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Modern Rock Mega Pack Includes Shredtastic Hits from Muse, Queens Of The Stone Age, Snow Patrol, Bad Religion, Puddle Of Mudd and More

March madness will be rocking fans and living rooms early this year with the announcement of an all-new nine song mega pack for Activision Publishing, Inc.’s Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock and the Guitar Hero music library.

Available now and featuring tracks such as “Supermassive Black Hole” from GRAMMY Award winners Muse, “Sorrow” from punk rock legend Bad Religion and “Headstrong” from Trapt’s platinum-selling, self-titled debut album, the Modern Hits Mega Pack will have Guitar Hero fans around the globe shredding, drumming and wailing long after the shot clock runs out.

The Modern Rock Mega Pack, available beginning today, features the following songs: (more…)

In Celebration of These Artists’ Nominations, Free “Black Rain” MP3 Now Available To Guitar Hero’s Over Two Million Facebook Fans

Headline anthems from Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock – Megadeth’s “Sudden Death” and Soundgarden’s “Black Rain” – have been nominated for Best Metal Performance and Best Hard Rock Performance, respectively, at the 53^rd Annual GRAMMY Awards.  Inspired by, composed exclusively for, and debuted in the game, “Sudden Death” marks the first time an original track created for a videogame has been nominated by The Recording Academy for the prestigious awards.

To commemorate these exciting nominations, Guitar Hero is offering a free MP3 of Soundgarden’s “Black Rain,” the previously recorded song that was finished for inclusion in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, exclusively to all of its over two million Facebook fans.  The free download  begin Friday, 14^th January, 2011, at 05:01 am GMT and end Sunday, 16^th January, 2011, at 16:59 pm GMT.  For more information on the free download, please visit facebook.com/guitarhero.  “Black Rain,” which debuted in a big way on both the band’s first new album in over ten years, Telephantasm, and in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock simultaneously, marked the first time an album has received RIAA platinum certification upon the day of its release.  (more…)

Packing a whole lot of rock into one single day,  Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock is kicking off 2011 in a big way with ten new downloadable tracks for the Guitar Hero music library.  The January Mega Pack delivers Guitar Hero aficionados a full month of downloadable music in one shot and boasts an impressive collection of shredable hits from bands such Nine Inch Nails, A Day To Remember, Hawthorne Heights, The Used and more.  The track pack is the perfect encore to a holiday purchase of Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.

After their on disc appearance with “Wish” in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock , industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, are adding their unique sound to the Guitar Hero music library this month with the inclusion of three songs in the January Mega Pack.  The pack contains “Head Like A Hole,” the band’s first major single off their debut album, Pretty Hate Machine, “The Hand That Feeds,” the lead single off their 2005 album With Teeth and “Closer,” the second single from their 1994 album, The Downward Spiral.

Also appearing in the January Mega Pack are three tracks from American rock band A Day To Remember. The pack includes “All I Want” and “2nd Sucks” off the bands fourth studio album, What Separates Me from You, and “The Downfall Of Us All” from their third studio album, Homesick. (more…)