GH: Metallica Expert Guitar FC Breakdown (WIP)

**banjokazooie** · Joined: 12 Sep 2007 Posts: 1704

Okay... I'm gonna take the first crack at this. If anything seems out of place, please tell me

1. Mother of Mercy- Basic chords, no solo, some 8th's but nothing you'd call fast.

2. For Whom The Bell Tolls- See these buttons? How bout that strummer thing? Can you use them? If yes, here's your FC.

3. Turn The Page (Live)- Good song, but boring and repetitive. If you can stay attentive through the whole song, the FC is yours.

4. No Excuses- Trill, couple little hammer-on sequences that may trip you up. Easy still.

5. The Unforgiven- Basic HO/PO's and chords throughout, solo may be hard for beginners but is simple.

6. Nothing Else Matters- Very long. VEEERY long. Extended sustains make it easy to miss.

7. Stacked Actors- Fun for an easy song, one little fast strumming run in the "BIZOW" part

8. Albatross- Pretty easy outside the solos, which have some confusing sections.

9. Tuesday's Gone- Easy, but there are some tricky parts and it's loooong.

10. No Leaf Clover- Couple little rapid-fire runs in the solo, but nothing too difficult.

11. King Nothing- Slow main riff, slow licks, easy overall.

12. The Memory Remains- Some awkward HO/POs throughout, but nothing too hard at all.

13. The Boys are Back in Town- Some quick strums, mostly easy stuff here.

14. Toxicity- Weird strumming patterns all over, easy to miss.

15. Enter Sandman- Some strumming in the solo, but pretty down-tempo and easy.

16. Demon Cleaner- Boring, easy to choke on.

17. The Thing That Should Not Be- Slow, but there is that solo.

18. Armed and Ready- Zigzag can give you fits.

19. Sad But True- Solo has some awkward stuff with chords, but it's not fast.

20. Orion- Alt-strumming in riff and last solo, but a fairly basic song.

21. Fuel- Mix of strumming and HO/POs could be tough for some.

22. Stone Cold Crazy- Way easier with hyperspeed, very short and fun.

23. Mommy's Little Monster- Strummy and frustrating, like a harder One-Armed Scissor

24. Hell Bent For Leather- Not as hard as it looks.

25. Blood and Thunder- Not as easy as it looks.

26. Beautiful Mourning- Off-beat strumming and some weird riffage, but nothing overly hard.

27. The Black River- Gallops. First solo is kind of tricky I guess.

28. War Inside My Head- Tough fills and ending.

29. Frantic- Strumming with hammerons in it. Easy to miss.

30. Fade To Black- Long, but easy outside the solo which isn't bad either.

31. Ace of Spades- We've all seen it before, but this is probably the hardest version.

32. Wherever I May Roam- Mini-trills and slide in the solo.

33. Creeping Death- Fairly fast riff with weird HOPOs, strummy break in solo and chokeable end trips.

34. Am I Evil?- Long, has fast strumming and medium difficulty solo.

35. The Shortest Straw- You can miss anywhere. And the solo is no pushover.

36. Mercyful Fate- Not any one hard part, but it's 11 minutes and it's Metallica.

37. Seek And Destroy- Easy, then there's the solo. Have fun.

38. Battery- Way easier on the GH engine. Descending trips in solo could be tough.

39. Evil- Nothing overly hard until the tapping solo, but that is hard to get used to.

40. Whiplash- Yikes at Breakneck Solo C

41. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)- Easy, easy, easy, wait... WTF?

42. Master of Puppets- Solo, rest of the song is no pushover.

43. Hit the Lights- Solo 2... What the hell is that?

44. Fight Fire With Fire- Burning riff, it's all missable.

45. All Nightmare Long- LOONG. Lots o' strumming and soloing.

46. Disposable Heroes- Solo has strums all over the place, and tricky strumming all over the whole song. This one's a doozy.

47. War Ensemble- Easy solos, but the rest of the song isn't.

48. Dyer's Eve- Just the trips. Oh yeah, and the rest of the song too.

49. One- What did you expect? It's easy outside of FSA, but good luck with that.
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**9001** · Joined: 03 Sep 2008 Posts: 3690 Location: North New Jersey

I think Master of Puppets is a bit too high on that list; it's not THAT hard. The riff is simple and I can FC the first half of the solo, the only tough part is that last part of the solo.

**banjokazooie** · Joined: 12 Sep 2007 Posts: 1704

**9001** · Joined: 03 Sep 2008 Posts: 3690 Location: North New Jersey

**banjokazooie** · Joined: 12 Sep 2007 Posts: 1704

**GHAddict** · Joined: 19 Feb 2008 Posts: 1718

*sigh* finally.

It took you guys long enough. It's already been, what... a week? It took the community 2 days to FC the game, how come the breakdown took so long?

No, I kid. The breakdown looks pretty accurite, that's pretty much the order I got them. I say The Unforgiven should be a little easier, (I got it on my sightread) but no real issues here. Good work!
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**Pas26** · Joined: 04 Oct 2008 Posts: 3664 Location: Québec, Canada

Disposable Heroes should be 46, under War Ensemble and Dyer's Eve.

Sanitorium isn't that hard, Whiplash solo is 100X harder than this strumming.

Evil shouldn't be under Mercyful Fate, it should be at least #40.
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**9001** · Joined: 03 Sep 2008 Posts: 3690 Location: North New Jersey

I think Whiplash is harder to FC than Welcome Home. Whiplash has a tough solo and fast strumming throughout the entire song.

**banjokazooie** · Joined: 12 Sep 2007 Posts: 1704

**Adohu** · Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 1239

Pretty good list from what I can see, but I would change a few things.

I think Ace of Spades should be probably right above Frantic at #31.

The Thing That Should Not Be is MUCH easier than where it is, it's basically just slow trills. I'd put it right above Hellbent For Leather.

I'd put Wherever I May Roam above Am I Evil?, mainly due to the quick OYO Y R or so tapping sections. They are actually pretty tough.

Mercyful Fate should be above Evil. The only thing hard about the song is that it's 11 minutes.

I think Master of Puppets should be between Battery and Whiplash. Easy riff once you get the hang of it, and the solo is surprisingly easier than it seems.

I'd put Welcome Home (Sanitarium) below All Nightmare Long. I still haven't hit that strumming section to this day, and I've tried a lot. It's an absolute mindfuck.

Disposable Heroes should be above War Ensemble. The strumming is a lot easier than it, and the triplet section really isn't anywhere as fast as Dyers Eve's trips. The rest of the solo is pretty easy as it is.

Those are just my suggestions. :3

**banjokazooie** · Joined: 12 Sep 2007 Posts: 1704

**Parama** · Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 5870

The Thing That Should Not Be shouldn't be #30 just because of a brief solo >_> I've even FCed it.

Frantic is also a lot easier than where you have it.
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**Pas26** · Joined: 04 Oct 2008 Posts: 3664 Location: Québec, Canada

I've FCed the Sanitarium strumming on my third try, and twice in a row . I couldn't get the Whiplash trips even on Slow.

There is only one "really hard" part in Disposables Heroes, and that's the gray desc. trips. Sure, they may be harder than Dyer's Eve's trips, but it's much easier to miss in Dyer's eve strumming than on Disposables Heroes.
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