Game Informer Magazine has an article in their January 2009 issue on the newest edition of the Guitar Hero franchise. The song list of Guitar Hero: Metallica was released in the article and I’ll post it.  The unfortunate part of the game is only about 60 percent of the 45 songs in the game are actually Metallica. I’m a huge Metallica fan, and growing up in the Bay Area of California, I got to hear them before most in the world even knew who Metallica was.

In an interview with Lars Ulrich, he stated that he approached Activision after visiting his children at their mother’s house, asking him who Glen Danzig was. He wondered how they knew who it was, discovering they had been playing Guitar Hero.  The final decisions were finalized shortly before the Aerosmith version was completed.

Without further ado, here is the list as we know of at this point:

Alice In Chains - "No Excuses"
Bob Segar - "Turn the Page"
Judas Priest - "Hell Bent for Leather"
Kyuss - "Demon Cleaner"
Lynard Skynard - "Tuesday’s Gone"
Mastodon - "Blood and Thunder"
Metallica:
Enter Sandman
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Fuel
Hit the Lights
King Nothing
Master of Puppets
No Leaf Clover
Nothing Else Matters
Sad But True
The Unforgiven
Wherever I May Roam
Michael Schenker Group - "Armed and Ready"
Samhain - "Mother of Mercy"
The Sword - "Black River"

Other Artists that will be involved include, Foo Fighters, Queen, and Slayer.

Each of the songs were hand selected by the members of the band themselves, or are personal favorites. The game will not work with the DLC from GH III or World Tour, the game will incorporate the Death Magnetic songs that you purchase.

GDN recently had the privilege of sitting down with another heavy hitter in the music industry for an exclusive interview recently and will have some interesting news about other entries into the music genre. This interview will be published at the beginning of the new year. So stayed with GDN to keep you up to date with the latest news.