LARS ULRICH AND TAMA DRUMS HIT THE VIRTUAL STAGE IN ACTIVISION’S CRITICALLY- ACCLAIMED GUITAR HERO® METALLICA®
Latest Guitar Hero® Game Features Double-Bass Drumming and Over 20 Additional Rockin’ Bands
(LOS ANGELES, CA) The gaming world gets a literal double-dose of metal in the recently released Guitar Hero® Metallica®, which features Lars Ulrich and his long time favorite drums, Tama Starclassic Maple. The new game allows fans to experience the intensity and skill of one of the greatest bands of all time while shredding on the guitar controller, ripping on the drum kit controller and wailing on the mic to a set list of over 45 explosive hits from both Metallica’s illustrious career and a variety of legendary artists selected by the band. Guitar Hero Metallica is the first Guitar Hero game to support two bass drum kick pedals, offering an authentic Metallica experience with note-for-note tracking and allowing fans to really test their skills against one of the most influential, fastest and powerful double bass drummers in the world. As so many influential metal drummers, such as Lars have done in real life, Guitar Hero Metallica virtual rock stars can select Tama as their choice of kit.
Guitar Hero Metallica allows fans to “spend an evening with Metallica,” and more than 20 popular artists, while performing in venues reminiscent of their epic album covers, themes from their music and real world locales. The all-new Expert+ drum difficulty setting, available for all platform versions of the game, features two bass drum kick pedals, offering an authentic Metallica experience with note-for-note tracking, and Metallifacts, which, after nailing a song, lets players enjoy a virtual concert filled with on-screen facts and trivia about the song being played.
Said Lars Ulrich of Metallica’s partnership with Activision on Guitar Hero Metallica, “When Guitar Hero came to us with the idea to do a game based on Metallica, we called this a no-brainer and said yes very quickly. It seemed like the next step – a whole other platform for musicians to reach an audience.”
Added Rob Nishida of Tama Artist Relations regarding the Tama presence in the new game, “We at Tama are very proud to be a partner in Guitar Hero Metallica. It gives well-deserved recognition to Lars Ulrich, one of the most extraordinary drummers in rock history. On a much broader level, Activision and Guitar Hero have fused the worlds of music performance and gaming which has created new interest in rock and metal that’s been proven to bring more people to the excitement of playing real musical instruments.
Guitar Hero Metallica is now available for the Wii™ home video game system from Nintendo, the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PlayStation®2 and PLAYSTATION ®3 computer entertainment systems across North America. The game is rated “T” for Teen by the ESRB. For more information on Guitar Hero Metallica, please visit guitarherometallica.com