RBN Community Spotlight : March 2012

[Arcanon]

We're preparing our announcement for today. Until then, we're going to recap everything we've announced/released a video of this month in case you missed it. Each video is 1:12 long (except Humanoid, which is 1:43 and shows the full song) so those of you without much time can get a nice idea of what's coming.

Zing Experience - Faster than a Bullet (Guitar/vocals only acoustic song)
Rocket Ship Resort - Postcard (Pop-Electronica)
SIMPL3JACK - Lizard Wash (Grunge-y punk)
SIMPL3JACK - Humanoid (Short, fast punk)
Broken Equilibrium - Devour (Pure hard rock) (2x Bass Pedal shown)
Broken Equilibrium - Separation (Soft/hard rock)
Winter Crescent - My Last Will (6-minute prog metal) (2x Bass Pedal shown)
Winter Crescent - Winter Crescent (3-minute prog metal) (2x Bass Pedal shown)
Straight Outta Junior High - Dudes and Guys and Things and Stuff (Fast-paced punk-ish pop-rock)
Lechuga - O Vurdón (Dream Theater-ish instrumental prog track) (2x Bass Pedal shown)

Also, have a new preview video while I'm at it:

SIMPL3JACK - Terrance is an Alien (Pop-punk about an alien)

It's a lot of stuff, so there should be something there for everyone.

[ThatAuthoringGroup]

That storm is moving in so I'm going to go ahead and start rapid firing off posts for our announcements just to be safe. I wanted to stretch this out for the whole day, but if the power goes away, then I don't know when I can announce the remainder.

SOOOO better safe than sorry and get these out

So here is a band with one of the most metal names ever : Wolfcrusher and their song Skeletonizer!
http://youtu.be/qtmx440jsGM

We're working on this now and should hit testing in the next couple weeks!

[jibjqrkl]

This just in, this song does a better job at being Mastodon than Mastodon! O:

cipher. did you ever listen to Mastodon?
they sound nothing alike!!!

[Cipher_Peon]

cipher. did you ever listen to Mastodon?
they sound nothing alike!!!

I've listened to the song they have in RB2, the song from RBN, and the DLC by them. Oh and the whole Megalodon album. I was trying really really hard to like them. REALLY REALLY HARD.

The guitar in Skeletonizer is really cool, but it has screamo vocals so it has a very very slim chance of me liking it. Even Nemesis, the only screamo song I enjoy (and I effing love that song), took me an incredible amount of time to like. Like, it took me months of listening to it to get me to like it.

[ThatAuthoringGroup]

Here's some returning favorites from Rock Band Network 1.0 with all new RB3 versions (including harmonies, keys, and pro drums!)

Ultra Saturday - Not My Fault! (album version)
http://youtu.be/ym17cfcY7f0

and Ultra Saturday - Superhero (album version)
http://youtu.be/zCoH5WidlmI

[grumblevolcano]

Oh and the whole Megalodon album.

The album containing Megalodon is called Leviathan.

[Cipher_Peon]

The album containing Megalodon is called Leviathan.

It's been a while since I listened to it. Whoops

And I think Ultra Saturday was always a good band, but not really purchase worthy. These songs are no exception. Dawn of the Condoms is pretty cool, though.

[ThatAuthoringGroup]

Next up from our partners at Season of Mist is legendary doom metal pioneers Saint Vitus.

Founded in 1978, they've been credited as one of the first doom metal bands, and have released 11 albums over the past 34 years.

We'll be bringing the track Blessed Night from their newest album Lillie: F-65, which will be released on March 27, 2012.

We're working on the track now, and it should hit testing in the next week or so. Meantime here's a live version of the song to give you a taste of what to expect (the version we're working on is a studio/album version for those curious).

http://youtu.be/WZOPUO4YBns

[FairwoodStudios]

All of those songs, including Foundation* (now available on Xbox and PS3!) you can download for free at http://anunkindness.bandcamp.com

* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S95mIRwoRM

"an Unkindness", also a good way to describe their Bandcamp's color scheme. >_< (And I like purple, but... man.)

Anyway. I had put down a few hints yesterday, nobody paid any attention to them, which is actually slightly appropriate for our second band. So, they get to go first. Try and follow that!

Courtesy of Bright and Barrow Records, we have: Goin' Places, a Staten Island punk trio with influences ranging from The Clash to The Mr. T Experience. There's moments of pop, hardcore, classic, just about any kind of punk out there. It's been ten years since their debut, and we're bringing two songs from their just-released sophomore album "Relationship Sneakers" to RBN. First is the title track, with plenty of poppy singalong harmonies. Second is the more Ramones-style "Nobody Gives a **** About Us", which as you can probably guess, will be censored a fair bit. In fact, it's so censored I can't actually link to it here, the forum eats the link.

The first pair of hints was supposed to allude to a bit of Swedish death metal- not exactly unheard of for RBN. It is, though, a bit of an anomaly coming from Swedish pop/electro label Despotz Records. After a little hiccup with our first planned announcement, we can now announce that we're working with them to bring you "Phoenix Down" by The Unguided! They're a more melodic metal group, and there's plenty to go with on each instrument.

And hopefully, these will just be the first of the tracks we do for each of these labels. Along with these, there's more not-quite-solidified plans for additional Redfield Records tracks to come out, so hopefully you guys like their metal/hardcore collection. His Statue Falls, Mutiny on the Bounty, Team Stereo... these are just some of the bands on Redfield. Maybe they're worth mentioning.

[MagicMurderBag7]

I know we have an image of being a metal group, so here's a little something that is completely opposite from our usual offerings.

Keys players...this one is for you!

Sky Pie - Wabi Sabi :
http://youtu.be/xbn7IqfQ-pU

Ive been waiting for a preview vid of this one. Damn, how in the hell am I supposed to play that! Thanks for the challenge SkyP1e you jerk

Here's some returning favorites from Rock Band Network 1.0 with all new RB3 versions (including harmonies, keys, and pro drums!)

Ultra Saturday - Not My Fault! (album version)
http://youtu.be/ym17cfcY7f0

and Ultra Saturday - Superhero (album version)
http://youtu.be/zCoH5WidlmI

Does that mean Wes isn't doing RBN anymore? Or did he just join TAG? either way I will be buying any Ultra Saturday that comes out.