METALLICA drummer
Lars Ulrich has all but confirmed that an all-
METALLICA edition of the
Guitar Hero game will be out sometime next year. Responding to a fan question about the game Monday night (October 20) on the nationally syndicated radio show
"Rockline",
Ulrich stated, "I don't know how to say this any other way than the following… If I was in Las Vegas and I was a betting man, I would put some money on the possibility of a
METALLICA Guitar Hero game surfacing at some point in the very near future."
A purported trailer for the
Guitar Hero: Metallica game, which is apparently included on
Guitar Hero: World Tour, can be viewed below.
When
Guitar Hero: World Tour arrives at the end of this month,
METALLICA fans will be able to play all 10 songs from the band's new album,
"Death Magnetic", on the game as downloadable content. Among those playing along will be
Lars Ulrich, who bought the game for his kids and told
The Pulse of Radio why he's now a fan himself. "It works on a couple of fronts," he said. "It works on the front of sharing the experiences with your kids. It works on exposing your kids to music. And it also helps Dad a little bit, because all of a sudden Dad's in the video game, and that helps balance the perception of Dad when Dad spends a lot of time talking about doing homework and eating vegetables and all this other stuff, you know what I mean?"
Guitar Hero: World Tour is due out on October 26. It contains more than 80 songs from
METALLICA,
VAN HALEN,
MICHAEL JACKSON,
OZZY OSBOURNE,
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND,
COLDPLAY,
STING, and dozens more artists.
METALLICA also created a special "extended" version of a
"Death Magnetic" track called
"Suicide and Redemption" for playing on
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. All 10 songs from
"Death Magnetic" are available as downloadable content for
Guitar Hero III.
METALLICA will kick off its first indoor North American tour tonight (October 21) in Glendale, Arizona.
Ulrich told
Billboard that the band intends to play at least five new songs a night in its set, rotating them so that all the tracks from
"Death Magnetic" will be performed live.
