Heavy Montreal Crowd Photo by Susan Moss
Heavy Montreal Crowd Photo by Susan Moss

Gamer’s Music Guide: Heavy Montreal 2016

After the Osheaga crowd disperses, Parc Jean Drapeau gets ready for all the metal heads and head bangers because it’s time for Heavy Montreal! Two days of intense and amazing music: Five Finger Death Punch, Mastodon, Volbeat, Disturbed and more. Nothing get your blood pumping like video games and heavy rock music so we’ve compiled who from this year’s Heavy Montreal line-up contributed to video game soundtracks or trailers. Crank it up to 11 and warn your neighbors!

Saturday, August 6th

Five Finger Death Punch

Saturday 9:30pm, Scène MOLSON CANADIAN

  • Hard To See: Major League Baseball 2K11 (2010)
  • The Way To The Fist: Lollipop Chainsaw (2012)
  • Back For More: Madden NFL 12 (2011)
  • Got Your Six: Rock Band 4 (2015)
  • House of the Rising Sun: Guitar Hero Live (2015)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ54gM7DDV4

Mastodon

Saturday 7:30pm, Scène MOLSON CANADIAN

  • Divinations: Madden NFL 10 (2009) & Saints Row The Third (2011)
  • Crack the Skye: Brutal Legend (2009)
  • Iron Tusk: NHL 2K9 (2008) & Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland (2005)
  • The Wolf Is Loose: NFL Street 3 (2006)
  • Curls of the Burl: Need For Speed The Run (2011)
  • Blood and Thunder: Need For Speed Most Wanted (2012), Saints Row (2006), Project Gotham Racing 3 (2005), Rocksmith 2014 (2013)

Black Label Society

Saturday 6:40pm, Scène HEAVY

  • Doomsday Jesus: MTX Mototrax (2004)

Trivium

Saturday 4:25pm, Scène MOLSON CANADIAN

  • Down From The Sky: WWE Smackdown! Vs Raw 2010 (2009)
  • Strife: EA Sports UFC (2014) & Guitar Hero Live (2015)
  • Into the Mouth of Hell We March: Madden NFL 09 (2008)
  • Anthem (We are the Fire): Burnout Dominator (2007), Sleeping Dogs (2012), Saints Row 2 (2008)

Fear Factory

Saturday 3:05pm, Scène MOLSON CANADIAN

  • Genetic Blueprint: Test Drive 5 (1998)
  • Zero Signal: Carmageddon (1997)
  • Body Hammer: Carmageddon (1997)
  • Demanufacture: Carmagedd (1997)
  • Machine Debaser: Demolition Racer: No Exit (1999)
  • Will This Never End: Demolition Racer: No Exit (1999)
  • Cars ft Gary Numan: Gran Turismo 2 (1999), Test Drive 6 (1999), GTA Vice City (2002), DJ Hero (2009) & MTV Sports: Snowboarding (1999)

The Dillinger Escape Plan

Saturday 2:30pm, Scène HEAVY

  • Milk Lizard: Saints Row 2 (2008)
  • Unretrofied: WWE Smackdown! Vs Raw 2006 (2005)
  • Farewell, Mona Lisa: Saints Row: The Third (2011)

Sunday, August 7th

Disturbed

Sunday 9:30pm, Scène MOLSON CANADIAN

  • Stupify: CART Fury Championship Racing (2001)
  • Down With the Sickness: Gravity Games Mike: Street. Vert. Dirt (2002), Guitar Hero Live (2015)
  • Intoxication: NFL GameDay 2004 (2003), MTX Mototrax (2004)
  • Liberate: Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 (2004)
  • Ten Tousand FIsts: Madden NFL 06 (2005)
  • Decadence: Need for Speed Most Wanted (2005)
  • Guarded: MX vs ATV: Untamed (2007)
  • Stricken: Project Gotham Racing 4 (2007), Guitar Hero Live (2015)
  • Inside the Fire: Madden NFL 09 (2008)
  • Perfect Insantiy: WWE SmackDown! vs Raw 2009 (2008)
  • Indestructible: Midnight Club Los Angeles (2008), The Bigs 2 (2009), EA SPorts MMA (2010)
  • Prayer: Rock Band 4 (2015)
  • The Vengeful One: Rock Band 4 (2016)
  • Immortalized: Rock Band 4 (2016)
  • Warrior: Rock Band 4 (2016)
  • The Sound Of Silence: Gears of War 4 (2016)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3f8VgQ_dqk

Volbeat

Sunday 8:30pm, Scène HEAVY

  • A Moment Forever: EA Sports MMA (2010)

Breaking Benjamin

Sunday 7:30pm, Scène MOLSON CANADIAN

  • Polyamourous: WWE Day of Reckoning, Smackdown! Vs Raw (2004)
  • Firefly: WWE Day of Reckoning, Smackdown! Vs Raw (2004), WWE Wrestlemania 21 (2005)
  • The Diary of Jane: Nascar 07 (2006)
  • Natural Life: MX Unleashed (2004)

Killswitch Engage

Sunday 6:40pm, Scène HEAVY

  • Life to Lifeless: Evolution Snowboarding (2002)
  • My Curse: Burnout Dominator (2007), Burnout Paradise (2008), Sleeping Dogs (2012)
  • Reckoning: Madden NFL 10 (2009)
  • This FIre Burns: WWE SmackDown! vs Raw 2011 (2010)
  • In Due Time: Guitar Hero Live (2015)

Alter Bridge

Sunday 5:55pm, Scène MOLSON CANADIAN

  • Open Your Eyes: Made NFL 05 (2004)
  • Metalingus: WWE Day of Reckoning 2 (2005), WWE Smackdown! Vs Raw 2011 (2010)
  • Isolation: DiRT 3 (2011)
  • Cry of Achilles: Guitar Hero Live (2015)