Guitar Hero: Metallica (PS3)

Release Date: 29/05/2009

“Ride the Lightning” with musical icons Metallica and over 20 other rocking acts in an all new Guitar Hero experience - Guitar Hero Metallica. Enter the world of Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo and experience the intensity and skill of one of the greatest bands of all time. Shred on guitar, rip on drums and wail on the mic to a set list featuring over 45 explosive hits from Metallica’s illustrious career and a wide variety of other legendary artists personally selected by the band, such as Alice In Chains, Foo Fighters and Queen. Fans will be able to rock as Metallica while performing in venues reminiscent of the band’s epic album covers, themes from their music and real world locales.

Guitar Hero Metallica on PS3 Features:

    Becoming the Band – For the first time ever, Guitar Hero Metallica will allow fans to come together and thrash as the explosive, world-renown metal and rock band, Metallica, whose album sales have exceeded 100 million worldwide. Transform into metal legends Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo as full body scans and signature moves motion capture allow players to virtually experience the high intensity of a Metallica performance.
    Live Like Metal Legends – Follow the path of the metal legends in either single instrument or band career game modes playing as the band to a soundtrack of their greatest hits while also rocking with over 20 additional artists selected by the band. Featuring in-the-round stage designs and custom camera angles new to Guitar Hero, further highlighted by custom lightshows, special effects and encores, gamers and Metallica fans alike can fulfill their rock ‘n’ roll fantasies in a variety of new and famous settings, ranging from Tushino Airfield to The Forum. All venues reflect Metallica’s most memorable tours including themes from their album artwork to offer the authentic Metallica atmosphere.
    Drum Like Lars – In addition to using the redesigned, more responsive and advanced Guitar Hero World Tour guitar controller and microphone, Metallica fans will truly be able to pound like Lars on the drums with a second bass pedal compatible with the Guitar Hero World Tour drum kit controller. The all-new “Expert+” difficulty level gives gamers access to the double bass drum note track which offers the authentic Metallica experience with a note-for-note translation of many tracks appearing in-game and adds a new difficulty option to all gameplay modes.
    Seek and Destroy – Immerse yourself in themed Battle Mode attacks, such as briefly blacking out your fellow rocker’s note track or modifying the amp overload to include the signature Metallica lightening.
    Test Your Metal – After nailing a song, test your Metallica know-how by replaying the song with trivia pop-ups. The on-screen displays give information about the song being played, and with guest artist songs, information about how the band is tied to Metallica will be displayed along with details such as band history and lyrics.
    Off to Never Never Land – Guitar Hero Metallica is loaded with tons of bonuses throughout the game, such as unlockable venues, commentary, videos and behind the scenes footage, giving all Metallica fans exclusive content to enjoy.
    All that Remains – Guitar Hero Metallica cranks all the great features, gameplay and fun of Guitar Hero World Tour to a new level with updates to the Music Studio featuring samples from James Hetfield’s ESP Truckster guitar and of Slayer fame, Tom Araya’s signature ESP bass guitar, GHTunesSM, and the Rock Star Creator. Online game modes allow competing gamers to see who tops the charts in Face-Off, Pro Face-Off, eight-player “Battle of the Bands” and Battle Mode as well as the online Quickplay mode that allows up to four gamers to shred together regardless of physical location.

The tracklist for Guitar Hero Metallica is:

    All Nightmare Long
    Battery
    Creeping Death
    Disposable Heroes
    Dyers Eve
    Enter Sandman
    Fade To Black
    Fight Fire With Fire
    For Whom The Bell Tolls
    Frantic
    Fuel
    Hit The Lights
    King Nothing
    Master of Puppets
    Mercyful Fate
    No Leaf Clover
    Nothing Else Matters
    One
    Orion
    Sad But True
    Seek And Destroy
    The Memory Remains
    The Shortest Straw
    The Thing That Should Not Be
    The Unforgiven
    Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
    Wherever I May Roam
    Whiplash

Metallica has also chosen the following groups that influence them to appear in Guitar Hero Metallica:

    Alice In Chains - No Excuses
    Bob Seger - Turn The Page (Live)
    Corrosion of Conformity - Albatross
    Diamond Head - Am I Evil?
    Foo Fighters - Stacked Actors
    Judas Priest - Hell Bent For Leather
    Kyuss - Demon Cleaner
    Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesdays Gone
    Machine Head - Beautiful Mourning
    Mastodon - Blood And Thunder
    Mercyful Fate - Evil
    Michael Schenker Group - Armed and Ready
    Motörhead - Ace of Spades
    Queen - Stone Cold Crazy
    Samhain - Mother of Mercy
    Slayer - War Ensemble
    Social Distortion - Mommy's Little Monster (Live)
    Suicidal Tendencies - War Inside My Head
    System of a Down - Toxicity
    The Sword - Black River
    Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back in Town