It's not often we get to put up a link to Metallica's website, but that's our source for this news item. We'd previously reported a rumored list of songs for the upcoming Metallica-centric Guitar hero title, but now we have it straight from the horses mouth. If you like Metallica, you'd like the list. I'm a fan, and I'll probably be picking it up at some point, as my love for "Battery" is greater than my dislike for giving Activision my money. Also, "Fuel" is one of the songs, and my son, as a toddler, sang that song like this: "Gimme food, gimme fries, gimme something on the side!!" I feel that memory is funny enough that I just have to pick that same song up in rhythm game form!
An interesting bonus is that the "Death Magnetic" DLC for Guitar Hero III and World Tour will also be compatible with Guitar Hero Metallica. That's a nice surprise and a step in the right direction, for sure. Compatibility of DLC between titles is one thing Rock Band has done better, and it's good to see that the Guitar hero crew might be seeing the light.
The full setlist (and subject to change disclaimer) is after the break...
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
- Whiplash
Other Artists:
- 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"
- Motorhead -- "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"
*tracklist subject to change*
Source: Metallica.com