Guitar Hero Metallica Cheats

Before you get ready to rock out with your buddies, perhaps you should take a look at the available Guitar Hero Metallica cheats. While the core gameplay in Metallica is much the same as what you experienced in Guitar Hero World Tour, the cheat codes are wholly different and can drastically change the way you play the game!

While the cheat codes for Guitar Hero won't make you a better player in the game, they can alter some of the game's effects and intricacies to make for a more interesting experience. Some of these make the game a little easier, some make them more difficult, and some are just for fun!

Between sessions of "Where I May Roam" and other fantastic rock songs, have a look at these Guitar Hero Metallica cheats. Enter them by going to the main menu, choosing Options, then Cheats, then Enter New Cheat. Hit the corresponding colored buttons in sequence.

• Always Slide: Use sliding touch pad notes throughout the song
  • Green, Green, Red, Red, Yellow, Red, Yellow, Blue

• Auto Kick: Automatically play the drummer's bass pedal
  • Yellow, Green, Red, Blue, Blue, Blue, Blue, Red

• Line 6 Effects: Unlock additional effects in Music Studio
  • Green, Red, Yellow, Blue, Red, Yellow, Blue, Green

• Performance Mode: Kick it up a notch
  • Yellow, Yellow, Blue, Red, Blue, Green, Red, Red

• Air Instruments: Make your on-screen instruments disappear
  • Red, Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Green, Green, Yellow

• Black Highway: Change the color of the note stream
  • Yellow, Red, Green, Red, Green, Red, Red, Blue

• Hyperguitar, Hyperbass, and Hyperdrums
  • Green, Blue, Red, Yellow, Yellow, Red, Green, Green

• Vocal Fireball: Prepare for flaming vocals
  • Red, Green, Green, Yellow, Blue, Green, Yellow, Green

You've had the opportunity to play as Slash and other real life artists in previous Guitar Hero games, so no list of Guitar Hero Metallica cheats would be complete without some real musicians too.

To unlock each of these characters, complete the corresponding achievement in Career mode.

• James Hetfiled
  • Regular: Get 100 stars on vocals
  • Classic: Get 150 stars on vocals
  • Zombie: Get 200 stars on vocals

• King Hammet
  • Regular: Earn 100 stars on guitar
  • Classic: Earn 150 stars on guitar
  • Zombie: Earn 200 stars on guitar

• Lars Ulrich
  • Regular: Compile 100 stars on drums
  • Classic: Complile 150 stars on drums
  • Zombie: Compile 200 stars on drums

• Rob Trujillo
  • Regular: Collect 100 stars on bass
  • Classic: Collect 150 stars on bass
  • Zombie: Collect 200 stars on bass

• Zach Harmon
  • Regular: Earn a total of 100 stars as a band
  • Classic: Earn a total of 150 stars as a band
  • Zombie: Earn a total of 200 stars as a band

• King Diamond
  • Using any instrument, complete any "Evil" song

• Lemmy
  • Finish "Ace of Spades" on any instrument

• Marcus Fretshreder
  • Collect 55 guitar stars

• Matty Cannz
  • Collect 55 drums stars

• Riki Lee
  • Collect 55 vocal stars

• Shirley Crowley
  • Earn 55 stars on bass

A rhythm game is only as strong as its song list, so it goes without saying that you'll want the Guitar Hero Metallica cheats for unlocking more songs to play in this fantastic music game. The focus is definitely on the rock stylings of Metallica, but other rock artists are featured here as well.

• Broken, Beat & Scarred
  • Use any instrument in Career Mode to complete "The Thing That Should Not Be" song.

• Cyanide
  • Go in Career Mode and finish "The Thing That Should Not Be" with any instrument.

• My Apocalypse
  • Clear "The Thing That Should Not Be" using any instrument in Career Mode.

No, your eyes are not deceiving you. All three of these bonus songs are unlocked by completing a single song in Career Mode.

Using the cheat codes and unlockables described in this guide, you'll be a big star in Guitar Hero Metallica in no time. Then, you'll be ready for even more action in Guitar Hero 5, Band Hero, and other rhythm games coming from Activision and others.

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