that each track will be 160 Points each with the pack running about 1,600 points. Expect the official price to be announced next Friday, and remember these songs release on June 9th, not next week the DLC next week has yet to be announced.

I am thrilled that we are finally getting master recordings from Iron Maiden even more joyed to know that I will finally get to play Run to the Hills once again, I was so sad when it was one of the three songs that didn't make the transfer over to Rock Band 2. I don't know if I will be picking up the whole pack but I am definitely picking up four or five songs, who knows I guess it depends on the price.

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Guitar Hero 5 revealed and dated!

What seems to be like a every day thing, Activison has revealed a new Guitar Hero! Simply titled Guitar Hero 5 will release September 1st of this year!

Some of the new features include a new "Party Play" mode which allows you to jump into a song on the fly by simply picking up a controller and hitting a button, this feature also allows you to play whatever instrument you want, you are no longer bound to just guitar/bass/drums/vocals.

The game will also be supporting some new competitive modes as well as an impressive 85 song set list comprised of all master recordings, 30 of the songs will be from artists that have never before been in a video game. Check out some of the confirmed songs below.

The Rolling Stones : Sympathy for the Devil
Bob Dylan: All Along The Watchtower
The White Stripes : Blue Orchid
Santana : No One To Depend On (LIVE)
Vampire Weekend : A-Punk
Tom Petty: Runnin Down a Dream
Johnny Cash : Ring of Fire
Kings of Leon: Sex on Fire
Attack! Attack!: You and Me

Some other artists confirmed to be in the game are 3 Doors Down, AFI, Alter Bridge, Band of Horses, Beastie Boys, blink-182, Blur, Bush, Coldplay, Darkest Hour, David Bowie, The Derek Trucks Band, Dire Straits, Duran Duran, Gorillaz, Iron Maiden, Jimmy Eat World, Kiss, Mötley Crüe, Muse, Nirvana, Public Enemy featuring Zakk Wylde, Queens of the Stone Age, The Raconteurs, Rush, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Sword, Sublime, and Wild Cherry.

You can see the game in action and learn more about it by watching this interview from Gamespot

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Rock Band Weekly: ZOMBIES!!! Edition

So yeah, here I am again with Rock Band Weekly. This week is an odd week for Rock Band and not one I am really excited about, we got some oldies, some new metal band I have never heard of, and some 90s band...so yeah, I don't really have much to say this week so just check out the songs below...

Ministry three pack - 440 Points
Ministry - Cuz U R Next - 160 points
Ministry - Lieslieslies - 160 points
Ministry - The Great Satan - 160 points

The Zombies - She's Not There - 160 points
The Zombies - Tell Her No - 160 points
The Cranberries - Linger - 160 points

and yeah that's it, I was expecting another epic week but I don't really recognize any of the songs. Anyone else looking forward to next week? If so let us know in the comments!

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Rock Band Weekly:

We got the Rock Band DLC announcement a bit earlier this week and it was certainly a pleasant surprise, we are(finally) getting some songs from Alice Cooper the crazy ass hell vocalist that will give you nightmares. Of course Harmonix is trying to please everyone, so if you don't find Alice Cooper all that interesting perhaps you will enjoy the Taking Back Sunday pack that will be releasing along side Mr. Cooper. So yeah, lets get to the good stuff, here are the songs releasing next week.

Alice Cooper Pack:
Billion Dollar Babies (Live)
I'm Eighteen (Live)
Poison
School's Out (Live)
Under My Wheels (Live)
Vengeance Is Mine


Taking Back Sunday Pack:
Liar (It Takes One To Know One)
Makedamnsure
What's It Feel Like To Be A Ghost?

Although a price has not been confirmed yet(that will come tomorrow, I will update this post with the official pricing then) you can expect each song to be priced at 160pts individually and you can expect the Alice Cooper pack to be about 800 points and the Taking Back Sunday pack to be 420 points.

For those who may be wondering, the live songs from the Alice Cooper pack are taken from the "Alice Cooper Trashes The World" concert in Birmingham, UK back in 1989, the songs were also featured on the live album "Classicks best-of collection"

See anything you're interested in? I am going to snatch up the Alice Cooper pack, sound off in the comments and let me know what you think of next weeks dlc :)

EDIT: The songs are available now for the same prices I mentioned above, also "Kids Don't Follow" by The Replacements was also released this week after is was delayed last week due to a bug popping up at the last minute, the song is also 160 points.

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Rock Band Weekly: Socially Disturbed

Next week on Rock Band we will be seeing a nice variety in the songs, songs to fulfill the metal fans, the punk fans, and the classic rock fans! The songs releasing next week are...

Social Distortion - Bad Luck
Social Distortion - Ring of Fire
Social Distortion - Story of My Life
Disturbed - Stricken
Disturbed - Stupify
Steely Dan - Black Friday
Steely Dan - My Old School
Elvis Costello - Radio Radio
The Replacements - Kids Don't Follow

Each song will be available individually for 160 points each, there will also be a Social Distortion three pack available for 440 points. The songs will be available Tuesday, May 12th.

I will be picking up the Social Distortion pack and the Disturbed songs, how about you? See anything that interests you?

UPDATE: "Due to a bug that came up late in testing during cert "Kids Don't Follow" by the Replacements will be delayed and not available this week. The team will be fixing the issue to make it available in the near future." - HMXsean

So yeah, if you were looking forward to the song, then sorry to inform you that it has been delayed. Hopefully it will be fixed and releases a.s.a.p.

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