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Death Magnetic (2008 album)

Death Magnetic is the ninth studio album by Metallica released in 2008, and was released as downloadable content for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock on September 12, 2008 for $17.99 (or 1440 Microsoft Points).[1][2][3] It is cross-compatible with Guitar Hero World Tour, Guitar Hero 5, Band Hero, Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, as well as Guitar Hero: Metallica, and can be downloaded from their stores as well with updated note charts to take advantage of those games' newer gameplay mechanics such as Drums, Vocals, extended sustains, open notes for Bass (including open sustains in Warriors of Rock), and more. Expert+ difficulty is also supported on all songs on Drums except "The Unforgiven III" for Guitar Hero: Metallica (feature introduced in) and newer supported titles.

Guitar Hero: Metallica already had "All Nightmare Long" as part of the game's on-disc main setlist so the Death Magnetic album DLC will add the other tracks to the game, although due to the Wii and PlayStation 2's inability to download the full album, "Broken, Beat & Scarred", "Cyanide" and "My Apocalypse" were already included on-disc in those versions of the game as bonus songs.

Track listing[]

  1. "That Was Just Your Life" (7:08)
  2. "The End of the Line" (7:52)
  3. "Broken, Beat & Scarred" (6:25)
  4. "The Day That Never Comes" (7:56)
  5. "All Nightmare Long" (7:58)
  6. "Cyanide" (6:40)
  7. "The Unforgiven III" (7:47)
  8. "The Judas Kiss" (8:01)
  9. "Suicide & Redemption" (9:58)
    • "Suicide & Redemption J.H."
    • "Suicide & Redemption K.H."
  10. "My Apocalypse" (5:01)

Suicide & Redemption versions[]

It is to be noted, also, that the instrumental track "Suicide & Redemption" was released in two versions for Guitar Hero with different guitar solos in the middle of the song. A long guitar solo performed by James Hetfield (Metallica's rhythm guitarist and vocalist) in "Suicide & Redemption J.H.", and a long guitar solo performed by Kirk Hammett in "Suicide & Redemption K.H.", while the retail album release had the first half of James's solo in the first half and the first half of Kirk's solo in the second half of the long guitar solos.

"Suicide & Redemption J.H." Expert+ Full Band. Pre-solo for James Hetfield's solo starts at 6:18.
"Suicide & Redemption K.H." Expert+ Full Band. Pre-solo for Kirk Hammett's solo starts at 6:18.

Reception[]

While the Death Magnetic downloadable content was praised in Guitar Hero, there are many complaints about the compressed sound quality of the retail version of the 2008 album, and many fans believe that the audio files on the DLC sounds better due to the game using uncompressed audio tracks.[4][5][6]

References[]

  1. Rolling Stone — Metallica’s “Death Magnetic” Playable on “Guitar Hero III” Same Day of Album Release. Article posted by Daniel Kreps on July 15, 2008.
  2. Giant Bomb — Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock - Xbox 360 downloadable content § Death Magnetic
  3. Xbox News — Guitar Hero III: Metallica “Death Magnetic” Full Album. News posted by Major Nelson on September 12, 2008.
  4. BBC — "Heavy metal mix-up", Fans threaten to send back Metallica album. Article posted on 09/10/2008.
  5. Wired — Analysis: Metallica's Death Magnetic Sounds Better in Guitar Hero. Blog posted by Eliot van Buskirk on SEP 16, 2008 9:17 AM.
  6. IGN Music — Metallica Fans Hit Guitar Hero For Better Sound. Article posted on US, September 16, 2008 (web archived July 20, 2011).
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