Rock Band Songs Are About To Start Disappearing. Get 'Em While You Can.
Nothing lasts forever. That goes double for music licensed to appear in video games.
If Everyone In Metallica Got Killed Fighting Aliens In XCOM
Everyone thinks that Metallica fell from grace, sold out, became corporate shills. But what if they'd gone out a different way? What if they suited up for battle, XCOM style, and went down in a blaze of glory while fighting off chryssalids?
Blonde Twins Playing A Metallica Cover On Harps While Standing In The…
Sometimes the headline does all the talking. Sometimes things are exactly what they seem.
The Metallica Game We Never Got (But Maybe Should Have)
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Around 2003, Black Rock Studio (which is sadly now no more) was working on something fairly unique: a Metallica game that didn't involve plastic instruments.
What Good Can Come Of The Meeting of Metallica & Call of Duty: Black…
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About a million dollars worth, actually. Activision and Metallica are teaming for a good cause and a selfish one, with the band headlining the publisher's Call of Duty: Black Ops launch party and finding unemployed military vets jobs.
Metallica's Hetfield: Games are "Gateway Drug" to Music
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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.
Lars Ulrich Is A Dirty, Rotten Guitar Hero III Cheater
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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...
Throw Up The Horns For Four Minutes Of Guitar Hero: Metallica Gameplay
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.
Here, The Full Guitar Hero: Metallica Tracklist
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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.
Guitar Hero: Metallica Dated For North America
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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.
Getting Slayer In GH: Metallica Was Tough, Tough, Tough
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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.
Metallica Debuts Guitar Hero: Metallica Trailer
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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?
Metallica On Guitar Hero: Metallica
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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.
Lars Ulrich Explains Why Metallica Sided With Guitar Hero, Not Rock…
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First Guitar Hero Metallica Trailer?
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Metallica Drummer On Sound Quality Stink, Blames Internet
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Judge Metallica Sound Quality For Yourself
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Metallica Album A Sonic Disaster, Fans Turn To Guitar Hero For Better…
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Metallica's New Album Hits Guitar Hero Friday
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Metallica Drops Guitar Hero Hints
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