Plastic guitars were harmed in the making of this episode.
After sidestepping the extremely non-threatening world of Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, Collin & Tom return to the Most Metal Guitar Hero series with a vengeance — and a setlist absolutely drenched in riffs.
This time, it’s all about Guitar Hero: Metallica, the game that asks an important question: What if we took a Guitar Hero game… and made it aggressively metal?
Between deep dives into non-Metallica tracks like Slayer, Mastodon, Mercyful Fate, and The Sword, the guys debate genre lines, stoner metal credibility, and more.
Then comes the avalanche: all the Metallica.
From Death Magnetic redemption arcs to thrash dominance, the quantity and quality conversation reaches its breaking point.
Hit play now to find out if all that was enough to dethrone Guitar Hero III
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