I have to be honest. I haven't picked up Guitar Hero or Rock Band in months. The only time I even think of dusting off the plastic instruments is when I have a group of people over and somebody in a drunken stupor thinks its a good idea and eggs everybody else on to play. With that said, I am very excited for the upcoming Guitar Hero: Metallica game, because it's basically a full game of songs that I want to play. With each current Guitar Hero or Rock Band there are maybe a handful of songs that I go back to. Not so much with this one. Check out this killer lineup:
METALLICA Tracks
– 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 (Medley)
– 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
– WhiplashGuest Tracks
– ALICE IN CHAINS – No Excuses
– BOB SEGER – Turn The Page
– 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
– SUICIDAL TENDENCIES – War Inside My Head
– SYSTEM OF A DOWN – Toxicity
– THE SWORD – Black River
– THIN LIZZY – The Boys Are Back in Town
Holy fucking shit, does that make me salivate. Also, if you happened to have purchased Death Magnetic in the Guitar Hero store, all those tracks will be playable in this game as well. Also, Chris Steffen over at RollingStone.com got a sneak preview of the game and reports that none of the past members of Metallica are in the game, only the current lineup is playable. The storyline of the game starts with the players as Metallica’s opening act, and eventually play as Metallica once they prove their mettle. All the artwork in the game is inspired by long-time Metallica artist Pushead. The game comes out on March 29th.
The thing I realized with these games (starting with Guitar Hero 3 and Rock Band) was I would only really play them hardcore for about 2 or 3 weeks and then I'd be over it, rarely picking them up again. That's why I suggest getting a GameFly subscription for that month just to play the game. I know I will!
