Guitar Hero: Metallica Setlist Released

An anonymous reader writes "Metallica has announced the setlist for their upcoming Guitar Hero game. They have a wide variety of songs from their different albums. There are 28 Metallica songs and 21 from other artists. They have also confirmed the release date of March 29th. The list includes Enter Sandman, The Unforgiven, One, and For Whom the Bell Tolls. Fans who pre-order the game will have an opportunity to get an extra bass drum pedal to keep up with Lars Ulrich's beats."

Preorder Kit

[_Sprocket_ (42527)]

The drum pedal is nice, but does it also come with a ream of printouts?

Queen

[Anonymous Coward]

Why couldn't they make a guitar hero with a decent band, like Queen or The Who or The Rolling Stones?

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[Luke has no name (1423139)]

Failing Stones Why not Dethklok?

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[Khyber (864651)]

The only Dethklok song worth playing on GH is Thunderhorse. Everything else is just WAY too simple for any sort of a challenge, even in a GH game. And Thunderhorse has already been done in a GH game, I think.

*goes back to transcribing Murmaider*

GO TO DMC!

[Tetsujin (103070)]

Mmm... Dethklok is good.

Dethklok? Bah, they've got nothing on Detroit Metal City! Krauser-san is the demon-lord of metal, summoned forth from the fiery pits of hell by his many followers so he can spread his message of rape and slaughter.

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[robthebloke (1308483)]

GH Queen would be awesome. Having said that, GH Metallica has got to be a lot better than GH Aerosmith..... 'One' is about the only tune i can be bothered with on GH3.

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[Locke2005 (849178)]

While I happen to agree with your musical tastes (and GH Aerosmith isn't that bad) the real problem is that 90% of their pre-packaged content is going to be crap, but it's a _different_ 90% for each customer! It should be ALL downloaded content. Unfortunately, as a Wii owner, I'm stuck with paying $45 for a Guitar Hero or Rock Band disc with only 2 decent songs on it. I own both Guitar Hero and Rock Band for Wii, but if I had it to do over again, I would have bought an Xbox 360 just for these games so I wou

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[Breakfast Pants (323698)]

Future is bright: http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/09/29/harmonix-confirms-rb2-wii-dlc/ [mtv.com]

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[meringuoid (568297)]

Lack of downloadable content on the Wii is stupid and pointless since there are 2 USB ports one could plug a flash memory extension into, as well as an SD memory slot.

Yes, what a pity nobody ever thought of that. [wikipedia.org]

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[Enderandrew (866215)]

Rock Band is working on a Beatles game for Christmas, and rumors has it that part of Pearl Jam's huge marketing blitz launching in March will include the re-released Ten as a full album download for Rock Band.

Personally, I would kill for a full Rock Band/Guitar Hero centered on grunge rock from the 90's with Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, Temple of the Dog, Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, leading into more modern bands like Foo Fighters, Audioslave, etc.

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[jonwil (467024)]

Me, I want Guitar Hero AC/DC with all the good AC/DC songs.
Only then they would need to release a Bagpipes instrument accessory for "Its a long way to the top if you want to rock and roll" :)

That or a "Keyboard Hero" (with keyboard accessory)

Bet it will sound better than the CD album

[SimonTheSoundMan (1012395)]

I'm curious if the sound is not compressed to absolute buggery on Guitar Hero.

Metallica's last CD album "Death Magnetic" sounded absolutely crap.

Re:Bet it will sound better than the CD album

[no reason to be here (218628)]

That was the fault of the engineer on the album. I don't know why Rubin keeps going to him, but he keeps compressing the shit out of everything when they mix the albums. The mastering engineer publicly called them out on it after the album had been released. Quote from wikipedia: " MusicRadar and Rolling Stone attribute a quote to the album's mastering engineer Ted Jensen in which he claims that "mixes were already brick-walled before they arrived" for mastering[70][71] and cite a petition from fans to remix or remaster the album." Oftentimes today "mastering" today is simply over-compressing the hell out of the mix, but apparently, that was done ahead of time on this one.

Re:Bet it will sound better than the CD album

[Foo2rama (755806)]

Ironically, the Death Magnetic song pack had higher quality sound then the CD, it was alot less compressed. It was posted on here a few months back.

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[dank zappingly (975064)]

On Rock Band I noticed that the tracks from ...And Justice for All had audible bass.

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[jZnat (793348)]

That seems like a hard feat since the bass part is virtually indistinguishable from the guitar part in most of the songs.

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[Blimey85 (609949)]

Yes, yes it did. You can however, find it avail online at the usual places, as a rip from a game that sounds a lot less crappy. Odd that the store bought version is the crappy one. I typically download all of my tunes and on occasion I grab something that is less than great. I then grab another copy from someone else. I was thinking everyone had a crap copy until I read the news that the actual master was shite. How can a band as large as Metallica make such an amateur mistake? If we want to crank things up

What's missing...

[antic (29198)]

All up, there are a lot of tracks likely to be tonnes of fun to play for Metallica fans. Really looking forward to this. (Who do I have to bribe to get GH: Pantera, then FNM, etc!?)

Here's what's missing from the key albums:

JUSTICE:
Blackened ...And Justice For All (Shame. Already released on Rock Band, I think?)
Eye of the Beholder
Harvester of Sorrow
Frayed Ends of Sanity
To Live is to Die (wish this was in there instead of Dyers Eve)

BLACK:
Holier Than Thou
Don't Tread on Me
Through the Never
Of Wolf and Man
The God

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[KlomDark (6370)]

No Jump in the Fire? WTF?

Re:I doubt thee Unforgiven

[jonaskoelker (922170)]

but i dont play guiatr hero (cuz i can play guitar)

I play GH even though I also play guitar. It's a great game, you should give it a go when you find the time.

Ever played Speedball even though you can don a 10-kg armor and throw a red hot iron ball around? Ever played Counterstrike even though you have a gun? Ever played Starcraft even though you own a bicyc... I mean Science Vessel?

See?

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[antic (29198)]

For future reference, the lyric is "dub", not "doubt".

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[KlomDark (6370)]

I play bass and I play GH. I find that while it's no good for training you how to use more than one "string" (They should put 4 to 6 strum switches on it to make it somewhat more realistic...) I have found that I've noticed my timing, finger strength, and left hand dexterity have improved greatly.

Most guitarists that dislike GH simply haven't put some time in. GH take practice too. If the non-guitar playing dork across the room just kicked your ass in Smoke on the Water, then you need to do more practicing

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[Walpurgiss (723989)]

Why not make all the tracks DLC? It's stupid to have to switch in discs for a game like GH/RB. All the damn games should just have been a DLC pack for $50 or whatever they're charging for the disc.

I really doubt anyone seriously uses the XBox360s that have no HD, and for PS3 its not a problem, only PS2/Wii really lag behind there. It should be DLC for the same price.

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[DataBroker (964208)]

I prefer disks to DLC. There are many reasons to prefer a disk too. For me, I can move the game to either of my 360's without being online. Or, if I don't like the content, I can sell it or give it away.

I agree that the disk swapping sucks, but they could work around that easily enough by making you do it just once a month (to verify you still have the disk).

Of course, the real reason they won't offer $50 DLC is that when most people spend that kind of money, they want something to have and to hold --

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[rworne (538610)]

Well, the AC/DC pack for Rockband was definitely the best compromise.

The disc itself is a stand-alone game with AC/DC tracks. Included in the case is a code to download all the tracks as DLC.

See? Best of both worlds and everyone's happy - provided they like AC/DC.

I want all my stuff available on the console. No disc swapping. That pretty much killed Singstar for me - well, the crappy US DLC releases for Singstar pretty much killed it for me too.

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[LordKronos (470910)]

Then you'd be pleased with the way Rock Band has done it. The same DLC library works in both Rock Band 1 and 2. The songs from RB1 can be exported for $5 and used in RB2 (except for 3 songs, which they couldn't secure the export rights for). The $5 is purely to pay for licensing fees, presumably because at the time RB1 was made Harmonix wasn't thinking ahead far enough to include such export rights into the original contract.

When Rock Band: AC/DC came out, the game included a code in the box which would be

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[Hyppy (74366)]

Wait, did I miss something? What does HD have to do with songs being DLC?

Well, at least 14 of them are pre-sellout

[elrous0 (869638)]

Will there be an option to turn off the pussy-era songs?

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[Tenek (738297)]

Yes, it's called don't play them. Instead, go yell at kids to get off your lawn.

singles for download

[Ogive17 (691899)]

What I hope is that they make some of the single songs available for download through the wii shop. I don't want the entire game, but it would be nice to have a couple metallica songs on the set list while playing world tour.

Some good news for Wii owners

[LordKaT (619540)]

If you downloaded the "Death Magnetic" album for Xbox and PS3, those ten songs will play in their entirety in the full game mode. PS2 and Wii versions (coming in the Spring, most likely in early May) will include "Broken Beat & Scarred," "Cyanide" and "My Apocalypse" since they are not compatible with the Death Magnetic downloadable content.

About fucking time I get to do something else with guitar Hero on the Wii besides frustratingly pull my hair out on One.

Less than 60 songs?

[Enderandrew (866215)]

Didn't GH3 boast 80 songs? And it got free DLC as well. I don't believe GH:Aerosmith got free DLC, so I don't expect Metallica will either.

GH:WT also has tons and tons of songs.

I expect they'll still charge $60 for the game.

Guiter Hero, Powered by Songsmith

[GaryPatterson (852699)]

Isn't this the one where Microsoft's revolutionary Songsmith technology was used for the backing tracks?

Here's a sample: enjoy! [youtube.com]

Rise Against?

[bluefoxlucid (723572)]

Metallica is one of the few bands worthy of a solo title, says Luke Plunkett of game news site Kotaku.com, "because they're one of the few popular enough â" and with a large enough back catalog â" to make it a worthwhile endeavor. A lot of their biggest songs are built on fast drums, fast guitars and epic solos, which should make them more enjoyable to play."

Sounds like Rise Against would be better. Pick up The Sufferer and the Witness; and for a little lighter work, Appeal to Reason (Entertainment and The Dirt Whispered are both easier than Injection and Survive!). Bet we don't see it!

Re:Don't buy it

[kerashi (917149)]

I actually like Metallica's music.

Of course the band is full of douches, so my Metallica mp3's are all pirated.

Re:Don't buy it

[Thanshin (1188877)]

my Metallica mp3's are all pirated.

pirated mp3? That's so last decade...

By now you should have all concerts and mtv videos in 1080p, ready to be remotely played on your 50" tv and at the same time, seeded by torrent.

Then someone would nuke your release because one of the videos isn't really in 4.1 and on the propper, he'd include the cracked guitar hero game and 50 ebooks of pretty little poems about Ulrich; 49 of which would be haiku.

There's no justice...

[mobby_6kl (668092)]

but instead, a bunch of shitty songs from St. Anger and Death Magnetic.

As for the second pedal, I liked Ars' take on this [arstechnica.com]: "[...] and you'll be able to hook up a second pedal to your drums in order to barely keep up with the rest of the band. Just like Lars!"

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[Kingrames (858416)]

There's more than one song from the Justice CD, just not the title track, which is a letdown.

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[greg1104 (461138)]

"...And Justice For All" does appear as part of the Rock Band downloadable content [wikipedia.org].

Re:There's no justice...

[sheehaje (240093)]

I listed the albums (from memory) that each of these songs comes from. I wasn't sure on the Load vs. Reload songs, as they are both the same album to me really.

But to make my point, there are more songs from And Justice for All then on St. Anger and Death Magnetic combined.

Which brings me to the next point. No matter what Metallica does, they will be a target. Some of it justified, but most of it will be misguided and ill informed.

Track Listing with original Album:

All Nightmare Long - Death Magnetic
Battery - Master of Puppets
Creeping Death - Ride the Lightning
Disposable Heroes - Master of Puppets
Dyers Eve - And Justice for All
Enter Sandman - Metallica
Fade To Black - Ride the Lightning
Fight Fire With Fire - Ride the Lightning
For Whom The Bell Tolls - Ride the Lightning
Frantic - St. Anger
Fuel - Reload
Hit The Lights - Kill em All
King Nothing Load
Master of Puppets - Master of Puppets
Mercyful Fate (Medley) - Garage Inc.
No Leaf Clover - S&M
Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
One - And Justice for All
Orion - Master of Puppets
Sad But True - Metallica
Seek And Destroy - Kill em All
The Memory Remains - Reload
The Shortest Straw - And Justice for All
The Thing That Should Not Be - Master of Puppets
The Unforgiven - Metallica
Welcome Home (Sanitarium) - Master of Puppets
Wherever I May Roam - Metallica
Whiplash - Kill em All

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[jonaskoelker (922170)]

Iron Maiden, Disturbed, Dead Kennedys, [...]

All of which are featured in GH3 [Number of the beast, Stricken, Holiday in Cambodia].

If it's a hard requirement that all the listed artists are featured in a single game, then yeah, you'll have to wait a while.

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[Chabo (880571)]

Double bass pedals are for wimps. If you can't do it with a single foot, GTFO. ;)

While I know you were at least partially joking, and while there are tons of drummers out there who use double bass as a crutch, who would cry if they tried to play Seek and Destroy with one pedal, I'd like to see anyone who can correctly play Dyer's Eve or Fight Fire With Fire with one standard bass pedal.

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[jZnat (793348)]

Ulrich can barely play Dyer's Eve with a double bass pedal. Metallica had to record the double bass sections separately in order to maintain accuracy and speed. Also, Ulrich is an old fart in comparison to the endurance and speed of your typical death or black metal drummer.

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[glittalogik (837604)]

Presidents of the United States of America...

The Guitar Hero controller has more buttons than the total number of guitar strings [wikipedia.org] in that band.

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[Cthefuture (665326)]

Old Metallica is excellent and classic. Everything up until the Black album. In my book it debatable whether or not the Black album itself is good, I prefer the older stuff but the Black album is not all bad.

But they are greedy litigious assholes considering all the crap they have pulled in recent years that basically shows they don't get it when it comes to modern music distribution. Alienate your fans, way to go!

Re:Don't buy it

[thePowerOfGrayskull (905905)]

But they are greedy litigious assholes considering all the crap they have pulled in recent years that basically shows they don't get it when it comes to modern music distribution. Alienate your fans, way to go!

Yeah, because those fans sure are acting like they've been alienated [wikipedia.org], what with the latest album debuting at #1 and apparently going platinum in the first day of sales.

Now if you had said "alienating the fans who don't buy their albums", that would probably be more accurate. But when you're running a business, what do you lose by doing that?

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[sleigher (961421)]

No he is right. I watched it with my own eyes. The Metallica fan base went from the loser headbanger crowd, to the jock football player crowd in almost 7 hours flat. I think it was June 11th 1991.

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[thePowerOfGrayskull (905905)]

True but what you are describing is a corporate whore sellout. Who cares if the music is good, just use the auto-tone and get it done quickly so we can get it out to the mass hordes of 12-year-olds.

That's a whole different story. I said nothing about if their music was any good now, but I do believe that the quality is independent of any fan alienation they may have done...

Re:Don't buy it

[Chabo (880571)]

I was at a Dream Theater show last summer, and I wore my Justice shirt. I overheard a couple of guys behind me talking about it, even though they tried not to let me hear:

Guy 1: Aww, Metallica? They suck!
Guy 2: No dude, that's Justice, they were good back then!
Guy 1: Really?
Guy 2: Yeah, they made albums before St. Anger, you know...

That said, I still like the newer albums. Not as much as the older ones, but new Metallica is still far superior to all the other crap being made nowadays. I just bought Death Magnetic a few weeks ago, and it's the only album made in the past 5 years that I own that's not made by Dream Theater.

As for the lawsuits, that was almost entirely Lars, and I won't begrudge the entire band for it. The rest of them basically didn't care one way or the other.

Besides, the band's always advocated for free distribution of bootlegs; it's just studio material that they went after. For the last several years you've been able to download recordings of their live shows for free from their site.

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[Anonymous Coward]

You know it's true. You must be one of the chumps who decided Metallica was cool after you saw St. Anger on MTV. GTFO sissyboy - the real men are deconstructing Metallica and shitting on their pieces. Go back to your room and resume your masturbation to your Evanescence poster.