Guitar Hero: Metallica Achievement Guide
Estimated achievement difficulty: 9/10 (4/10 for 800/1000)
- Single Player: 33 (740)
- Multiplayer: 17 (260)
- Total: 50 (1000)
- Approximate time: 15-20 Hours, Depending on skill level.
- Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 5
- Number of missable achievements: None
- Glitched achievements: None Known



Single Player / Career Mode


The More I See - 5
Complete the Tutorials

IF YOU PLAN ON GETTING 1K OR THIS ACHIEVEMENT, YOU NEED TO HAVE A GUITAR HERO DRUMKIT! YOU CAN NOT PLAY THE TUTORIAL WITH A ROCKBAND KIT!!

Kirk Hammett - 25
Complete the career as the guitarist

Achieve 70 stars to unlock last gig at the Ice Cave and complete "The Thing That Should Not Be". Any difficulty will unlock this achievement.

Robert Trujillo - 25
Complete the career as the bassist

*Same above*

Lars Ulrich - 25
Complete the career as the drummer

*Same above*

James Hetfield - 25
Complete the career as the vocalist

*Same above*

Holier Than Thou - 150
Complete all instrument careers

Unlock the 4 achievements above to unlock this achievement. *MUST BE ON SAME SAVE FILE*

Metallica - 75
Complete any instrument career on Expert (Guitar, Bass, Vocals, Drums or Band)

Get 70 stars in a career mode, which should unlock the Ice Cave venue where you play "The Thing That Should Not Be." Doesnt matter what difficulty you know all the other songs, as long as you beat "The Thing That Should Not Be" on Expert, you will unlock this achievement. *Credit to steve36ty*

One - 10
Complete a song with any instrument on Hard or Expert in local Quickplay or Career

*Self Explanatory*

...And Justice for All - 50
Earn 100 stars in Band Career or any single instrument Career

Complete 20+ songs to get the required 100 stars. Can be done on any difficulty, just has to be 100 on a single career instrument. (Difficulty doesn't matter)

The Ecstacy of Gold - 50
Earn $15,000

Expert FC (Full Combos) should net you $800+, but most songs on Expert will net $300+. Expect around 20 - 50 songs on Expert to hit $15,000 total.

Hero of the Day - 30
Complete a song on Expert + in Quickplay or Career (drums only)
Look for songs in Quickplay that have the symbol of the achievement on it, those can all be played on Expert +. These are Expert song with double bass charted in it, so I would HIGHLY advise you to have 2 pedals.

Some easy songs to try if you are struggling are:

Master of Puppets (doom363)


Wherever I May Roam - 15
Complete a song in every venue

Complete a song in each venue (including unlockables).

*TIP* Replay a song in Career mode to choose different venues.

The Memory Remains - 5
View a Metallifacts video

Choose the bonus options on a song, click Metallifacts, and watch a "pop up video" of the in-game band playing the song and displaying fun facts about the song / band. Once it finished all the way, the achievement will unlock.

*YOU HAVE TO WATCH THE WHOLE VIDEO, DON'T END IT EARLY*



Xbox Live / Multiplayer


Ride the Lightning - 10
You triggered star power simultaneously (4 player band)

Have enough star power for each band member to use it, and have enough deploy star power together.

2 X 4 - 10
Earn a band Hot Streak (4 player band)

Have every band member get a streak together for a section of the song. If one person breaks streak, it breaks the band streak.

Metal Militia - 30
100% a song (4 player band)

Have every member get 100% on the song. Can be done on Beginner by yourself if you have all the instruments honestly. (drums only need bass pedal, guitar / bass is just strums, and vocals can be done with a fan)

The Struggle Within - 10
Complete a song in a band in Quickplay or Career (4 players)

Simply complete a song with all 4 instruments in the band active.

The Four Horsemen - 20
Complete a song with all band members on expert in Quickplay or Career (4 player band)

Same as The Struggle Within, except everyone on Expert. Simply just pass the song, doesnt have to be pretty.

Nothing Else Matters - 50
Complete the career in a band (2-4 player band)

Achieve 70 stars to get the Ice Cave venue + complete "The Thing That Should Not Be".

Better Than You - 10
Win an online Pro Face-Off match

Ranked or Player Match, just simply win

The Unforgiven - 5
Win an online Face-Off match

Ranked or Player Match, just simply win

Blitzkrieg - 10
Win an online Band v Band match (8 players)

Can be boosted, since you will not fail out in Band v Band mode, you both just need a set of all instruments.

Seek & Destroy - 25
Play 20 online matches

Ranked / Player / COOP online count

Reload - 5
Download a song from GHTunes

*Self Explanatory*

Black - 5
Win an online battle match with the Fade to Black power up

Play battle mode (Ranked or Player) and have both players last through the song once. You replay the song again + all power ups from that point forward are "Fade to Black" power-ups. Win with the power up to unlock achievement.

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Secret Achievements



Single Player / Career Mode



Some Kind of Monster - 5
You performed as the guitarist

Complete a song on Guitar

Invisible Kid - 5
You performed as the bassist

Complete a song on Bass

Damage Inc. - 5
You performed as the drummer

Complete a song on Drums

Motorbreath - 5
You performed as the vocalist

Complete a song on Vocals

Disposable Heroes - 5
You created a new custom rocker

Create a custom rocker, and when you go to save him/her, the achievement should unlock.

Eye of the Beholder - 5
You created a new custom band logo

Create a custom band logo, and when you go to save it, the achievement should unlock.

Fixxxer - 5
You created a new custom instrument

Create a custom instrument, and when you go to save it, the achievement should unlock.

Blackened - 5
You created a custom tattoo

Go to edit a character and select a tattoo, once you create it (can be 1 layer) and save it, it should unlock.

Cure - 5
You recovered from a poor performance in Quickplay or Career

During a performance, drop down into the red on the rock meter, then recover back to green rock meter and complete the song.
Lemmy - 5
You rocked out as Lemmy

Complete the song "Ace of Spades" by Motorhead in Career mode to unlock Lemmy. Then go back to Character Select, purchase Lemmy for $1000, and then play any NON-Metallica song, as any Metallica song you play will have Metallica characters only.

King Diamond - 5
You rocked out as King Diamond

Complete the song "Evil" by Mercyful Fate in Career mode to unlock King Diamond. Then go back to Character Select, purchase King Diamond for $2000, and then play any NON-Metallica song, as any Metallica song you play will have Metallica characters only.

Trapped Under Ice - 5
You completed a song at the Ice Cave venue

This is the last venue in Career mode. Unlocks after 50 stars

Stone Dead Forever - 5
You completed a song at The Stone venue

Unlocks after completing a career mode.

Go back in Career and replay a song you already beat to choose a venue. Choose The Stone venue and achievement unlocked when you complete the song.

The House Jack Built - 10
You completed a song in every In-the-Round venue

Should be unlocked after the first 4 or 5 venues in career mode are unlocked and at least 1 song in each venue has been passed.



Xbox Live / Multiplayer Achievements



Master of Puppets - 10
You scored the highest individual score on a song in a band

2 ways to do this,

1) Play online with crappy people in a band and hope you get a higher individual score than any of them.

2) Do this with the Band v Band achievement earlier, and play the instrument that your main profile is linked to.

The Unforgiven II - 10
Win an online Face-Off match by 25,000 points or more

Win a Ranked / Player Face Off match by 25K or more, remember that if someone is on a lower difficulty than you, their score will be rounded up at the end for "fairness", so it has to be 25K more than the final total score.


The Unforgiven III - 10
Win an online Pro Face-Off match by 25,000 points or more

Same as above, but no rounding. Both players will be on the same difficulty.

Specific Song / Score Achievements


Green Hell - 15
Drummed every green note and finished the song Blood and Thunder with the rock meter in green

Simple way, put on Easy and play the song without missing a Green note and make sure that you finish the song with a green rock meter.

Astronomy - 10
You hit every star power phrase in the song Orion

Put it on Easy and hit all the star powers if you are unable to hit it on other difficulties.

Creeping Death - 30
Score 575,000 on the song Creeping Death as the guitarist

Full Combo to hit 575K

Dyer's Eve - 30
Score 450,000 on the song Dyer's Eve as the drummer

Hard is the way to go. *Auto Kick disables achievements*

*SONG IS ON EXPERT+ FOR DRUMS*

Fight Fire with Fire - 30
Score 340,000 on the song Fight Fire with Fire as the bassist

Song is only achievable on Expert with at least a 98% and up.

Stone Cold Crazy - 30
Score 65,000 on the song Stone Cold Crazy as the vocalist

Song is only achievable on Expert. Aim for 88% depending on streaks and how good the free-form vocal sections are. SAVE STARPOWER FOR FREE-FORM, THATS WHERE YOU GET MOST OF YOUR POINTS.


Enter Sandman - 30
Score 330,000 on the song Enter Sandman on guitar

Really easy song outside of Solo, and even then its not too bad. With a bad star path, you will need a 98%+, but you might be able to get it with a 96% or 97% with a good star path.

Battery - 30
Score 1,000,000 on the song Battery as a band (4 player band)

Havent had a chance to play in a band, or even the song in GH:M, but a FBFC (Full Band Full Combo) on Expert in RB2 was over 2.2M, so looks like this should be one of the easier point achievements if you have some awesome bandmates.


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