Starting today Wii, PS3, and Xbox 360 gamers can download eight (8!) new songs courtesy of the Green Day and Mayhem Track Packs. 

Know Your Enemy, 21 Guns, and East Jesus Nowhere are available for Green Day fans, and the Mayhem pack contains one song each from Marilyn Manson, Behemoth, Black Dahlia Murder, Cannibal Corpse, God Forbid, Job for a Cowboy, Whitechapel and Slayer. 

Wii gamers also get an additional 20 previously released tracks. Hit the jump for all the details on this week's new Rock Band tunes. 

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 Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that three exclusive tracks from multi-platinum, Grammy® Award-winners Green Day, as well as eight songs from artists performing at the premiere of the RockStar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, will be added to the Rock Band® Music Store of downloadable content next week for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™ system.

The Green Day tracks available next week are the first in an exclusive partnership between MTV Games’ Harmonix and Warner Music Group’s Green Day to bring the band’s songs to the Rock Band platform as downloadable content. These first songs, “21 Guns”, “Know Your Enemy” and “East Jesus Nowhere,” are from the band’s latest album, 21st Century Breakdown. 
 
Selling nearly 50 million records worldwide, Green Day has won critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including three Grammy Awards for Best Alternative Album for Dookie, Best Rock Album for American Idiot and Record of the Year for their smash hit "Boulevard of Broken Dreams." Green Day recently released their eighth studio album, 21st Century Breakdown, on Warner Music Group’s Reprise Records. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, as well as on the Rock, Active Rock and Alternative charts, fueled by the Alternative radio No. 1 single “Know Your Enemy.” 21st Century Breakdown, which Rolling Stone has called “a rock opera in which the rock always comes first,” is also a hit around the world, topping the charts in 24 countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada and Japan.
 
Eight songs from artists performing at the RockStar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, including Behemoth, Cannibal Corpse, Marilyn Manson and Slayer, will also be available for download next week in the Rock Band Music Store. The RockStar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival is a new summer touring metal and rock festival in the United States during July and August, assembled by Vans Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman. Rock Band fans can also play tracks by RockStar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival performers Killswitch Engine and Bullet For My Valentine, previously released as downloadable content.
 
 

Tracks:
                                    Green Day                        “21 Guns” 
                             Green Day                        “East Jesus Nowhere”
                             Green Day                        “Know Your Enemy"
                             Behemoth                         “Conquer All”
                             Black Dahlia Murder            “What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse”
                             Cannibal Corpse                 “Hammer Smashed Face”   
                             God Forbid                        “Empire of the Gun” 
                             Job for a Cowboy               “Embedded"
                             Marilyn Manson                  “Disposable Teens”
                             Slayer                              “Black Magic”     
                             Whitechapel                      “This Is Exile” 
 
                                     (All tracks are original master recordings)
 

These tracks will be available for purchase as part of the “Green Day Pack” or “Mayhem Pack” or as individual tracks for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 systems. 

 
Release Date:        Tuesday, July 7, 2009       
                                    (Wii and Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360)
                             Thursday, July 9, 2009       
                                    (PlayStation®Store)
 
 
 ** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change. ** 
 
 Price:                  $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track
                            $5.49 (440 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for “Green Day Pack”
                            $13.49 (1,080) Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for “Mayhem Pack”
                            $2.00 (200 Wii Points) per track
 
 
Locations:               Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360 
                           PlayStation®Net 
                           In-game Rock Band 2 Music Store (Wii Points must be purchased through
                           the Wii™ Shop Channel)
 
Wii Rock Band DLC
 

Harmonix and MTV Games today announced 28 tracks from artists including Green Day and artists performing at theRockStar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, as well as back-catalog tracks from The Presidents of the United States of America, The Offspring, Lamb of God and more, coming this week to the Rock Band® Music Store catalog of downloadable content for the Wii™ system.
 
As previously announced, the Green Day tracks available for download this week are the first in an exclusive deal between MTV Games’ Harmonix, Green Day and Warner Music Group to bring the band’s songs to the Rock Band platform. These first songs, “21 Guns”, “Know Your Enemy” and “East Jesus Nowhere,” are from the band’s latest album, 21st Century Breakdown. Eight songs from artists performing at the RockStar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, includingBehemoth, Cannibal Corpse, Marilyn Manson and Slayer, will also be available for download this we ek in the Wii Rock Band Music Store. The RockStar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival is a new summer touring metal and rock festival in the United States during July and August, assembled by Vans Warped Tourfounder Kevin Lyman.
 
Additionally, back-catalog tracks from The Offspring, Plain White T’s, Jonathan Coulton, The Presidents of the United States of America and more will also be available July 7 in the Wii Rock Band Music Store. These tracks come from the back catalog of Rock Band music already released to owners of Xbox 360®video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION® 3 computer entertainment system. Wii fans can expect a rollout of previously released downloadable Rock Band content until the entire back catalog of more than 700 songs is available.  With the addition of these tracks, there are now more than 360 tracks in the Wii Rock Band Music Store. 
 
Release Date:        Tuesday, July 7, 2009
 
** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change **

Tracks:

                    Behemoth                                             “Conquer All”

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