Metallica are the latest in a long line of bands to endorse rock and roll through video gaming.
The Quietus darlings confirmed yesterday that Death Magnetic will feature on the forthcoming Guitar Hero game … in its entirety.
This represents a groundbreaking step for Metallica who are the first band to have an LP simultaneously released on both gaming and audio formats.
The partnership is an even more exciting prospect for fans who, for the first time, will be able to play along to a whole album of material as it is sold in the shops.
Entitled Guitar Hero: World Tour, the newest game in the series will allow users to download all the songs from the LP for some serious guitar bashing.
Still without a release date, in a statement on their website that band said Death Magnetic would be ‘ready to once Guitar Hero: World Tour hits the streets in the fall’. That’s autumn to me and you.
The metal heavyweights went onto say: “We are so psyched that we’ll be the first out of the gate with this simultaneous release.
“Who knows, maybe a few years from now this will be the norm when your favourite band’s new record comes out.”
In a week already packed with news of music and game crossovers, this comes only 24 hours after Guns N’ Roses announced that new song 'Shackler's Revenege' will be released through Rock Band 2.
This marks the first new material from Axl Rose in more than a decade.
For some Mission: Metallica footage direct your eyes below:
This news story can be found on the Quietus with other pieces by Dean Samways.
Words: Dean Samways
Image: the Quietus
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