Sydney, Australia \u2013 February 24, 2009 \u2013 Having united forces with rock \u2018n\u2019 roll legends Metallica for encore performances and recordings throughout the years, GRAMMY\u00ae Award-nominated heavy metal vocalist and Mercyful Fate frontman King Diamond will take to the cyber-stage with Metallica this autumn in Activision Publishing Inc.\u2019s Guitar Hero\u00ae Metallica\u00ae.<\/p>\n
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Fans, stagehands and groupies alike will have the opportunity to shred and drum with or wail as the digital King Diamond during performances of \u201cEvil.\u201d\u00a0 The song, which originally was recorded in 1983 and is one of the Mercyful Fate songs that comprise Metallica\u2019s \u201cMercyful Fate\u201d medley, was re-recorded by four of the five original band members for Guitar Hero Metallica.\u00a0 The recording session was overseen by guitarist Hank Shermann in the band\u2019s native Denmark; after which King Diamond laid down his vocals in Dallas, Texas, and mixed the song with J.T. Longoria.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt’s been absolutely amazing to be a part of this Guitar Hero experience. It was quite a trip to re-record the song \u2018Evil\u2019 almost 25 years after the original recording took place. The end result with four out of the five original musicians turned out so much better than I would ever have hoped for,\u201d said King Diamond.\u00a0 \u201cSeeing my animated character take form was totally eerie in a very good way. It’s so strange to see yourself animated in such perfect detail – cross bone microphone, Eye necklace and all.\u00a0 This game looks and sounds METAL all the way.\u00a0 HORNS UP!!!\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cRide the Lightning\u201d with musical icons Metallica and 21 other rockin\u2019 acts in an all new Guitar Hero\u00ae experience \u2013 Guitar Hero Metallica.\u00a0 Enter the world of Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo and experience the intensity and skill of one of the greatest bands of all time.\u00a0 Shred on the guitar controller, rip on the drum kit controller and wail on the mic to a set list featuring over 45 explosive hits from Metallica\u2019s illustrious career and a wide variety of other legendary artists personally selected by the band, such as Alice In Chains, Bob Seger, Foo Fighters, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Queen.\u00a0 Fans will be able to rock as Metallica while performing in venues reminiscent of the band\u2019s epic album covers, themes from their music and real world locales.<\/p>\n
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Guitar Hero Metallica is being developed by Neversoft Entertainment for the Xbox 360\u00ae video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PLAYSTATION\u00ae3 computer entertainment system.\u00a0 The Wii\u2122 home video game system from Nintendo and the PlayStation\u00ae2 computer entertainment system versions are being developed by Budcat.\u00a0 The game is rated M (Infrequent Coarse Language) by the Classification Board.\u00a0 For more information about Guitar Hero Metallica, please visit guitarhero.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sydney, Australia \u2013 February 24, 2009 \u2013 Having united forces with rock \u2018n\u2019 roll legends Metallica for encore performances and recordings throughout the years, GRAMMY\u00ae Award-nominated heavy metal vocalist and Mercyful Fate frontman King Diamond will take to the cyber-stage with Metallica this autumn in Activision Publishing Inc.\u2019s Guitar Hero\u00ae Metallica\u00ae. \u00a0 Fans, stagehands and<\/p>\n