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Metallica Gets Magnetic, Heroic

More Guitar Hero synergy than you can shake a drumstick at.

The return of the logo found on countless high-school army jackets.
The return of the logo found on countless high-school army jackets.
The plastic-guitar arms race between Rock Band and Guitar Hero continues to ramp up with today's announcement that Metallica's upcoming album, Death Magnetic, will be released as DLC for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock this Friday, coinciding with the album's proper retail release. The Guitar Hero III version of Death Magnetic will run you about $18 for either the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 version, and it will also be forward-compatible with Guitar Hero World Tour.

Considering how much Activision and Harmonix were both talking up the inclusion of Metallica in their games at E3, this is probably a pretty big deal to someone, though my Metallica needs begin and end at The Black Album. Maybe this speaks more to my decade-plus of indifference towards Metallica than anything else, but I found it baffling that one of the tracks from Death Magnetic is titled "The Unforgiven III". First off, there was a "The Unforgiven II"? And second, can it be a very good sign when a band resorts to writing sequels to 17-year-old songs?

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Sucks to be Ryan, who's never listened to Master of Puppets. Oh well, some people aren't into music I guess.

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All Metallica is good. New album is great, from the tracks I've heard. The Unforgiven III is really good, yet not as good as the first two. I wish someone would include the SONG St. Anger in the game. I think it's a really good song, and sounds fun to play!

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"Ryan Davis' Metallica knowledge and credibility begins and ends with "my Metallica needs begin and end at The Black Album""


These are the Good Metallica albums:
Ride the Lightning (album)
...And Justice for All (album)
Master of Puppets (album)
Kill 'em All (album)
Death Magnetic is pretty good too.

Anything besides that... not so much.

PS: Death Magnetics album art looks like a hairy vagina.
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Paying for the physical album and the privilege to play the album in a game everyone's probably forgotten about seems more expensive than it's worth. But since the shortest song on the album is only five minutes and one second long I suppose you'd be getting your money's worth. I know I won't be paying $18 for that and the other nine 8-minute songs.

As far my "Metallica knowledge" goes "...And Justice for All" and "Master of Puppets" were about as far as I'm willing to delve into their catalog. I've listened to it, but I don't count "St. Anger." Metallica fan or not, "St. Anger" was just a shit record.

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I enjoyed the unforgivin II.

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Master of Puppets is Metallica's best album, but not the best metal album of all time. Reign in Blood is.

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My Metallica appreciation makes a hard stop at One, which was great for the DJ to put on while he took a dump.

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it's been said before but it must be said again the album art looks like a vagina

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Yeah... "Unforgiven II" was the perfect example of the direction Metallica went after The Black Album. Black album was more like the previous albums than any of that load/saint anger bullshit they churn out post megastardom.

As an avid death metaller, I'm frankly offended that they put the word "Death" in the new album title. Trash, Metallica is.

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My Metallica knowledge goes to about Ride the Lightning, and appropriately ends there.

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No thanks, the album will cut it for me.

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Ryan Davis' Metallica knowledge and credibility begins and ends with "my Metallica needs begin and end at The Black Album"

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unforgiven 2 was on the reload album (1997) ryan

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Im honestly stunned that someone just admitted to liking St Anger?  I used that CD to play fetch with my dog, my dog got cancer and died. 

Best Metallica CDs
1) S&M
2) Ride the Lightning
3) Load

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Yes, there was an Unforgiven II.  It was off Reload (I think,  I don't like that band anymore so I can't quite remember).  I think we need more power metal. =P

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Ryan, poor Ryan...

"Unforgiven II" was on Reload.  It wasn't that great.

As for your love of Metallica, to each their own...I guess.  Regardless, Master of Puppets is still the best metal album ever made.  The Black Album...well...I try to do whatever I can to pretend that album never existed.  Then again, I loved Load and St. Anger, as well as all their early stuff.  So I don't know.

As for Death Magnetic...not that great of an album...but it's good for Guitar Hero, I guess.  I agree that having Master of Puppets on there would've been a pants-creamer.
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A few things:

1) The Unforgiven II was in the the 1997 album "Reload" (and was not that great).
2) I am a HUGE Metallica fan so naturally this would sound appealing to me. My problem is that I feel kinda done with Guitar Hero. I might go try this out though.
3) I find it funny that Activision and Harmonix are in this "Metallica arms race". It's a bit rediculous.

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Any true Metallica fan would want Master of Puppets and ...And Justice For All as album downloads, but since I am not one of those I also want to see the Black Album.

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ehhh....

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COOOOOOOOOOL.

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The return of the logo found on countless high-school army jackets.
The return of the logo found on countless high-school army jackets.
The plastic-guitar arms race between Rock Band and Guitar Hero continues to ramp up with today's announcement that Metallica's upcoming album, Death Magnetic, will be released as DLC for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock this Friday, coinciding with the album's proper retail release. The Guitar Hero III version of Death Magnetic will run you about $18 for either the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 version, and it will also be forward-compatible with Guitar Hero World Tour.

Considering how much Activision and Harmonix were both talking up the inclusion of Metallica in their games at E3, this is probably a pretty big deal to someone, though my Metallica needs begin and end at The Black Album. Maybe this speaks more to my decade-plus of indifference towards Metallica than anything else, but I found it baffling that one of the tracks from Death Magnetic is titled "The Unforgiven III".First off, there was a "The Unforgiven II"? And second, can it be a very good sign when a band resorts to writing sequels to 17-year-old songs?