Rock Band About To Get VERY Metal

posted by Dan on January 31st, 2008 in Music, Rock Band, Video Games

At the Gates EA/Harmonix’s hit video game Rock Band has stayed true to the plan of new music downloads every week. We’ve seen some great download packs every Tuesday, including Coheed And Cambria, The Hives, Rush, etc. The latest announcement for March’s release schedule kicks the download content to a whole new level of awesome. Xbox 360 Fanboy is reporting that not only is there a Nine Inch Nails-themed three-pack, and a new Metal three pack including Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Metallica (which honestly are awesome but we’ve come to expect from Rock Band and Guitar Hero at this point).

The really shocking thing is that there’s going to be a “Thrash Three Pack” including a song from At The Gates! It’s shocking to see the highly influential, yet relatively obscure Swedish death-metal band get this kind of recognition, especially considering they haven’t released new music in over 10 years. Yes, they’re doing some international reunion shows and some rumored US dates, and Slaughter of the Soul was recently reissued. Still - we doubt anyone saw this coming.

Guess we’ll be rocking out some “Blinded by Fear” soon enough, now who can we find to sing like Tomas Lindberg? Check the full March Rock Band release schedule after the jump.

Week of March 4th
Thrash Three Pack
“Blinded by Fear” by At The Gates
“Thrasher” by Evile
“Shadow World” by Haunted

Week of March 11th
“Shooting Star” as made famous by Bad Company*
“Simple Man” by Lynyrd Skynyrd
“Message in A Bottle” by Police

Week of March 18th
NIN Three Pack
“March of the Pigs” by Nine Inch Nails
“The Collector” by Nine Inch Nails
“The Perfect Drug” by Nine Inch Nails

Week of March 25th
Medal Three Pack
“Wrathchild” as made famous by Iron Maiden*
“Supernaut” as made famous by Black Sabbath*
“Fuel” by Metallica