Vampire Weekend track pack coming to coincide with new releases from metal acts Shadows Fall, Amon Amarth and Dethklok.
Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero's music library is about to get a little boost in January. Events planned include a Vampire Weekend, Creedence Clearwater Revival, up-and-coming blues tracks from artists Tyler Bryant, Joe Bonamassa and Scott McKeon with metal bands Shadows Fall, Amon Amarth and Dethklok bringing the noise.
Guitar Hero 5
Official trailer
1:30Courtney Love not impressed with Kurt's appearance
Guitar Hero 5
Official trailer
1:30Courtney Love not impressed with Kurt's appearance
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Guitar Hero 5
Official trailer
1:30Courtney Love not impressed with Kurt's appearance
Celebrating the January 11 UK and January 12 US release of their newest album, Contra, Vampire Weekend returns to the Guitar Hero stage with a new three-song track pack.
On January 14, fans can get their hands on two tracks off Contra, "Holiday," and "Cousins," as well as "The Kids Don't Stand a Chance," a song off their 2008 self-titled debut album Vampire Weekend.
Metal fans are not forgotten this month as Guitar Hero adds three new artists to its ever-expanding line-up. Making their video game debut on January 21 are three well-known metal bands, Shadows Fall, Amon Amarth, and Dethklok. Players can thrash along to "Still I Rise," a track of Shadows Fall sixth studio album, Retribution, "Twilight of the Thunder God" off Amon Amarths seventh studio album similarly titled, Twilight of the Thunder God, and "Laser Canon Deth Sentence" off Dethkloks second full-length album, Dethalbum II.
American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival comes to Guitar Hero on January 28 with a three song track pack full of their classic hits. Fans should get ready to rock out while playing "Proud Mary," a track off Creedence Clearwater Revivals second album Bayou Country, "Bad Moon Rising" from their third album Green River and "Travelin' Band" off their fifth album Cosmo's Factory.
The New Blues Masters, Vampire Weekend, Metal and Creedence Clearwater Revival Track Packs will be available on Xbox LIVE(R) Marketplace for the Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 440 Microsoft Points, on the PlayStation(R)Store for the PlayStation(R)3 computer entertainment system for $5.49 and for Wii(TM) for 550 Wii Points(TM).
In addition, all songs in The New Blues Masters, Vampire Weekend, Metal and Creedence Clearwater Revival Track Packs will be released as downloadable singles for the Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 160 Microsoft Points, PlayStation(R)3 computer entertainment system for $1.99 and Wii for 200 Wii Points each.
The New Blues Masters Track Pack will be available for the Xbox 360 and Wii starting January 7, and for the Playstation 3 starting January 21.
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