Guitar Hero: Metallica Hints & Cheats

Cheat Codes

Cheats menu

Select "Cheats" at the main menu, then "Enter New Cheat". Enter one of the following codes to unlock the corresponding cheat option at the menu. A message will confirm correct code entry.

Cheat	Effect
Press Green, Red, Yellow, Blue, Red, Yellow, Blue, Green	This unlocks additional Line 6 effects in the Music Studio
Press Green, Red, Yellow, Blue(2), Yellow, Red, Green.	Metallica Costumes
Press Green, Blue, Red, Yellow(2), Red, Green(2).	Hyperguitar, Hyperbass, and Hyperdrums
Press Green, Red, Yellow(3), Blue(2), Green	Invisible Rocker
Press Red(2), Blue, Yellow, Green(3), Yellow	Air instruments
Press Green(2), Red(2), Yellow, Red, Yellow, Blue	This turns all guitar notes (not chords) into touch pad sliding notes connected by purple lines. It has no effect online
Press Yellow, Green, Red, Blue(4), Red.	This mode automatically plays the bass pedal for the drummer. It has no effect online.
Press Red(3), Blue(2), Green(2), Yellow	Always Drum Fill
Press Blue, Red(2), Green, Red, Green, Red, Yellow.	Gem Color
Press Green, Red, Green, Blue, Red(2), Yellow, Blue	Flame Color
Press Red(2), Yellow, Red, Blue, Red, Red, Blue	Star Color
Press Red, Green(2), Yellow, Blue, Green, Yellow, Green	Vocal Fireball
Press Yellow, Red, Green, Red, Green, Red(2), Blue	Black Highway
Yellow (2), Blue, Red, Blue, Green, Red (2)	Performance Mode

Unlockables

Achievements

Complete each achievement to get the allotted gamerscore.

Unlockable	How to Unlock
Complete the Tutorials	The More I See (5)
Complete any instrument career on Expert (Guitar, Bass, Vocals, Drums or Band)	Metallica (75)
Complete the career as the vocalist	James Hetfield (25)
Complete the career as the drummer	Lars Ulrich (25)
Complete the career as the guitarist	Kirk Hammett (25)
Complete the career as the bassist	Robert Trujillo (25)
Complete all instrument careers	Holier Than Thou (150)
Complete a song with any instrument on Hard or Expert in local Quickplay or Career	One (10)
Earn 100 stars in Band Career or any single instrument Career	...And Justice for All (50)
Earn $15,000	The Ecstacy of Gold (50)
You triggered star power simultaneously (4 player band)	Ride the Lightning (10)
Earn a band Hot Streak (4 player band)	2 X 4 (10)
100% a song (4 player band)	Metal Militia (30)
Complete a song in a band in Quickplay or Career (4 players)	The Struggle Within (10)
Complete a song with all band members on expert in Quickplay or Career (4 player band)	The Four Horsemen (20)
Complete the career in a band (2-4 player band)	Nothing Else Matters (50)
Win an online Pro Face-Off match	Better Than You (10)
Win an online Band v Band match (8 players)	Blitzkrieg (10)
Play 20 online matches	Seek & Destroy (25)
Win an online Face-Off match	The Unforgiven (10)
Download a song from GHTunes	Reload (5)
Complete a song on Expert + in Quickplay or Career (drums only)	Hero of the Day (30)
Complete a song in every venue	Wherever I May Roam (15)
View a Metallifacts video	The Memory Remains (5)
Win an online battle match with the Fade to Black power up	Black (10)
You completed a song at the Ice Cave venue	Trapped Under Ice (5)
You rocked out as Lemmy	Lemmy (5)
You performed as the bassist	Invisible Kid (5)
You performed as the guitarist	Some Kind of Monster (5)
You completed a song in every In-the-Round venue	The House Jack Built (10)
You hit every star power phrase in the song Orion	Astronomy (10)
You completed a song at The Stone venue	Stone Dead Forever (5)
You recovered from a poor performance in Quickplay or Career	Cure (5)
You created a new custom band logo	Eye of the Beholder (5)
You created a new custom instrument	Fixxxer (5)
You created a custom tattoo	Blackened (5)
You scored the highest individual score on a song in a band	Master of Puppets (10)
You created a new custom rocker	Disposable Heroes (5)
You performed as the drummer	Damage Inc. (5)
You performed as the vocalist	Motorbreath (5)
You rocked out as King Diamond	King Diamond (5)
You scored 330,000 on the song Enter Sandman on guitar	Enter Sandman (30)
You scored 450,000 on the song Dyer's Eve as the drummer	Dyer's Eve (30)
You scored 340,000 on the song Fight Fire with Fire as the bassist	Fight Fire with Fire (30)
You scored 65,000 on Stone Cold Crazy as the vocalist	Stone Cold Crazy (30)
You scored 575,000 on the song Creeping Death as the guitarist	Creeping Death (30)
You scored 1,000,000 on the song Battery as a band	Battery (30)
You won an online Face-Off match by 25,000 points or more	The Unforgiven II (10)
Drummed every green note and finished the song Blood and Thunder with the rock meter in green	Green Hell (15)
You won an online Pro Face-Off match by 25,000 points or more	The Unforgiven III (10)

Unlockable Characters

Unlockable	How to Unlock
Earn 100 stars in vocalist career	James Hetfield
Earn 100 stars in drum career	Lars Ulrich
Earn 100 stars in guitar career	Kirk Hammett
Earn 100 stars in bass career	Robert Trujillo
Beat the song "Ace of Spades" in any instrument career mode	Lemmy
Beat the song "Evil" in any instrument career	King Diamond
Earn 200 stars in Guitar career	Kirk Hammet Zombie
Earn 200 stars in Bass career	Robert Trujillo Zombie
Earn 200 stars in Vocalist career	James Hetfield Zombie
Earn 200 stars in Drum career	Lars Ulrich Zombie
Earn 150 stars in Guitar career	Kirk Hammet Classic
Earn 150 stars in Bass career	Robert Trujillo Classic
Earn 150 stars in Vocalist career	James Hetfield Classic
Earn 150 stars in Drum career	Lars Ulrich Classic
Earn 100 stars in a band career	Zach Harmon
Earn 100 stars in a band career	Zach Harmon Alt

Walkthroughs & FAQs

Type	Name	File Size
Achievement Guide	Achievement Guide by omegamustard	15K

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