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Metallica’s Hetfield: Games are ‘Gateway Drug’ to Music
6:00AM Owen Good | Metallica frontman James Hetfield continues the payday publicity blitz in an interview with Rolling Stone that comes straight out of the celebrity endorsement playbook for music games. More »
Culture
Lars Ulrich Is A Dirty, Rotten Guitar Hero III Cheater
6:40AM Michael McWhertor | We don’t expect celebrities to genuinely be good at the video games they appear in, but one would think that Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich could play his own band’s songs in Guitar Hero. But no… More »
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Throw Up The Horns For Four Minutes Of Guitar Hero: Metallica Gameplay
1:30PM Luke Plunkett | Even as someone who hasn’t taken to the post-Harmonix Guitar Hero games, Guitar Hero: Metallica looks like a bucket of fun. This four-minute trailer, of which 94% is gameplay footage, only seals the deal. More »
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Here, The Full Guitar Hero: Metallica Tracklist
12:30PM Luke Plunkett | We don’t need ESRB leaks. Metallica themselves have gone one better and released the full, complete tracklist for the upcoming Guitar Hero: Metallica on the band’s website. And it’s a good one. More »
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Guitar Hero: Metallica Dated For North America
8:20AM Michael McWhertor | Metallica’s own Guitar Hero game will be riding the lightning on its way to retail shelves on March 29 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, according to the band’s official site. More »
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Getting Slayer In GH: Metallica Was Tough, Tough, Tough
4:00PM Luke Plunkett | Perhaps the most promising thing about Guitar Hero Metallica isn’t Metallica themselves, but the slew of accompanying artists that are also appearing in the game. One of those is Slayer. And getting Slayer was tough. More »
Metallica Debuts Guitar Hero: Metallica Trailer
8:40AM Michael McWhertor | Who gets the exclusive first trailer for Guitar Hero: Metallica? Well, Metallica does. The band revealed the game in motion via its official site, with a guest appearance from… Ennio Morricone? More »
Metallica On Guitar Hero: Metallica
3:00PM Luke Plunkett | Boy, Guitar Hero: Metallica got exciting all of a sudden, didn’t it? Promising tracklist, a fine selection of “other bands” to play with…let’s see what Metallica have to say about the whole thing. More »
Lars Ulrich Explains Why Metallica Sided With Guitar Hero, Not Rock Band
10:00AM Michael McWhertor | In an interview with Canadian radio station KBS, Metallica’s outspoken and occasionally loathed drummer Lars Ulrich explains — albeit vaguely — why his band is a Guitar Hero band, not a Rock Band band. He says that the gang behind Guitar Hero was “ready to step up on a number of fronts and it’s been great,” whatever that means. More »
