Posted by Alix Vallecillo on January 27, 2016
The internet is such a wonderful place, full of creative people who make beautiful art like Decrepit birth’s drummer fart metal or Rob Scallon’s whaky banjo covers. The latest work of majesty released comes from youtuber GuitarHeroFailure who got tired of getting his videos taken down due to Youtube’s copyright infringement and decided to hum the song […]
Posted by Gabby Vice on June 18, 2015
Initially, when Guitar Hero announced its track listing for their franchise reboot Guitar Hero Live, people weren’t too happy. We contributed to the general disdain of disappointed metal fans everywhere (but mostly on Facebook) when we revealed that the tracks on this particular roster would include an interesting array of songs from Ed Sheeran to even […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on April 14, 2015
For a while around 8 years ago or so, if you were playing a video game at home, it was probably Guitar Hero or Rock Band. Then the market got oversaturated, people got bored, and plastic guitars and drum sets littered sidewalks like tumbleweeds in a desert. Of course, now that next-gen systems are out […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on March 5, 2015
A few weeks ago, we reported that there was some interest and buzz about a new Rock Band game coming to next-gen consoles. It turns out that that’s indeed happening, as Harmonix, creators of the franchise, have announced that Rock Band 4 will be coming later this year to Playstation 4 and XBox One, the first upgrade […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on February 24, 2015
About ten years ago, the Guitar Hero and Rock Band franchise were a new and exciting fusion of music and video games. Many gamers were turned on to music, much of it heavy, by playing the games. Dragonforce and The Sword were among the bands that got popularity boosts by having their music featured in the games. […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on February 10, 2014
A few years ago, we ran a list of our top five most metal video games. It took a while for website Game Trailers to come up with their own list, but they’ve just unveiled their top 10 most metal video games. They disqualified our #1 pick right off the bat (which was the Guitar Hero […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on November 19, 2012
Since their first album, Age of Winters, was released in 2006, The Sword have been carrying the torch for good old-fashioned riffy rock and roll. After three albums on Kemado, the Austin quartet got new management and signed with Razor & Tie for their latest album, Apocryphon. The album debuted in the top 20, shattering sales records […]
Posted by Metal Insider on April 2, 2012
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Combining metal and video games is the most peanut butter/chocolate combinations ever. Both relatively appeal to younger males (and cool females, just sayin’). It’s also a way to brand a game as edgier than, say, Pokemon. While the inclusion of […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on April 12, 2011
Darkest Hour songs “Savor the Kill,” “Beyond the Life You Know” and “Doomsayer (The Beginning of the End)” are now available on the Guitar Hero Music Library. The Darkest Hour Track Pack is available for $5.49 or as individual downloads for $1.99, which is as good a reason as any to dust off your guitar controller.
Posted by Zach Shaw on March 18, 2011
Axl Rose’s lawsuit against Activision has received a trial date of January 23, 2012.
