Video Gaming News - January 2004
Irvine, CA (January 9, 2004) - Interplay announced today that the
company has inked deals to include numerous metal bands for Fallout: Brotherhood
of Steel.
From Interplay:
Slipknot, a Roadrunner Records artist, is a nine-member sonic wrecking crew
from Des Moines, IA which has made uncompromising, unadulterated music that has
moved the body and twisted the mind for the past five years. With two
platinum-selling albums and two platinum video releases to their credit,
Slipknot has changed the face of aggressive music as we know it. Donning
individual horror masks and uniform boiler suits, Slipknot has played to
hundreds of thousands of fans worldwide and left them bloodied, bruised and
screaming for more. Slipknot is not just about the music - they are a movement
and an undeniable one at that.
Meshuggah (Nuclear Blast) was named "one of the ten most important hard and
heavy bands" by Rolling Stone and have earned respect and admiration from fans
and musicians alike. They have been featured on The Osbournes and were part of
the Ozzfest 2002 tour.
"We are very excited to get Fallout out to the public. We wanted this game to
feel very cohesive in the sense that all of the music was composed and/or
arranged by musicians from the same genre of music; it's unlike anything we've
seen before with metal music in a game. The dark and aggressive nature of this
music, like the Fallout game itself, gives the sound track a feeling of honesty
and depth from the musicians who do this best." states Gene Semel, Audio
Director of Interplay Entertainment Corp.
Additional music from Roadrunner Records includes Killswitch Engage,
providing a driving rhythm section and a dual guitar assault with music that
both crushes and soothes, and Chimaira, with an almost-impenetrable sonic din
and paint-shredding vocals. Devin Townsend (Heavy-Devy Music) of Strapping Young
Lad (Century Media Records) contributes 30 minutes of ambient and battle music.
Skinlab (Century Media Records) contributes two new songs and a premiere
music video from their upcoming album - "The Nerve Damage Sessions" as well as
some battle music from their current album "reVolting Room".
Also included in the large list of music for Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel
are two bands from the Earache Records roster: Society 1, an industrial-metal
wrecking crew fronted by the shaman of debauchery, Matt Zane, and Cult of Luna,
a crushing, hypnotic noise-core band from Sweden. Other groups include
Celldweller (Position Music) and Craig "Stuart" Garfinkle (Midiot Music).
In Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel, players join the courageous Brotherhood of
Steel whose mission is to maintain peace in the grim post-nuclear world of
Fallout. Challenged by hordes of ghouls, mutants and other radioactive
nightmares, players utilize a combination of intense combat strategies including
melee, ranged weapons and explosives to fulfill their daunting task of defeating
the mutant army in hopes of restoring humanity in a nearly unlivable universe.
For more information on Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel visit the website at
www.interplay.com/fbos.
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