This week sees the release of three incredible metal tracks to add to your collection. Amberian Dawn return to the Network once again with “War in Heaven”, the longest track from their most recent album. It features an amazing keyboard duel between the band’s own Tuomas Seppala and Jens Johansson from Stratovarius! Skindred also receive an update to their RBN1 classic “Stand for Something”, now with full pro drums charting, harmonies, and keys! And finally, Tunisian progressive metal outfit Myrath make their debut this week with the incredible “Madness”; featuring duelling solos between guitar and keyboards (not to mention additional solos on drums and even flute!), tight, precise rhythm sections, and stellar vocal work, this is a track that you absolutely NEED in your collection.

RockGamer Studios RBN releases on Xbox 360 for August 25th, 2011:

• Amberian Dawn – “War in Heaven” (160 MSP)
• Myrath – “Madness” (160 MSP)
• Skindred – “Stand for Something (RB3 version) (160 MSP)

All songs are currently available in the Rock Band Music Store on Xbox 360.

Grab some newly updated classics this week with two RB3 versions of favorites from Free Spirit, plus it’s the long-awaited RBN debut of Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives!

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It’s a bit of a slow week in the Rock Band Network community, with only two new songs released on Xbox 360. But our offering this week is a doozy, for certain!

Rochester’s Fallen Angel have been steadily bringing out tracks over the past few months from their incredible debut concept album, Crawling Out of Hell. Today sees the release of their latest song, and it’s a dramatic tonal shift; an epic, seven-minute-long power ballad entitled “Ashes to Ashes / Leaving It All Behind“. Feeling almost like four songs in one, this track will take you on a journey from start to finish, with incredible harmonizing vocals and melodic guitar riffs. Drummers are in for a treat, as well; while it’s not a particularly fast song, it’s one of the more technically challenging tracks in recent offerings, and you’ll definitely want to give it a go. You can check it out now on the Rock Band Network store for 160 MSP.

A preview video and this week’s PS3 releases can be found after the jump.

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This week sees the release of a pair of new songs taken from Finnish hard rockers Free Spirit‘s debut album, Pale Sister of Light! If you dig classic 80′s inspired arena rock, you’re going to love these two tracks.

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With the latest Rock Band Network store update on Xbox 360, we’ve had a trio of songs released within the past week, all falling under the category of “symphonic power metal”. With a pair of keys-driven ballads from returning RBN favorites Amberian Dawn, as well as the debut of speed-influenced Swedish act Timeless Miracle, get ready to experience these tracks with the latest Rock Band 3 compatible features such as pro drums, pro and standard keys, and three-part vocal harmonies.

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SEETHER BRINGING HIT “COUNTRY SONG” TO ROCK BAND NETWORK

Wind-Up Records Partners with RockGamer Studios to Launch New #1 iTunes Rock Single as a Playable Rock Band Network Track

NEW YORK CITY, New York, April 7th, 2011 – Today, RockGamer Studios is proud to announce that in partnership with leading independent label, Wind-Up Records, they are bringing fan-favorite alternative hard rockers Seether back to the Rock Band Network, with the release of their brand-new hit single, “Country Song”.

Taken from the band’s forthcoming fourth full-length album, Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray, “Country Song” sees the band embracing their choice of recording location. With the new album being recorded in Nashville, “Country Song” has a bluesy, plucked guitar riff operating as the verses’ motif, before kicking into the high-energy, full-power sing-along choruses. The song has already been receiving great radio airplay, reaching the Top Ten on Billboard’s Rock Charts, as well as being the number one rock single in the US on the iTunes Music Store.

Produced by acclaimed producer Brendan O’Brien (Stone Temple Pilots, Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam), the album is set to be released on May 17th, 2011 via Wind-Up Records. Established in 1997, Wind-Up Records is the world’s largest independent label and home to acts such as Evanescence, Finger Eleven, Bayside, Creed, and Hawthorne Heights.

The forthcoming Rock Band Network release of “Country Song”, set to be available from the first week of May, will join previous Seether tracks “Fake It”, “Remedy”, and “Rise Above This” as being purchasable and playable in Rock Band 3, and available for download via the Rock Band Network Store on Xbox 360.

An advance preview video of gameplay can be found below:

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Seether:

http://www.seether.com
http://www.youtube.com/seethervideo
http://www.facebook.com/seether
http://www.twitter.com/seetherofficial

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Wind-Up Records:

http://www.winduprecords.com
http://www.youtube.com/WindUpRecords
http://www.facebook.com/winduprecords
http://www.twitter.com/WindUpRecords

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RockGamer Studios:

http://www.rockgamerstudios.com
http://www.youtube.com/RockGamerStudios
http://www.facebook.com/RockGamer
http://www.twitter.com/RG_Studios

For general inquiries: staff@rockgamerstudios.com
For press inquiries: miguel@rockgamerstudios.com

* band photograph courtesy Clay Patrick McBride

Dear artists: If you’re looking for clever ways to market your presence on the Rock Band Network, Cleveland post-hardcore outfit Affiance is about to drop some knowledge on you.

If there’s a better way than this to let your fans know they can play your songs on Rock Band, we have yet to find it. If you like what you hear, pick up “Call to the Warrior,” now available on RBN for the Xbox 360!

(courtesy of Affiance and Bullet Tooth Records)

ROCKGAMER STUDIOS SIGNS DEAL WITH BULLET TOOTH

SIX ARTISTS FROM LABEL COMING TO THE ROCK BAND NETWORK

NEW YORK CITY, New York, Dec. 7th, 2010 – RockGamer Studios is proud to announce today that they have entered into an agreement with underground metal, hardcore, and rock label Bullet Tooth to release a selection of artists and songs from their catalog as downloadable content for the video games Rock Band 2 and Rock Band 3 via the groundbreaking initiative, the Rock Band Network.

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CHIPTUNE HEROES ANAMANAGUCHI COMING TO THE ROCK BAND NETWORK WITH “AIRBRUSHED”

These past 12 months have been extremely busy for New York-based four-piece Anamanaguchi. After playing to crowds all across the United States at the PAX East and PAX Prime conventions, and coming hot off the heels of the release of their debut full-length album, “Dawn Metropolis“, the chiptune punk band that self-effacingly describes their style as “making loud, fast music with a hacked NES from 1985″ was recently thrust into the limelight after being tapped to score the soundtrack for the video game adaptation of the hugely popular Scott Pilgrim vs. the World series of comics.

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Every now and again, we walk into work to find a really nice, unexpected surprise. Today was one of those days, when we discovered first thing that a little bit of our RBN charting handiwork was featured prominently in a network television show! Not just any show, either, but the breakout CW Network hit “Gossip Girl”. Check this clip out:

The song being featured in this clip is “I Know What I Am“ by Band of Skulls, one of our earliest releases on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. Great timing too, as this song was just recently re-released as part of the initial offering of RBN content on Nintendo Wii. You don’t have to wait until Rock Band 3 comes out to be like the ladies of Gossip Girl; you can download this song right now!