Codes
From the main menu go to settings and then cheat. Choose enter new cheat and input the following codes for the desired effect. The letters in the codes reflect the colors of the fret buttons to press. A special message will appear if you enter a code correctly.
Code Effect RRBYGGGY Air Instruments RRRBBGGY Always Drum FIll GGRRYRYB Always Slide YGRBBBBR Auto Kick YRGRGRRB Black Highway GRYBRYBG Extra Line 6 Tones GRGBRRYB Flame Color BRRGRGRY Gem Color GBRYYRGG Hyperspeed Mode GRYYYBBG Invisible Characters GRYBBYRG Metallica Costumes YYBRBGRR Performance Mode RRYRBRRB Star Color RGGYBGYG Vocal Fireball
Trophies
Unlockable How to Unlock ...And Justice for All (Silver) Earn 100 stars in Band Career or any single instrument Career 2 X 4 (Bronze) Earn a band Hot Streak (4 player band) Astronomy (Bronze) Hit every star phrase in the song Orion Battery (Silver) Score 1,000,000 on the song Battery as a band (4 players) Better Than You (Bronze) Win an online Pro Face-Off match Black (Bronze) Win an online battle match with the Fade to Black power up Blackened (Bronze) Create a new custom tattoo Blitzkrieg (Bronze) Win an online Band v Band match (8 players) Creeping Death (Silver) Score 575,000 on the song Creeping Death as the guitarist Cure (Bronze) Recover from a poor performance in Quickplay or Career Damage Inc. (Bronze) Perform as the drummer Disposable Heroes (Bronze) Create a new custom rocker Dyer's Eve (Silver) Score 450,000 on the song Dyer's Eve as the drummer Enter Sandman (Silver) Score 330,000 on the song Enter Sandman on guitar Eye of the Beholder (Bronze) Create a new custom band logo Fight Fire with Fire (Silver) Score 340,000 on the song Fight Fire with Fire as the bassist Fixxxer (Bronze) Create a new custom instrument (guitar, drums, mic) Green Hell (Silver) Drum every green note and finish the song Blood and Thunder with the rock meter in green Hero of the Day (Bronze) Complete a song on Expert + in Quickplay or Career (drums only) Holier Than Thou (Gold) Complete all instrument careers Invisible Kid (Bronze) Perform as the bassist James Hetfield (Bronze) Complete the career as the vocalist King Diamond (Bronze) Rock out as King Diamond Kirk Hammett (Bronze) Complete the career as the guitarist Lars Ulrich (Bronze) Complete the career as the drummer Lemmy (Bronze) Rock out as Lemmy Master of Puppets (Bronze) Earn the highest individual score on a song in a band (4 player band) Metal Militia (Silver) 100% a song (4 player band) Metallica (Silver) Complete any instrument career on Expert (Guitar, Bass, Vocals, Drums or Band) Motorbreath (Bronze) Perform as the vocalist Nothing Else Matters (Silver) Complete the career in a band (2-4 player band) One (Bronze) Complete a song with any instrument on Hard or Expert in local Quickplay or Career Platinum Artist (Platinum) Earn all of the Bronze, Silver and Gold Trophies in Guitar Hero Metallica Reload (Bronze) Download a song from GHTunes Ride the Lightning (Bronze) All band members trigger star power simultaneously (4 player band) Robert Trujillo (Bronze) Complete the career as the bassist Seek & Destroy (Bronze) Play 20 online matches Some Kind of Monster (Bronze) Perform as the guitarist Stone Cold Crazy (Silver) Score 65,000 on the song Stone Cold Crazy as the vocalist Stone Dead Forever (Bronze) Complete a song at The Stone venue The Ecstacy of Gold (Silver) Earn $15,000 The Four Horsemen (Bronze) Complete a song with all band members on expert in Quickplay or Career (4 player band) The House Jack Built (Bronze) Complete a song in every In-the-Round venue The Memory Remains (Bronze) View a Metallifacts video The More I See (Bronze) Complete the Tutorials The Struggle Within (Bronze) Complete a song in a band in Quickplay or Career (4 players) The Unforgiven (Bronze) Win an online Face-Off match The Unforgiven II (Bronze) Win an online Face-Off match by 25,000 points or more The Unforgiven III (Bronze) Win an online Pro Face-Off match by 25,000 points or more Trapped Under Ice (Bronze) Complete a song at the Ice Cave venue Wherever I May Roam (Bronze) Complete a song in every venue
Unlockable Characters
| Unlockable | How to Unlock |
|---|---|
| James Hetfield | Earn 100 stars in vocalist career |
| James Hetfield Classic | Earn 150 stars in vocalist career |
| James Hetfield Zombie | Earn 200 stars in vocalist career |
| King Diamond | Beat the song "Evil" in any instrument career |
| Kirk Hammett | Earn 100 stars in guitar career |
| Kirk Hammett Classic | Earn 150 stars in guitar career |
| Kirk Hammett Zombie | Earn 200 stars in guitar career |
| Lars Ulrich | Earn 100 stars in drum career |
| Lars Ulrich Classic | Earn 150 stars in drum career |
| Lars Ulrich Zombie | Earn 200 stars in drum career |
| Lemmy | Beat the song "Ace of Spades" in any instrument career mode |
| Robert Trujillo | Earn 100 stars in bass career |
| Robert Trujillo Classic | Earn 150 stars in bass career |
| Robert Trujillo Zombie | Earn 200 stars in bass career |
