THE BEST NEW METALLICA RELEASE IN TWENTY YEARS
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 at 11:43am by Axl Rosenberg
I betcha when you saw that headline, you got all excited and thought I was talking about the band’s new album, didnjcha? Sorry if I misled you, but, really, doncha think ya oughta know better by now?
In point of fact, I’m referring to the news that there’s going to be a Guitar Hero game based around Metallica, not unlike that Aerosmith one that’s coming out later this summer. Says Game Spot:
“Guitar Hero: Metallica is no longer a case of wishful thinking or idle speculation–it’s fact. When sifting through an SEC filing of Activision’s over the weekend, Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Edward Woo–associate of the highly visible Michael Pachter–uncovered a gem in the section where the Santa Monica, California-based publisher discussed its upcoming game slate.”
I know a lot of people think that the Guitar Hero craze is over, but the game’s sales (and ongoing sales of new downloadable songs) don’t reflect that; personally, I’m playing way less GH than I was a year ago, but that’s mostly because after perfecting Slayer’s “Raining Blood” and, yes, Metallica’s “One,” I just couldn’t be bothered with songs by craps acts like My Chemical Romance anymore. In other words: I can see myself wasting several weeks of my life on this game – and, yes, I’ve taken into account that I won’t want to play anymore once I’ve reached all post-’91 material (Yes, I’m one of those people who actually likes The Black Album. Deal with it.). Getting really, insanely good at “Fade to Black” and “Disposable Heroes” should keep me plenty occupied, thank you very much.
The game is supposed to drop in the first quarter of ‘09. Tell your girlfriend that would be a perfect time for her to gather her posse and finally check out that Sex and the Shitty movie you’re refusing to take her to.
-AR
[Thanks: Myles Hutchinson]
i tried to love GH but it’s no fun. i’m not against it like some snooty guitar players; it’s just way more fun to pretend to be a rock star by playing the songs along with the cd on an actual guitar. during the opening of “for whom the bell tolls” i point over to my plants and clap above my head.
I hear you on the post 91. More people like the Black album than will admit. While it’s not my favorite, it still has it’s moments. I just hope when they build the characters…or band members, however you want to say it, they make them in old and new era. Well maybe just old. I would love to see Cliff on the game! I’m not sure the format but I hope they throw some of the covers from Garage Inc in there as well. Like the Mercyful fate covers and misfits covers. All in all it’s going to sell like crack in Compton.
it’s okay Axl. i think i’m one of the only Metallica fans that actually likes Load and ReLoad (though i feel that ReLoad is their second worst album with St. Anger taking the gold for worst album in existence)
Sorry if you want any new Metallica go buy Trivum and Bullet for My Valentine albums! Jeez give me a fecking break. I am sick and tired of people banging on about Lars and his pet gorilla, Hetfield, like they are metal’s answer to the fecking Beatles. Before you start on me, I was there when Ride the Lightning came out, I bought it on black vinyl and picture disc versions back in 85. I loved them too, when I was a dewey-eyed, 14 year old thrash fan and I kept buying up until Load, hoping they would get their pompous heads out of their asses!
Now this, they are to become a computer game? Jeez, I like a little fun, metal can be funny, actually comical is more the word, I like Bad News, Zimmer’s Hole, but christ on bike, the Metallica PR machine rumbles on milking the cash-cow for every last drop! You want to mime to Metallica and look a complete dick? You don’t need to spend 250 sovs on a console, a 20 quid CD player and few discs then do it in the privacy of your bedroom, not in your living room, in front of the telly where everyone can see you, else they will be calling the men in white coats! ( Need to vent that spleen! Thanks! )
they should stop pussing around and make a black metal GH. i hate all the gay hardcore, metalcore, and punk bands i’ve never heard of and make a sick black metal version.