Ubisoft sends word that The Metal Rock Pack downloadable content offering for Rocksmith is now available for download on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network, serving up a cache of challenging new tunes to hone your shredding on.

The bundle includes: Three Days Grace – “I Hate Everything About You”, Megadeth – “Public Enemy No. 1”, Evanescence – “Bring Me To Life”, Judas Priest – “Breaking the Law”, Judas Priest – “Painkiller”, Judas Priest – “Living After Midnight”, Lamb of God – “Redneck”, Avenged Sevenfold – “The Beast and the Harlot”, Avenged Sevenfold – “Afterlife”, and Avenged Sevenfold – “Nightmare”.

Watch the trailer below for a quick preview.

It took its sweet-ass time to get here, but Rocksmith recent landed in Australia in what Ubisoft is touting as the definitive version, given we've got everything that the US has been getting in dribs and drabs since its release, and then some.

For the uninitiated, Rocksmith is NOT Guitar Hero or Rock Band, rather it's a videogame/software program that teaches you the basics of playing guitar, or offers you a platform to hone your skills, all though, via familiar (and some cool) songs in an equally familiar format. There's also the option to plug any guitar into the product regardless of brand or Rocksmith association.

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We recently had a chance to chat with Rocksmith producer, Jason Schroeder, about what it takes to bring a product like their ambitious Rocksmith to market after so much music genre fatigue.

"I think it’s a long road that led from no game to Rocksmith, but I think a lot of it was: the industry and musicians and everyone saying “oh, these games are cool, but someone should do it with a real guitar”," Schroder revealed.

"Everyone thought “someone should do it; someone should do it”."

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