Waiting to Exhale for Guitar Hero Metallica

Does this story sound familiar. The year was 2008. You decided it was time to put aside your inhibitions and hop on the musical simulation bandwagon.

You went to the store and picked up Guitar Hero World Tour. It was time to Rock Out. And, you loved every minute of it. The Beastie Boys, Jimmy Hendrix, Michael Jackson, Metallica — it was all there. Your musical thirst still not satiated you picked up Rock Band 2 amidst rumors of a hefty track list that allowed you to grab songs from the original Rock Band. Twice the songs, meant twice the fun. Plus, you’d get to Rock Out to one of your favorite songs - Enter the Sandman. You went all out this time and picked up the drum set too.

Unfortunately, Metallica pulled Enter the Sandman from the playlist. Inconceivable. So, yeah you had every song from the original Rock Band, but the void in your life remained. What’s the good in Rockin’ Out if you couldn’t Rock Out to Metallica’s “Enter the Sandman.” Talk about an oxymoron.

Then the world received news of salvation. Activision wised up, and signed exclusive rights to creating Guitar Hero Metallica for the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii. It was once again time to rejoice. Now, the quintessential tale of “having your cake and eating it too” could be realized.

Not only is the game packed with 45 explosive hits from Metallica’s illustrious career, but you’ll also get a variety of other legendary artists personally selected by the band, such as Alice In Chains, Bob Seger, Foo Fighters, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Queen. Forget sleeping with one eye open, it’s time to Rock Out all night long and let your neighbors cry bloody murder to the beat of the drums.

Here are the trailer, screens, and Guitar Hero Metallica Full Set List to get your mouth watering:
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Key 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.

Guitar Hero Metallica Set List:
* “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”

Complementing Metallica’s intensity are the following 21 rockin’ tracks personally chosen by the band:
* 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”