Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that Pantera’s metal masterpiece, The
Great Southern Trendkill, will be available next week in the Rock Band Music
Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii.
With more than 400 artists, including Jimi Hendrix, The Who, AC/DC and Green
Day, who are exclusive to Rock Band, as well as more than 1,200 songs available
through the Rock Band platform and 65 million songs sold through its download
store alone, Rock Band is the undisputed sales and content leader in the
interactive music space, providing the deepest and best selection of artists,
songs and albums.
Rock Band DLC additions for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 system and Wii
Heavy rock legends Pantera are making their Rock Band debut next week in a
big way, by bringing fan-favorite album, The Great Southern Trendkill, to the
Rock Band Music Library. Pantera formed in Texas in 1981 and has been named to
VH1’s “100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock” and MTV’s “Top 10 Greatest Heavy Metal
Bands of All Time,” and has sold more than 8 million albums in the United
States. The Great Southern Trendkill was released in 1996, as the band’s eighth
studio album, reached No. 4 on the Billboard Top 200 and was declared platinum
in August 2004. “Floods,” featured on The Great Southern Trendkill, contains a
guitar solo that Guitar World voted its 15th Greatest Guitar Solo of All-Time.
Pantera released a greatest hits collection in March 2001, titled 1990-2000:
A Decade of Domination, which is available exclusively at Walmart and contains
10 remastered tracks. Additionally, former Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul is set to
release an album called Stampede from Hellyeah, his collaboration with members
of Mudvayne, Damageplan and Nothingface, in July.
Available on Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation 3 system (May 25):
- “The Great Southern Trendkill”
- “War Nerve”
- “Drag the Waters”
- “10’s”
- “13 Steps to Nowhere”
- “Suicide Note Pt. II”
- “Living Through Me (Hell’s Wrath)
- “Floods”
- “The Underground in America”
- “(Reprise) Sandblasted Skin”
(All tracks are original master recordings; “Suicide Note Pt. I” is not
included in this pack.)
(These tracks will be available in Europe on PlayStation 3 system May 26)
These tracks will be available for purchase as “The Great Southern Trendkill
(Album),”as well as individual tracks on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 system, and
as individual tracks only on Wii.
Price:
- $1.99 USD, £.99 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track
- $15.99, £9.99 UK, €12.99 EU (1280 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for “The
Great Southern Trendkill (Album)” - $2.00 USD (200 Wii Points) per track
** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change. **
