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[kizmah]

Any links to said trailers with the IE music?

All of the "Brutal thoughst with Jack Black" promos start and end with Iced Earth.

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/brutal-thoughts-brutal-legend/49531

 

[SnakeXs]

when did we need a sub-genre for every fucking band? *rolls eyes*

When the music got unique enough that it deemed further classification, which obviously begat hyperbole on your part.

 

[Zanmato]

Thats nice and all but I'd be more impressed if it was original music. :/

 

[SnakeXs]

Thats nice and all but I'd be more impressed if it was original music. :/

That's nice and all but...

 

[Zanmato]

That's nice and all but...

Nice retort I don't have any fancy gifs so...um...

FUCK YOU!

 

[SuperMattyFighter2T]

I want to play this game bad. I'm so into BlazBlue and SFIV I probably won't buy much more the rest of the year. Brutal Legend and Modern Warfare 2 is it I think. Alan Wake when it is released 6 years from now.

 

[AMUSIX]

Thats nice and all but I'd be more impressed if it was original music. :/

The game is about a guy who's been a roadie for all bands metal. Original music would be WAY out of place.

If it were about a musician, then, sure, original music would fit, but this is about the roadie.

 

[Vorador]

Metal.........overload.


I want this game so bad.

 

[glaurung]

Awesome set, but no Holy Diver, which makes me sad.

 

[Guiberu]

Game looks good but I'm not keen on many of those songs...

Why can't we have a Progressive Rock based game?

I want to play "Steven Wilson : Progressive Rock Killing Spree"

 

[fistfulofmetal]

When did hair "metal" start being metal? When did industrial/industrial rock start also?

heavy metal snobs are the absolute worst kind of snob.

 

[EYEL1NER]

:lol Hehehehe, 3IoB fits this game perfectly...
It's disappointing to see Deadly Sinners on there, Fire Up the Blades has many songs that would fit the vibe of this game. But Destroy the Orcs is a good choice I guess.

Metal Elitests be damned...3 Inches of Blood is just a fun band.

 

[Nekofrog]

There is no such thing as a good artist that isnt paid for what they do....artists who "only create art for arts sake" are terrible at art and only proves that point because they arent paid

I don't get paid for creating my art (music... in this case, metal). I like to think mine is better than most of the crap out there that passes for metal these days.

Not only do I not make money off of it, but I am going to be releasing an album pretty soon, likely for free. Sure I COULD make money, but why? I'd rather the almighty dollar NOT be a stopgap between my music and someone's ears. Does that instantly make my art/craft crap?

 

[MDSLKTR]

Needs amon amarth and catamenia. Oh fuck who am i kidding?
I'd pay 100$ for a rockband edition of that.

 

[bounchfx]

I'd pay 200$ for a rock band with all these songs, easy... because if they were all dlc that's how much it would cost.

I've been going through the bands I don't know on the list.. and they're all fucking great.

 

[Dark Octave]

I thought this was an action game or a brawler?

Oh well. Have they shown the controller/instruments yet?

 

[Smokey]

I thought this was an action game or a brawler?

Oh well. Have they shown the controller/instruments yet?

wat

it's a 3rd person action/adventure game which apparently has a beast of a soundtrack ( i wouldn't know I don't like metal).

I guess the soundtrack is SO GOOD that it would do very well as a music game.

 

[FFChris]

wat

it's a 3rd person action/adventure game which apparently has a beast of a soundtrack ( i wouldn't know I don't like metal).

I guess the soundtrack is SO GOOD that it would do very well as a music game.

It's certainly gaining some extra publicity. A couple of rock music websites have brought the soundtrack up in their news sections.

I hope it does well.

 

[Dark Octave]

wat

it's a 3rd person action/adventure game which apparently has a beast of a soundtrack ( i wouldn't know I don't like metal).

I guess the soundtrack is SO GOOD that it would do very well as a music game.

Now I'm curious as to how they will chop up/alter/loop and stuff 100+ songs into an eight hour (or so) Heavenly Sword/God of War style game without it sounding like it's simply playing off the console's generic music player. Sounds pretty cool.

 

[Pantheon Of The Lesser]

i just noticed a disturbing lack of Primal Fear on the list.

stuff like this or this would fit the game like a glove.

 

[DimmuBurgerKing]

Damn, surprisingly good soundtrack here! I can't believe lesser known bands like Skeletonwitch are in. I saw them when they played with Amon Amarth (who would've made an awesome addition to this) in Atlanta, great stuff. Besides the unfortunate presence of Static-X and Dragonforce, I have no real complaints. Schafer wins.

 

[-Eddman-]

Excellent Soundtrack, congratulations to the team, it really looks like they were trying to have every kind of metal, except for 2 (in my opinion) major flaws:

Power Metal: WTF!!!! my favorite sub-genre ever and all we have is fucking Dragonforce No Blind Guardian, Gamma Ray or Helloween = fail.

Symphonic Metal: Some Haggard or Theatre of Tragedy would have been nice...

anyway, it has everything now to be a cult game in the making.

 

[webrunner]

When they announced the Dethgame I assumed there was no chance, but if Dethklok has a song in the game, is it possible they have a cameo?

 

[DimmuBurgerKing]

Power Metal: WTF!!!! my favorite sub-genre ever and all we have is fucking Dragonforce No Blind Guardian, Gamma Ray or Helloween = fail

I hate how Dragonforce has become the de facto "face" of power metal in the mainstream. There are so many talented bands, including Blind Guardian who are by no means strangers to the gaming world. Sacred 2, anyone? :/

 

[Xater]

Power Metal: WTF!!!! my favorite sub-genre ever and all we have is fucking Dragonforce No Blind Guardian, Gamma Ray or Helloween = fail.

Iced Earth?

 

[MDSLKTR]

When they announced the Dethgame I assumed there was no chance, but if Dethklok has a song in the game, is it possible they have a cameo?

That would be awesome. It's already pretty much dethklok the videogame (and dethgame looks really shitty).

 

[Zanmato]

The game is about a guy who's been a roadie for all bands metal. Original music would be WAY out of place.

If it were about a musician, then, sure, original music would fit, but this is about the roadie.

It's a game that takes place in a world where Ozzy Osbourne is the Keeper of Metal. They could have made up fake bands and still used original music, I don't buy that crap. Still though it nice and all, but whatever. :/

 

[eagledare]

The Enslaved tracks just earned this game a preorder.

\m/

 

[John]

It's a game that takes place in a world where Ozzy Osbourne is the keeper of metal. They could have made up fake bands and still used original music, I don't buy that crap. Still though it nice and all, but whatever. :/

Got to agree that I'm really hoping there's some original music in here somewhere. Get Marcin Czartyński in here.

 

[B_Rik_Schitthaus]

I don't get paid for creating my art (music... in this case, metal). I like to think mine is better than most of the crap out there that passes for metal these days.

Not only do I not make money off of it, but I am going to be releasing an album pretty soon, likely for free. Sure I COULD make money, but why? I'd rather the almighty dollar NOT be a stopgap between my music and someone's ears. Does that instantly make my art/craft crap?

Good point but the idea that some who gets paid cant have artistic integrity is absurd.

 

[kizmah]

Iced Earth?

Not really the same kind of power metal. They are more thrash/power, especially the early years. Like Pure Evil that is in the game for example.

 

[momolicious]

Thats nice and all but I'd be more impressed if it was original music. :/

Umm it is going to have original music. Peter Mcconnell is working on original tracks for the game, that list is just the licensed songs

 

[eagledare]

Power Metal: WTF!!!! my favorite sub-genre ever and all we have is fucking Dragonforce No Blind Guardian, Ramma Gay or Helloween = fail.

Fixed.

 

[Nekofrog]

Iced Earth?

The Iced Earth that's represented on this game is more from their thrash era (Night of the Storm Rider).

They grew into a more power metal as time went on, but before that it was heavy on the thrash.

 

[megalowho]

Now I'm curious as to how they will chop up/alter/loop and stuff 100+ songs into an eight hour (or so) Heavenly Sword/God of War style game without it sounding like it's simply playing off the console's generic music player. Sounds pretty cool.

Um, Brutal Legend is an open world game. Your beast of a car has a radio, and you're able to collect/purchase more songs to add to your playlist as you ride around if I recall correctly.

I also believe there is original music in the game as well, composed by long time Schafer collaborator Peter McConnell.

 

[Pantheon Of The Lesser]

Fixed.

oh no you didn't.

did you just dissed a band that has Kai Hansen and (in the past) Ralf Scheepers?

did you just trashed the band that gave us Heading for Tomorrow, Land of the Free, Somewhere out in Space?

holy shit.

The Iced Earth that's represented on this game is more from their thrash era (Night of the Storm Rider).

They grew into a more power metal as time went on, but before that it was heavy on the thrash.

they were always power metal, dude. fuck, Night of the Stormrider is considered a power metal classic.

 

[Xater]

The Iced Earth that's represented on this game is more from their thrash era (Night of the Storm Rider).

They grew into a more power metal as time went on, but before that it was heavy on the thrash.

Then nevermind. I only know their newer stuff and I'm not really into Iced Earth.

Edit: So now people are contradicting each other. :lol

 

[Tokubetsu]

Man, gaf will bleed their vaginas over anything. Great soundtrack line up and already shit is being thrown. Lack of bathory making makes me sadface though.

 

[Nekofrog]

oh no you didn't.

did you just dissed a band that has Kai Hansen and (in the past) Ralf Scheepers?

did you just trashed the band that gave us Heading for Tomorrow, Land of the Free, Somewhere out in Space?

holy shit.



they were always power metal, dude. fuck, Night of the Stormrider is considered a power metal classic.

They certainly were not always power metal. What defines power metal is a combination of guitar and vocals, and back in those days, Iced Earth's vocals just were nowhere near power metal-style (mainly because Adams and Greely were so limited vocally, they just weren't CAPABLE of powermetal vocals like Barlow and Owens).

Not to mention that Jon's right hand is the very definition of thrash guitar. There are probably 2 or 3 guitarists in metal today that can match his right hand for speed and accuracy (Dino Cazares being one).

 

[E-DuB]

Two Megadeth songs....Hell Yes

 

[Pantheon Of The Lesser]

They certainly were not always power metal. What defines power metal is a combination of guitar and vocals, and back in those days, Iced Earth's vocals just were nowhere near power metal-style (mainly because Adams and Greely were so limited vocally, they just weren't CAPABLE of powermetal vocals like Barlow and Owens).

Not to mention that Jon's right hand is the very definition of thrash guitar. There are probably 2 or 3 guitarists in metal today that can match his right hand for speed and accuracy (Dino Cazares being one).

i absolutely disagree. power metal vocals? high singing? ever heard of Sabbaton, Falconer, Elvenking, etc? high singing in power metal is optional, not mandatory.

and i fail to see what right hand speed and acurracy has to with the genre being played. death metal guitarrists are also damn fast and acurrate, and thrash metal they are not playing.

are they influenced by thrash metal? sure, as is almost every band that came after Metallica.

do they play thrash metal? not even close. song structure and playing style is ripped straight from Maiden.

 

[Decado]

Wow. Insane track list. Are they the full songs, or just pieces of them?

Not disappointed at all, but I'd liked to have seen Iron Maiden, GnR and a few others.

 

[Nekofrog]

i absolutely disagree. power metal vocals? high singing? ever heard of Sabbaton, Falconer, Elvenking, etc? high singing in power metal is optional, not mandatory.

and i fail to see what right hand speed and acurracy has to with the genre being played. death metal guitarrists are also damn fast and acurrate, and thrash metal they are not playing.

are they influenced by thrash metal? sure, as is almost every band that came after Metallica.

do they play thrash metal? not even close. song structure and playing style is ripped straight from Maiden.

I take it you don't play guitar then. Iced Earth owes a bit to Iron Maiden, but they owe just as much to Metallica and Megadeth, as Jon Shaffer took their style of riffing and amped it up even more. It's a meshing of the two. It wasn't until after Burnt Offerings that they started gravitating to power metal (go on and listen to the entirety of the Stormrider album, that is thrash defined). Burnt Offerings was a funny one in that it was still thrashy, a bit more power, but also mixed with something entirely unique. It was a lot darker, almost doom-metal in some songs.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeAfqI9OGOY = full on thrash, you're crazy if you think otherwise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzuHmS35B70&feature=related = Not power

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TqdgjoFuB8 = power

The sound evolved as they got more capable singers. I think that the power direction was one that Jon always wanted to go, but he worked with what he had in terms of vocalists. Adams and Greely were more fitting for the thrashy-style, so when he got Barlow (and yuck, Owens) he naturally gravitated to fit their voices.

 

[DimmuBurgerKing]

For what it's worth, I'd place Iced Earth's early style closer to NWOBHM, especially Maiden, who certainly influenced a number of early power/speed metal bands.

Thrash fans are getting a little love in this game, though, with two of Megadeth's finest and a decent Slayer tune. If you've never heard Skeletonwitch, they're another awesome thrash metal band if you don't mind a little crossover black/death, particularly in the vocals. I would've thrown in some Kreator and Exodus, but it's hard for me to complain since I was sure we'd only get Rock Band/Guitar Hero recycles.

 

[Pantheon Of The Lesser]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeAfqI9OGOY = full on thrash, you're crazy if you think otherwise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzuHmS35B70&feature=related = Not power

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TqdgjoFuB8 = power

dude, all i hear is Iron Maiden/Judas Priest with heavier production. Angels Holocaust is power metal from the first note to the last, same for Stormrider.

you're just being fooled by crunchy guitars and (somewhat) harsh vocals.

you're the first person i've ever seen insisting on Iced Earth being, at some point, thrash metal.

i also find funny you picked "The Coming Curse", given that its solos are closer to classic '80s thrash than any song from "Night...", which are heavily based on NWOBHM.

 

[Nekofrog]

It was heavily agreed upon on the old icedearth.de forums (now defunct, was the most popular IE forum on the net, even linked on the main page) that old IE = thrash, modern = power. But oh well, let's agree to disagree.

Any IE exposure is good IE exposure... as long as it's not for When the Eagle Cries

 

[Pantheon Of The Lesser]

But oh well, let's agree to disagree.

agreed. better have people listen to the songs and make up their own mind instead of listening to 2 metalheads going back and forth.

 

[bounchfx]

there's a good number of bands here I hadn't heard before.. here's a few I've listened to and think are fucking awesome:

3 Inches of Blood
Anvil
Bishop of hexen
Coroner
Apostasy
Mirrorthrone
Crimson Glory
Enslaved


are all awesome as fuck and I'm glad they're in a mainstream release.. there's a great amount of black metal too.. so happy about that. I haven't even listened to 1/3rd of the soundtrack yet!

 

[DimmuBurgerKing]

Here's the Skeletonwitch song that's going to be featured in the game, if anybody's interested. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9KC0-IFLiM

 

[Tokubetsu]

Now that I think about it, why couldn't they have gotten some Mastodon tracks off Remission/Leviathan? Crack the Skye is a GREAT album and my 2nd favorite Mastodon record but I feel like Remission/Leviathan era would have been a better fit for BL.