Metallica Sue Video Game Companies: Updated

Harmonix confirmed back in July that the legendary rock band Metallica is coming to Rock Band (PS3 and Xbox 360). Also earlier this month both Red Octane and Activision came up with a similar announcement for Guitar Hero III that is scheduled to be released on Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 platforms.

But what's this? Qj.net just got word that Metallica is currently suing the above mentioned companies for copyright infringement. According to the band's lawyer, what the three companies is planning to do is actually under the "licensed music to player" system otherwise known as LM2P network.

Harmonix wasn't able to provide an initial statement regarding the matter but the counsel for Red Octane and Activision had this to say:

Our company paid a licensing fee to feature the track 'a' by Metallica in Guitar Hero III. We don't understand why Metallica would turn around and sue us, unless they've gone from insane to completely bats*** insane since 2001, but we're confident that the law and our contracts will be enough to have this thrown out.

Metallica's counsel, on the other hand, explained that the band is fearful that album sales will decline because consumers can easily get hold of their songs just by purchasing video game titles. The lawyer added, "The band learned its lesson the hard way with file sharing in the late 90s. This time they want to do a pre-emptive strike before the music gets out there".

Update:

Over on the Harmonix's forum boards, HMXSean, one of the community forum leaders, chimed in with an important announcement, stating that the article originally written by Daily Gaming is false.

According to the forum post, HMXSean said, "In no way is this true. It is well written satire but it is very much satire."

Thanks for the info to Qj.net.

Comments

[Skadge_101]

alriiiiite first comment (dont do anything to me)

cmon metallica, first napster, now this, who thinks lars had something to do with this?

[Bloodandfire]

Jesus christ... And to think i was just starting to have respect for them as people and not just as musicians

[phantom_punk]

Soon nobody will be able to say the word Metallica without having a lawsuit in their hands.

[Decembero]

I love Metallica but this kinda shit disapoints me completely.

LAME! Its so hard when it is a great band you love acting like money-grabbing twats.

I half doubt this news is true.

[BonjoviPatte]

UG should also post this text after the article...

"UPDATE:

Over on the Harmonix's forum boards, HMXSean, one of the community forum leaders, chimed in with an important announcement, stating that the article originally written by Daily Gaming is false.

According to the forum post, HMXSean said, "In no way is this true. It is well written satire but it is very much satire."

HMXSean has since closed the forum post, disallowing comments. You can, however, read about it at the forum link we have below."

[f1f2]

I hope that's true.
I don't want people to hate Metallica lol

[0bsessions]

To further chime in, here's a link to the source of the above comment:

http://n4g.com/industrynews/News-59225.aspx

T his story is entirely falsified. Anyone reading the initial articles should be able to tell it's fake. No professional business person embroiled in legal trouble is going to use the wording they did and this is not the first time UG has falsely reported a Metallica lawsuit (Such as the "Metallica sues Canadian band over chord progression" or "Metallica sues Beatallica" debacles, the first of which was false and the second Sony was suing Beatallica and Lars ponied up for Beatallica's legal defense).

UG should either take the article down or revise it with the update that it's an utter load of crap, this is just unprofessional tabloid garbage.

[Decembero]

^ PHEW THANKS GUYS! My respect for metallica divebombed, but its back up there again. I hope this IS just tabloid bullshit trying to be clever, and failing with epic proportions.

[Heid]

Christ-all-****ing-mighty!

I could understand a struggling underground band doing something like this but not ****ing Metallica. They need to get their head out of their arses and think "Jesus, we actually don't need more money and enemies."

They lost a lot of respect and fans after the Napster incident, and now this. Lars...grow the **** up!

[Heid]

0bsessions wrote:

To further chime in, here's a link to the source of the above comment:

http://n4g.com/industrynews/News-59225.aspx

P robably should have read this before going off on a rant

T his story is entirely falsified. Anyone reading the initial articles should be able to tell it's fake. No professional business person embroiled in legal trouble is going to use the wording they did and this is not the first time UG has falsely reported a Metallica lawsuit (Such as the "Metallica sues Canadian band over chord progression" or "Metallica sues Beatallica" debacles, the first of which was false and the second Sony was suing Beatallica and Lars ponied up for Beatallica's legal defense).

UG should either take the article down or revise it with the update that it's an utter load of crap, this is just unprofessional tabloid garbage.

[Hidde]

To further chime in, here's a link to the source of the above comment:

http://n4g.com/industrynews/News-59225.aspx

T his story is entirely falsified. Anyone reading the initial articles should be able to tell it's fake. No professional business person embroiled in legal trouble is going to use the wording they did and this is not the first time UG has falsely reported a Metallica lawsuit (Such as the "Metallica sues Canadian band over chord progression" or "Metallica sues Beatallica" debacles, the first of which was false and the second Sony was suing Beatallica and Lars ponied up for Beatallica's legal defense).

UG should either take the article down or revise it with the update that it's an utter load of crap, this is just unprofessional tabloid garbage.

[TempoTantrum]

Their reasoning is that people will stop buying their records if their songs are on a video game. Well, isn't it just one song? If anything that is advertising for the band because I doubt if someone loves that 1 song then their gonna be like "okay well I'll just buy video games now that has Metallica music in it"

Yeah, I'm not really sure why this article is up here...

Checked.

[cardinal_red]

Okay, first off yeah Lars is a piss-ant we all know that and i guarantee that this has stemmed out from the whole napster lawsuit. Someone who is pissed off because they got sued along with napster and had to pay out the ass for it. Like what has been said by the head of the one forum its most likely false. But because of the bands past it could be true. Let sit back and see how this folds out if nothing more is really said lets back metallica if they are suing it should be the end of the bands career.

[sucay]

stop the flase new guys, its even taking up space on your server, save the space for tabs AND the forum

[sucay]

news*

[dirtymexican863]

its false! you should READ THE WHOLE THING

[Styx]

If they have millions of dollars why they cry so much for that... i got a solution for the company, tell Metallica to f*** up and put another great band instead!!!! I like Metallica but they are acting like Britney Spears all for the attention!

[Hidde]

THIS IS NOT REAL.
The original source has a disclaimer that says so. Take this bullshit down.

[Ponchibego]

If it's false then they should remove the article because the first time through I didn't see that at the bottom and said WTF is wrong with them, but now I understand.

[SpiderInMyRoom]

What the hell is the point of posting a false article?? Get your $%&* together.

[The Novice]

How the hell can't people read the whole goddamn article. IT'S FAKE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!

However, Metallica are best band ever, and James Hetfield is my own personal God. Thank you for your time.

[GNR's Fan]

FAKE ARTICLE

[StenTheAwesome]

I really love how people are like OMG FUCK METALLICA and they haven't even read the article all the way to see that this article is fake...dumbasses.

[metal4me]

"Our company paid a licensing fee to feature the track 'a' by Metallica in Guitar Hero III."

did anyone else notice that^
i've never heard a song called "a" by Metallica



"Metallica's counsel, on the other hand, explained that the band is fearful that album sales will decline because consumers can easily get hold of their songs just by purchasing video game titles."

why would they be worried about people getting their songs from video games? only one of their songs would be on one video game.

and if someone plays that game and hears one of their songs they may like it and buy the album

plus, if someone was looking to get their music, buying their cd is alot cheaper than buying the whole video game

[Apokryphos]

Crap-tallica...strikes again!

[DevilsDance76]

If you go on the Metallica website they seem sycked to have a song on Guitar Hero 3.

What is the point in trying to butcher a band with a fake article? On moreso why the hell is this on the front page?!?!
I'm losing more faith in the website as the days progress

[miketallica]

yeah its total garbage, what professional company calls them batshit insane?

[Ceil]

Mysteriously, Metallica died shortly before some doppleganger "band" recorded St. Anger. Sad, but true...

Seriously though, once a b¡tch, always a b¡tch. The reason people are so ready to believe this story (yes, I know it's satirical) is the Napster incident. Don't rag on these people too hard, the Dopplegangers That Took Place of Metallica deserve it.

(Personal note: I loved Metallica up to and including S&M ever since the release of Load (and their 80s sh¡t was the best))

[better_than_you]

Its obviously not about the music anymore for Metallica...

[Sound Mind]

the whole thing is ridiculous anyways. it'd be easy for kids to get their music just by buying video games? a cd costs $20 and a video game costs $50, kids arent stupid.

[metal4me]

winningdays wrote:

metallica needs to die in a plane crash for the good of man kind. It worked for jimi hendrix and kurt cobain, thats why their legends, their music would have gotten shitty and unmemorable. Metallicas just holdin out so they can write as many terrible nu metal riffs as they can.

are you kidding me?
do you think Jimi Hendrix's death was a good thing?
imagine if Jimi was still alive today!
if a band/musician is good, then i would like them to live as long as possible.

maybe Metallica's next album will be like their old stuff

[Mr.Garreth]

StenTheAwesome wrote:

I really love how people are like OMG FUCK METALLICA and they haven't even read the article all the way to see that this article is fake...dumbasses.

Yeah this is why the innocent get it the worst. Because stupid people dont ****in read!

[Mr.Garreth]

Plus **** people who think Metallica should have retired years ago. Music is about playing what you love and not what others tell you to. I might not like some of their later stuff but I would never rip on the boys for doing what they wanna do. Fans should not dictate what bands play. When you start out playing guitar, you play what you wanna play not what others tell you to, why should that change when you get signed? Get over it. At least theyre not like Megadeth and still stuck in the 80s!

[mp3stalin]

why is this article here if it was proven untrue?.... QUICK DELETE BEFORE LARS GETS ANY IDEAS!

[Stop Messin']

Look out! Lar's is gonna sue UG next for false rumors! Then he's gonna sue all of us!

[IlikeMetal]

Anyone who reads that should be able to tell right off the bat that it's fake, because no professional writes in the first person.

[munchydoodle323]

sue all around... wow

[Chunky_Lover]

winningdays wrote:

metallica needs to die in a plane crash for the good of man kind. It worked for jimi hendrix and kurt cobain, thats why their legends, their music would have gotten shitty and unmemorable. Metallicas just holdin out so they can write as many terrible nu metal riffs as they can.

ur a dick

[malicelilkitty]

this is why i dont respect metallica anymore... its just a remake of your song... not the actual one.. take your lil bit of money and go make another crappy records..

[etherealprince]

The first legal rampage was enough to convince me to never buy any Metallica product again.

All they're doing is digging a deeper grave.

[bambi_slaughter]

Take this BS down.

[Sound_Garden_X]

I thought it was real cause it's the type of bullshit Metallica would do, but then again the guy from Red Octane called them batshit which would just screw them even more which is were it starts going down hill.

[Joshrocker48]

0bsessions wrote:

To further chime in, here's a link to the source of the above comment:

http://n4g.com/industrynews/News-59225.aspx

T his story is entirely falsified. Anyone reading the initial articles should be able to tell it's fake. No professional business person embroiled in legal trouble is going to use the wording they did and this is not the first time UG has falsely reported a Metallica lawsuit (Such as the "Metallica sues Canadian band over chord progression" or "Metallica sues Beatallica" debacles, the first of which was false and the second Sony was suing Beatallica and Lars ponied up for Beatallica's legal defense).

UG should either take the article down or revise it with the update that it's an utter load of crap, this is just unprofessional tabloid garbage.

ITS FAKE

[FadeToBlack2404]

to everyone dissing metallica because of this...

you are an idiot

[metalcameron89]

if by any chance in a frozen over hell this was true
everybody knows it would dickhead lars that would have started it whiny lil bitch i love metallica whole reason i picked up a guitar but if any of the true fans out that have watched some kind of monster the documentary knows lars is whiny little bitch dickhead who throws fits when hes pissy and cant get his way,should have had his ass beat as a kid

[Decembero]

StenTheAwesome wrote:

I really love how people are like OMG FUCK METALLICA and they haven't even read the article all the way to see that this article is fake...dumbasses.

Yeh the update came a while after the article was put up on here.

The article has been ADDED TO, AS OF THE WORD 'UPDATE'. SO PEOPLE DIDNT KNOW IT WAS FAKE TILL MUCH LATER WHEN THEY TYPED IN THE UPDATE, SMARTASS!

[fiendcracker]

lol this is so fake... ug should really check their sources before they post stories. i think ug is really lame when it comes to news :/

[vanhalen27]

hey all you "people", if you spent years working and making albums just so people can get them for free illegally wouldnt you be pissed off? they work hard on what they do (except st. anger). i bet you all, if you made something and someone tried to steal it, you would not be happy

[frizzle fry]

For shame James for shame

[taylorfrey66]

i knew metallica wouldnt be that much of *******s...

[metal_head_9191]

c'mon metallica.....
they act like they are the kind of metal band that, hates people and are just in the music business for the money =/

[MetalHead_91]

Hey people dont beleive this. If they were suing they wouldnt have the news of their song being on GH3 on their website. Someone is just trying to start sh*t, this is not official news. Dont get your panties in a bunch.

[GetTheGasoline]

i love metallica. love. but dammit, they are tooo fin rich to be pullin a stunt like this

[HH_Emo_666]

the songs supposed to be Enter Sandman

[metalisbest]

LOL... I was so pissed until I read the update!!!

[BumSnack]

It is definently not true. And if it is, i have lost alot of respect from Metallica.

[any14doomsday]

why is this on the frotn page the nif its not true?

[SicSeb]

What a bunch of pathetic wankers. Not a week ago they announced that they were going to be in gh III and now they are suing them? Get over yourself, you made enough money and your albums has been sucking for quite some time now =_=

[Echelon]

Haha, at least UG didnt use that hilarious picture of Hetfield that they usually use XD

[SicSeb]

Ow wait... it's false... yippiekayee =_=

[irongoat666]

there was a thread on this yesterday in the pit, where is was quickly identified as totally fake.

metallica have confirmed that "One" will be on guitar hero 3 on their own website!

[t3xas_dood88]

i really doubt that this is true, cmon people how stupid does this sound, they gave them permission to use there songs and now they turn around and sue??? lol its not true, not true

[gallagher2006]

For ****s sake!

What's next James?!

You gonna sue all the kids on Youtube who fumble their way through "Enter Sandman"?!

[thycrusader]

im glad its not true...one more napster-like screw up would kill metallica. or at least lars. XD

[ApexGT]

UG, please take this article off the site. There are too many members here who refuse to read the original source and choose only to go on article titles and misleading paraphrasing in order to form very strong opinions on the subject. You're hurting Metallica's image for a lot of people. They just might sue you, lol.

[Chex]

Just because they're a band doesn't mean they can't sue for being infringed.

If it was just a normal company you'd all cry.

[Tyler420]

Metallica's counsel, on the other hand, explained that the band is fearful that album sales will decline because consumers can easily get hold of their songs just by purchasing video game titles. The lawyer added, "The band learned its lesson the hard way with file sharing in the late 90s. This time they want to do a pre-emptive strike before the music gets out there".

That is just crap.and im a fan of Metallica. Why would they not have control over what new material goes on a game? and how does "just" getting a 90 dollar game decrease their sales? maybe if they made better albums and didnt charge 75 bucks to see new shit music they wouldnt have such a problem. This is rediculous and i hope people continue downloading them and ridiculing them because just like the jokes, they really are caricatures of themselves.

[creed110]

i find it kinda gets annoying every metallica article or anything always the same comments...Metallica used to be good in the 80s now they just suck....some from people who probably weren't even alive during the 80s to know what the scene was like.....you can hear all the songs and see all the shows about what it was like but being there is a different thing....i saw metallica back then....i also saw them a few years ago...and i saw mostly the same faces on stage as i did back then.....i don't get why ignorant people always trash them for thier recenter work, just cuz it doesn't sound like thier first few albums...i think its good stuff....and yeah its different but i for one would be bored of the same style of music and playing it for over 20 years i see no problem with them changing it up.

[Tyler420]

Tyler420 wrote:

Metallica's counsel, on the other hand, explained that the band is fearful that album sales will decline because consumers can easily get hold of their songs just by purchasing video game titles. The lawyer added, "The band learned its lesson the hard way with file sharing in the late 90s. This time they want to do a pre-emptive strike before the music gets out there".

That is just crap.and im a fan of Metallica. Why would they not have control over what new material goes on a game? and how does "just" getting a 90 dollar game decrease their sales? maybe if they made better albums and didnt charge 75 bucks to see new shit music they wouldnt have such a problem. This is rediculous and i hope people continue downloading them and ridiculing them because just like the jokes, they really are caricatures of themselves.

Oh i guess im one of those *******s who didnt read it was fake...

SUE ME

[true_bacon22]

wait at the bottom it says its false wtf..

[metallicarulz69]

metallica should realize if anything having their music on their would increase record sales because younger kids will hear the songs and like them thus wanting to buy their albums

[JesusVSMegaman]

games hurt their record sales? THIS is DEFINATELY gonna PLUMMET their record sales imo. STOP SUEING PEOPLE YA RICH PUNKS!
metal metal metal

[JesusVSMegaman]

EDIT^ wtf with that false bs?

[sowhat360]

On a side note about metallica, I was at ozzfest chicago last weekend which was awesome, but I heard a song in between bands that sounded a lot like metallica but I never heard it before. I dont know if they were trying to sneak in a new song for some reason, but if it was, i'm looking forward to hearing it again. The song was rockin hard.

[MasterofOrion]

Its Fake Guys. Relax

[chili pepper]

for eff sakes these guys sue everything next thing ya know there gonna effin sue me for sayin this there good tho i have to admit

[SL!!!]

another amazingly bad article. you've done it again UG. keep up the shitfest.

[Pr0az]

I know the article is false, but to the ones who thought it was ture for a minute what idiots you must be. Why would you hate Metallica for trying to keep their music out of the hands of people who didn't make it and want to give it away for free? It's their music, copyright, and hardwork that those songs consist of. So what if they don't need the money, still their music. Just think if it was your music.

[..NEM..]

Decembero wrote:

StenTheAwesome wrote:

I really love how people are like OMG FUCK METALLICA and they haven't even read the article all the way to see that this article is fake...dumbasses.


Yeh the update came a while after the article was put up on here.

The article has been ADDED TO, AS OF THE WORD 'UPDATE'. SO PEOPLE DIDNT KNOW IT WAS FAKE TILL MUCH LATER WHEN THEY TYPED IN THE UPDATE, SMARTASS!

Yes, I think he's pretty smart because the fifth comment acknowledged the update, yet people who commented later still thinks it real. He's not complaining about the people who commented before the update.

[huge-o]

UMM DOES ANYONE ELSE NEED ANYMORE REASON TO BOYCOTT THESE WASHED UP ONE HIT WONDERS

[punkrockdude2]

**** metallica. they just want some money so they can record a shitty album.

Jesus! READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE. THIS IS FALSE

Checked.

[HedBanger24/7]

I thought Metallica were getting more down to earth after the St. Anger / Some Kind of Monster thing but now i officially say "FUCK METALLICA UP THEIR TIGHT WAD ASSES"!!! You have got to be ****in kidding me. Its a game for gods sake! Im now not going to buy their album just because i dont respect them for the bitches that they are. In my mind, the real Metallica died when Cliff (may he RIP) died.

[HedBanger24/7]

Hmm... I just looked into it and realised its fake. I still stick by my words of Metallica dying with Cliff. Either way, why the hell would UG put this on as news if its known as fake?

[Menza_]

I was part pissed until I found out the article is false.

[SGstriker]

I thought I smelt bullshit when I read the first half of this, and when I read the bottom part, I was confirmed.
I mean honestly, even Metallica should understand that the sales of a video game will not affect their album sales.

[a7xsoad]

FALSE ARTICLE!!!!! GET IT IN TO YOUR THICK HEADS LOL!!!!!

[joevsimp]

the best satire is the stuff that's believable, and this obviously was, Chris Morris would be proud

[PastaOfMuppets]

huge-o wrote:

UMM DOES ANYONE ELSE NEED ANYMORE REASON TO BOYCOTT THESE WASHED UP ONE HIT WONDERS

What "one hit" would that be then?

[Cobalt Blue]

glad to hear it's false... this seemed a little much for Metallica.. ive heard them being extremely greedy in recent years but this sounded over the top.

just the other day my friend and I were joking I might get sued because i wrote a song using an open E triplet line that might bare a similarity to For Whom The Bell Tolls lol.

[HavokStrife]

Less people are gunna buy your next lousy ass album because of having One or M.O.P. on a damn video game?

Maybe. It'll make more people realize they went from making untouchable music to garbage.

Man, and to think I was actually thinking these guys were getting their shit back together.

[-heartbreaker-]

they think record sales will decline because the song is featured on a game?!?

what the ****? who would rather pay the 65 dollars for a video game with ONE 'tallica song on it, instead of paying 15-20 for the actual album? are they stupid?

[James_Het_Rules]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Lame. Internet is so useful... and yet you can never really know whats true or not... anyways Metallica rules!

[Ibzman]

I'm very disappointed. They'Re completely out of their mind, what the hell, the guys paid to feature the songs in the game.

[shut_up_n00b]

There was a thread about it yesterday, and it is FAKE!

[anthony4326]

damn....metallica.....do they sue almost anyone they see?

[stars_n_bars]

dammit i was just startin to like em again, if cliff hanst turned over in his grave yet he has now...rip bro...**** you metallica

[notoriousnumber]

They should juts stop while theyre ahead, actually, theyre not ahead by very far, they could have stopped about 20 years ago.

I suppose it will be all worth it if they actually release a decent album after this fiasco

[Korzack]

Twice in the same week we've had false articles, come on UG, sniff these fake journo's out! I honestly wouldn't have put this past the lads. Relax boys, it's a frigging Videogame. It ain't real!

[Xbloody_rosesX]

if they are scared that record sales are gonna go down, their crazy. their metallica for gods sake and if anything, records sales will go up because ppl can hear a song from them and decide they like metallica if they have never heard them before and then they would go get one of their records, hence, the record sales would increase. x]

[Guitar_Poet]

instead of sueing them, why couldnt metallica simply ask that their song not be featured?

anyway, their record sales will be a lot higher if this album is good.

[ProxXect]

Shame to the ones who actually believed in this.

[ClickClick]

Fucking read the article before you post, at the bottom it says it was a fake!!!

[Decembero]

PLEASE UG DELETE THE FECKING ARTICLE. SURELY A UG TEAM MEMBER WHO GOES AROUND DELETING COMMENTS CAN GO AROUND DELETING BULLSHIT FAKE NEWS ARTICLES?!

[MetalliCarnage]

Fucking retards.... Its fake... the article is total bullshit.... says so at the bottom, shit-for-brains.....lol, abd besides, Metallica wouldnt to that anyway....they realize their mistakes (even if they wont admit it was a mistake)

[MetalliCarnage]

and*

[Macabre_Turtle]

ProxXect wrote:

Shame to the ones who actually believed in this.

....I find it highly believable...

[kiefermatot]

You know.. people should really read the whole article before commenting.

This is an untrue story. Metallica are not sueing.

[MetalStorm4786]

It really shocks me that not only to people not read the whole article, but that people dont even read the comments to find out it's fake. Now we're left with a bunch of people who are gunna tell other people they read this article and assume it's true and even more people are gunna hate Metallica, like we don't have enough of that already.

[MetalStorm4786]

Wait, it doesn't shock me...people are ****ing stupid.

[soulburn101]

i can appreciate UG's attempt at humor, but once again, they fail. fake news is great when it's funny. this bombed.

the only think funny about it is the amount of people who actually believed it.

[ThunderKiss65]

phantom_punk wrote:

Soon nobody will be able to say the word Metallica without having a lawsuit in their hands.

Yep, I think Lars is after you now...

[Chris311]

That comment has nothing to do with the article. I just really really hate Lars. He's such a little bitch.

[CrazyPigeon]

Dammit, I was looking forward to playing Enter Sandman on Rock Band...

[reservedforchoi]

Why is this news? Metallica sued someone and the sun came up too. Amazing. These guys are a joke. Who would've ever thought they'd try to destroy the underground music trading scene, after all, they wouldn't even exist without it.

[Ultimate_Gio92]

if this really is fake then thank god

if its not then theyre just ****ing crazy

[marvelboy_04]

im actually listening to for whom the bell tolls right now.
i really hope this is fake, otherwise that would be uber lame on metallicas part.

[mister bass guy]

haha batshit...

[King ofKumbucha]

the band is fearful that album sales will decline because consumers can easily get hold of their songs just by purchasing video game titles.

HAHAHAHA that was hilarious.

[KingSquall802]

Metallica were starting to get back. The next album will be metal again. And they are regaining a lot of fans than before. More and more people respect them coz they are getting back.
So there is no way for Metallica to do such thing like this. I suppose this is FAKE.

Lars is a great drummer, great songwriter, but a horrible person.

[drumbum4life]

i cant believe i used to like them.....

[1llusionz]

LOL this is a good joke.

[GimmeToro]

"In no way is this true. It is well written satire but it is very much satire."

Actually, it's not even well written.

[JordanFlayer]

Metallica just keeps on giving people a reason to hate them. wow. it's supposed to be about music, not money. it's supposed to be about getting your songs out there, not getting paid for them.

[axeslinger0u812]

lol. i like this article. gets people all riled up, especially those who need to express their hatred for metallica...and then puts waaaaay at the bottom..."oh yeah, and this is false." way to go UG. it's articles like these that weed out the retarded ones huh?

Checked...

We can't remove the articles. Users submit them, so stop blaming the UG Staff for it.

[-Boydy-]

What the f**k metallica!...its a f**kin video game!.. They're just gonna loose even more respect...

[Funky M0nk]

Lmao you guys are all idiots...ITS FAKE!!

[untalented]

Oh damn, there goes my plan of paying £40 for the game (and 150+ for the console) to hear one of their songs on a game Guess I'll have to find some other way of stealing their songs.

[Wardster]

This is probably REAL. Just check this link out, if they sue a perfume they would sue anything http://play.tm/wire/click/1479712....PS megadeth wouldnt do that :S

[celticbhoy7]

Why is this article still up if its fake? For the guy who said it "cannot be removed", I just dont buy that

[SuperRitsu]

Erm this stuff is fake.
Wake up people!

[Bullet FMV]

I knew I thought this was fishy, I could've sworn that "Whiplash" was on one the tony hawk games.

[dgme92]

untalented wrote:

Oh damn, there goes my plan of paying £40 for the game (and 150+ for the console) to hear one of their songs on a game Guess I'll have to find some other way of stealing their songs.

hahaha, that made me laugh. finally someone puts a light hearted twist to it. metallica, if this is true, on my respect scale from 1-10, you go from 1, to a 0.

celticbhoy7 wrote:

Why is this article still up if its fake? For the guy who said it "cannot be removed", I just dont buy that

Why not? CCs can't remove articles...You think we would keep this up so that we would have to go through the work of checking it over and over?

Checked lol. Enough "It's fake!!!" posts. Let's try to let this die down. Anymore "It's fake you idiots" posts get's a warning.

[WhereArtEsteban]

Theyre just stalling so they dont have to finish their album...

[WhereArtEsteban]

Damn I'm late...I just read the headline and assumed it was true...

[metal overlord]

I can see where there comming from here, They don't want their sales to be down on the album because of a game. It makes actually alot of sence.

[euan_soad]

Jesus christ I shat myself there lol!

Was gonna never listen to them again!

[matalliam]

this is just a fake story, metallica isnt sueing anyone, if you look on metallica official website it mentiones that they are going to be on thr rock band game and guitar hero 3 so why the hell would they sue em if it was announced on their website that metallica would be on those games, it doesnt make any sense, its just a load of bulls**t that QJ net has made up, if i was metallica i would sue them for making false allegations.

[hoopty]

I really don't think they'll lose album sales over a track from one of their older albums in a video game.

[ReeseKillsHIV]

matalliam wrote:

this is just a fake story, metallica isnt sueing anyone, if you look on metallica official website it mentiones that they are going to be on thr rock band game and guitar hero 3 so why the hell would they sue em if it was announced on their website that metallica would be on those games, it doesnt make any sense, its just a load of bulls**t that QJ net has made up, if i was metallica i would sue them for making false allegations.

If I was Metallica, I'd break up, and make sure I never made another trash CD that alienates fans, and further destroys my image.

[Sandman8591]

ha... me and my friend were playing guitar hero, and hes like why arent there any metallica songs on here, and im like "cuz they dont want to get sued."

i was right! lol

[jamiehubbs]

lol did anyone think lars would let guitar hero use their songs?

[Quikslayer666]

yep this is fake for sure it does say on metallica.com that one will be on gh3 and enter sandman in rock band. its old news but i could see metallica doing this. and there new album is still planned for a february 2008 release date.

[TheZookeeper]

Why would a band as big and rich as Metallica care about the loss of sales created by having ONE - A SINGLE ONE - of their hundreds(?) of songs included in a game? This is utterly stupid. The whole thing makes no sense. I don't think Metallica are suing anybody. Media bullcrap.

[stephen_rettie]

I think its funny, how many of you believed it? c'mon?
what does that say about metallica's standing

[YngwiesPizza]

metallica is getting pretty lame man

[Surfer Rosa]

so this isn't true?? UG has gotta be the worst site for music news.

[veepirate]

could have been true knowing those whiners

[JC13]

There was no way this was true in the first place, seriously... I am shocked that anyone would believe even Metallica would do that..

[Absent Mind]

So who can remove articles like these?

Maybe you should put a request to the powers that be to allow you to do such a thing. It would seem a wise choice in such circumstances.

[7stringuzr]

typical metallica sewing everything in sight

[Metallica Fan08]

I figured it was bullshit since Metallica stated on their official website that they would be featured in both of these games, and they seemed quite happy about it too.

[SlashNX]

it was obviously fake, since no company puts out a press release using the word "insane" and "batshit" in it!

^Maybe...I'll do that.

Checked.

[Schnitzel_Man]

Nice hoax guys. >_>

[james1210]

The album sales will be low because this album will probably suck like their last one. Cmon guys

[Shredninja]

Jesus who are they going to sue next?

[Agent_00Funk]

phantom_punk wrote:

Soon nobody will be able to say the word Metallica without having a lawsuit in their hands.

Yea really its getting pathetic.

[CLIFF_BURTON]

They're gonna sue mexico next.

[not_dead_enough]

better_than_you wrote:

Its obviously not about the music anymore for Metallica...

Hah and your name is a song off ReLoad!

[korn_dawg]

Shredninja wrote:

Jesus who are they going to sue next?

I think the answer is in your post.

[The Spoon]

korn_dawg wrote:

Shredninja wrote:

Jesus who are they going to sue next?

I think the answer is in your post.

Haha

[jthm_guitarist]

We can't remove the articles. Users submit them.

Submit anything you like and it will go up and can't be deleted!! I might submit a news report saying I won the lottery and bought out Gibson..

[Xcrimson_ghostX]

please, metallica are all whiners. theyll sue anyone they can because their career is in the sh*tter. the only money theyre making now is royalties for k-mart band tees and lawsuits.

[recliner33]

Metallica's counsel, on the other hand, explained that the band is fearful that album sales will decline because consumers can easily get hold of their songs just by purchasing video game titles

That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard. People buy video games for the game itself not the music. Why the heck would someone buy a video game just for a song or two when they can buy the bands cd for alot cheaper.
They are basically saying that someone will buy a video game for $60 cause it has a metallica song on it instead of paying $15 for their cd with that song on it. And the dumbest thing about this whole thing is that metallica agreed to have their songs in these video games. I disagreed with metallica sueing napster but I could understand where they were coming from, but this is just total bullshit. If this whole thing is true and if metallica actually wins the lawsuit, then hang me out to dry. We should all sue metallica for making St. Anger hurt our ears.

[Shinozoku]

recliner33 wrote:

Metallica's counsel, on the other hand, explained that the band is fearful that album sales will decline because consumers can easily get hold of their songs just by purchasing video game titles

That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard. People buy video games for the game itself not the music. Why the heck would someone buy a video game just for a song or two when they can buy the bands cd for alot cheaper.
They are basically saying that someone will buy a video game for $60 cause it has a metallica song on it instead of paying $15 for their cd with that song on it. And the dumbest thing about this whole thing is that metallica agreed to have their songs in these video games. I disagreed with metallica sueing napster but I could understand where they were coming from, but this is just total bullshit. If this whole thing is true and if metallica actually wins the lawsuit, then hang me out to dry. We should all sue metallica for making St. Anger hurt our ears.

+666. This ordeal is pure unadulterated uncut SHIT.

[TJS09]

fer **** sakes, its all just a money grab for them now, its not like u can rip the music off the game or anything.

[Copius]

Metallica sucks now. The Metallica of the '80s is one of my favorite bands of all time. The Metallica after 1990 is a bunch of billionare sellouts who deny their roots and seem to have forgotten that they built their fanbase on bootlegs.

[TheNERD250]

****ing Metallica.....what's up with this?

[kirkadolph]

i was going to comment on how Metallica can be such b*tches about this stuff like napster and now this...but its been pretty much established

[Dreaming-V]

stupid.....

[manmanster]

Update:

Over on the Harmonix's forum boards, HMXSean, one of the community forum leaders, chimed in with an important announcement, stating that the article originally written by Daily Gaming is false.

According to the forum post, HMXSean said, "In no way is this true. It is well written satire but it is very much satire."

Chill out guys...

Checked

[pepsi_lovr]

Metallica after the 90s came around just changed. They fail now. They only make music for the money, they sue people because they want to bring their music to people through video games? That is retarded.

[a7xandcambria]

I think it would accually increase there albums sales considering many kids these days havent heard metallica to much and if they like one or enter sandman they might check out the album.

[fhqwgads]

Haha, I thought Lars was really goin overboard for a minute there. But of coarse, how ridiculous is it to be afraid people will buy a $30+ video game with a CRAPPY REMAID version of one song on it. Good thing this is fake.

[MetalliKev]

anyone who believes this is retarded and needs help b/c this is totally fake just b/c of the fact that on metallica.com the official site of metallica it confirms that their songs will be featured on both games and on rockband more will be released b/c the band is letting them dig into their collection so anyone trashing metallica right now should **** off

[xtreme450]

Everyone says, Lars sucks blah blah blah, Napster blah blah blah, St. Anger sucked blah blah blah...Look how much attention they're getting from people from scheiss like this...

[SlashIsGod091]

just another reason why i absolutetly HATE Metallica!

[tbarrettl]

LOL Napster..... there is still Ares, Kazaa, Bear Share, Torrent and Limewire out there to name a few.

[HeavyMetalRockr]

yeh were gonna get ahold of your god damn songs buy buyin games but if ur going to listen to them you gonna have to be pretty damn good at guitar hero bunch of twats plus by givin your songs to video games more people will start listenin to your god damn songs anyway..

[riceranger12345]

metallica is my favorite band but
have they gone insane
i think they should've learned from the friggin napster thing
MY GOD!

[Mowyjoe]

[quote]Metallica's counsel, on the other hand, explained that the band is fearful that album sales will decline because consumers can easily get hold of their songs just by purchasing video game titles. [quote]
yeh of course everyone is bound to go out and buy about 100quids worth of games and listen to each track on their album on them individually rather than just pay 15quid for the album itself, what bullshit

[TC1223]

they need to chill out - damn. Im getting really tired of these guys, and their really sh*tty albums they have put out make them even more annoying

[MetalliRage]

im on metallicas side cause it tends to always have a good effect when they sue. but yes, this better not cause sandman and one to be out of rock band and gh3. but u all no who in metallica is most anal about this cough*lars*cough. but any way i have to be on metallicas side. the music industry wouldnt be around today if they didnt do the napster case(ii was against it at the time but metallica had the best point)

[Davis1232]

Hey, chill out, its not true, their not sueing

[Patrick244]

if this is false then I think somebody is trying to make Metallica look bad. they probably want more people to hate Metallica. But if it is true then I don't know anymore. I love them to death. I'll still buy their new album when it comes out but like I said if it is true then I won't know what to do anymore.

[Davis1232]

Over on the Harmonix's forum boards, HMXSean, one of the community forum leaders, chimed in with an important announcement, stating that the article originally written by Daily Gaming is false.

According to the forum post, HMXSean said, "In no way is this true. It is well written satire but it is very much satire."

ITS NOT TRUE...thier not suing so shut up, they learned thier lesson the first time

[Patrick244]

If somebody is trying to make Metallica look bad then we should find out who it is and kick their ass. and why the **** does UG keep posting up stupid shit like this. They should ****ing find out if it's true first then post it up. They're probably in on this shit too.

[Jastul]

0bsessions wrote:

UG should either take the article down or revise it with the update that it's an utter load of crap, this is just unprofessional tabloid garbage.

True, I was starting to feel my anti-Metallica spirit comming back to life. They should at least name the article "Metallica Sue Video Game Companies: It's all BS"

Seriously, if they're gonna tell you about how something they reported on earlier is fake why don't they just make that the headline instead of letting us all think that Metallica are actually being a bunch of greedy bastards and have us wait until the very end of the article to say so?

Seriously UG, I love this website, but your newscrew has been doing a fairly poor job as of late. I'm not saying I can do better, but isn't this supposed to be their job? Come on!! What's with all the articles that just present opinion columns as actual news that only end up causing flame wars across the comment section?

I say this with all the respect and affection I have for UG: you news guys need to pick up the slack and get your shit together

[Patrick244]

METAL UP YOUR ASSES ULTIMATE GUITAR!!! METALLICA FOREVER!!!

[jimicrakcrn]

This is a fake. Metallica aren't that old. Suing Napster was a good idea. Because God forbid someone has to pay for a CD. That's retarded right? Actually paying for something. Idiots.

And about the whole shitty albums thing. Your telling me that if someone handed you lets say Load or ReLoad, and you had NO idea it was Metallica. That you would honestly say it was shitty? No, you wouldn't. Because they're good records. They're soulful, the talent of the band is definetly noticeable. Metallica have progressed from record... to record. You can't say that two Metallica albums sound the same. Load and ReLoad are Kirks babys... you can definetly feel the bluesy /country feel in those records. Because that's what he was playing at the time. Ride The Lightning is still Metallica trying to break free of the thrash genre. Master Of Puppets really shows Cliff's classical background. And ...And Justice For All just shows how much Lars, James, and Kirk learned from Cliff. They've experimented a little, and sometimes alot in EVERY studio release. Not counting S&M or garage days or anything like that. Their progression is undeniable. St.Anger was mediocre compared to their earlier works. But if you watch Some Kind Of Monster... and you pay attention to the turmoil within the band, kids, everything like that. You still might not like St.Anger... but you'll appreciate what they were trying to do more. St.Anger was back to their roots whether you really like it or not. It was fast, it was moody, agressive. It had some serious punch. You can't be around as long as Metallica without reinventing yourself. I think this next album is going to really blow people away... and I think as well this is going to be their last record. They have alot to prove still... I can't wait.

[JesusVSMegaman]

JAMES IS TURNING INTO GANDOLF! lol, old rockers \m/

[twistedmech]

Whiney bitches, thats all metallica does now... is fcking whine

[jonnyrotten45]

all the shit they went through, and can still get metallica songs off limewire

[mhylands]

Did any of you read the end statement, I personally think it's a hoax. There's enough anti-Metallica sentiment from the Napster times to pull something like this off to smear their name, I think Metallica had enough after the Napster case and wouldn't care anymore.

[Lunartick]

Leave it to UG to post a satire as news. I don't know why I still come here.

[hammondrckr]

metallica is just trying to find an excuse for why their $#!++y albums arnt selling. I think its about time metallica realizes they suck now

[operation ktulu]

Skadge_101 wrote:

alriiiiite first comment (dont do anything to me)

cmon metallica, first napster, now this, who thinks lars had something to do with this?

i do think he did

[dantheman123]

DamageMachine wrote:

Why is everyone saying that the article is real, your all ****ing retarded, RETARDED, its not real, u dont even read the article, u all ****ing suck, ****en faggots

dude... stop acting like a child if you want to get ur point across. yes the article is fake and alot of people didnt read the end but thats no reason to get pissed off... it is a fact however that metallica is still getting made fun of for their pathetic attempt to get rid of napster, and that something like this is possible for them to do. so u can call people idiots for not reading the entire article but please... u dont need to have half of the words u say swearing and insults.. thats just immature

Checked.

[jetfuel495]

"In no way is this true. It is well written satire but it is very much satire."

LOL

[serjYankovic]

haha so what that "update" is saying... is that its all bs? theyre not really sueing it was all a joke? haha thats pretty awesome =P

[MetalStorm4786]

I don't see why people make fun of Metallica for sueing Napster. Illegal pirating of all kinds (Music, Movies, Games, Other Software) not just music, has become a very serious problem, and I think they were among the first people to really notice that and take a stand.

Just because Metallica, among other bands, are filthy stinking rich and can prolly stand to not make as much money off of a record as they prolly could, doesn't mean it's okay to d/l thier music. If you had 40 million sitting in the bank and you woke up to find 10 of it missing, you still have 30 million and ur still bloody rich, but I'm damn sure you'd be pissed to find your money missing, and if you say you wouldn't care, you are a liar. Just because someone is rich, doesn't mean it's ok to steal from them.

At this point in time, you can toss around your Metallica insult all you want. They still sell out shows, everyone will buy thier next record, and they aren't going away at this point. Just accept it.

[Metallica AC/DC]

hammondrckr :
metallica is just trying to find an excuse for why their $#!++y albums arnt selling. I think its about time metallica realizes they suck now

Actually they have one of the best best selling back catalogs currently, maybe people should think for themselves and not just mindlessly attack Metallica just because they're the biggest metal band. Maybe people should also actually read the article first, it's a joke, it says so on the bottom, but then again judging from a lot of these comments illiteracy does seem to be a common trait here.

[joshua029]

Decembero wrote:

^ PHEW THANKS GUYS! My respect for metallica divebombed, but its back up there again. I hope this IS just tabloid bullshit trying to be clever, and failing with epic proportions.

its clever, and its funny but this isn't the only bs i've read like this. i read an article on the internet somewhere that lars was gonna sue of a commonly order of chords claiming it was metallica's trademark or something like that. it was bs, but it was well written and believable...

[joshua029]

jimicrakcrn wrote:

This is a fake. Metallica aren't that old. Suing Napster was a good idea. Because God forbid someone has to pay for a CD. That's retarded right? Actually paying for something. Idiots.

And about the whole shitty albums thing. Your telling me that if someone handed you lets say Load or ReLoad, and you had NO idea it was Metallica. That you would honestly say it was shitty? No, you wouldn't. Because they're good records. They're soulful, the talent of the band is definetly noticeable. Metallica have progressed from record... to record. You can't say that two Metallica albums sound the same. Load and ReLoad are Kirks babys... you can definetly feel the bluesy /country feel in those records. Because that's what he was playing at the time. Ride The Lightning is still Metallica trying to break free of the thrash genre. Master Of Puppets really shows Cliff's classical background. And ...And Justice For All just shows how much Lars, James, and Kirk learned from Cliff. They've experimented a little, and sometimes alot in EVERY studio release. Not counting S&M or garage days or anything like that. Their progression is undeniable. St.Anger was mediocre compared to their earlier works. But if you watch Some Kind Of Monster... and you pay attention to the turmoil within the band, kids, everything like that. You still might not like St.Anger... but you'll appreciate what they were trying to do more. St.Anger was back to their roots whether you really like it or not. It was fast, it was moody, agressive. It had some serious punch. You can't be around as long as Metallica without reinventing yourself. I think this next album is going to really blow people away... and I think as well this is going to be their last record. They have alot to prove still... I can't wait.

i love you...

[Patrick244]

I loved all the Metallica albums. people who talk shit on St. Anger probably can't even come up with riffs that are as good as the riffs in St. Anger. But I think now we know who the real Metallica fans are and who the fake ass ones. Can't wait till the new cd comes out. Like I always said to the fake Metallica fans, MEATL UP YOUR ASS!!!

[anibus04]

Metallica are sell outs just looking for money.

[1llusionz]

LOL at Metallica fans that try to defend the undefendable.

[Thienskater]

Metallica is a good band but i hate how they're money hungry. they're already rich isn't that enough?

[Wilkesy1000]

its all lars.
james just follows him
kirks gay and doesnt say anything
and rob is just a gorilla.
if cliff was still their lars wouldnt be the bossy
bitch

[DamageMachine]

1llusionz wrote:

LOL at Metallica fans that try to defend the undefendable.

Just goes to show how dumb you are, even if you arn't a metallica fan you should know how bs this article is so in a sense, were not defending them, just pointing out the truth

[Infamou$17]

Please do us all a favor, and never post anything related to Metallica on UG ever again unless it is in the form of a tab. Those frigs shove their heads farther up their ***es every month and we all have to hear about it, everyone complains.

jimicrakcrn wrote:

...And Justice For All just shows how much Lars, James, and Kirk learned from Cliff.

Even though it's totally ironic how the album is also notorious for not being able to hear the bass.

[bassmonkey16]

jimicrakcrn wrote:

This is a fake. Metallica aren't that old. Suing Napster was a good idea. Because God forbid someone has to pay for a CD. That's retarded right? Actually paying for something. Idiots.

And about the whole shitty albums thing. Your telling me that if someone handed you lets say Load or ReLoad, and you had NO idea it was Metallica. That you would honestly say it was shitty? No, you wouldn't. Because they're good records. They're soulful, the talent of the band is definetly noticeable. Metallica have progressed from record... to record. You can't say that two Metallica albums sound the same. Load and ReLoad are Kirks babys... you can definetly feel the bluesy /country feel in those records. Because that's what he was playing at the time. Ride The Lightning is still Metallica trying to break free of the thrash genre. Master Of Puppets really shows Cliff's classical background. And ...And Justice For All just shows how much Lars, James, and Kirk learned from Cliff. They've experimented a little, and sometimes alot in EVERY studio release. Not counting S&M or garage days or anything like that. Their progression is undeniable. St.Anger was mediocre compared to their earlier works. But if you watch Some Kind Of Monster... and you pay attention to the turmoil within the band, kids, everything like that. You still might not like St.Anger... but you'll appreciate what they were trying to do more. St.Anger was back to their roots whether you really like it or not. It was fast, it was moody, agressive. It had some serious punch. You can't be around as long as Metallica without reinventing yourself. I think this next album is going to really blow people away... and I think as well this is going to be their last record. They have alot to prove still... I can't wait.

i really respect what ya said there man. i agree with the load/reload thing. if any other band under any other name were to have put those out, i bet all these metallica fans would love that band and love those songs. but since metallica experimented with some new styles (aka "sold out" as people love to say) so many people will refuse to listen to same great songs on those albums.
some people are so close minded. and this article proves that. it goes to show that, even if the story were to be legite, people would back it simply for the sake that its putting "metallica" and "sue" in the same sentence. you can read it once and see how incredibly biased it is, true or not.
some people eh...
\m/ MetallicA \m/

[life_247]

£40 Game, which requires large amounts of hacking into to obtain songs.

£10 CD.

OK then.

[The_Raven]

Wilkesy1000 wrote:

its all lars.
james just follows him
kirks gay and doesnt say anything
and rob is just a gorilla.
if cliff was still their lars wouldnt be the bossy
bitch

Yeah, Kirk, who is married with a wife, is really homosexual. What does a band's sexuality have anything to do this with this article anyway?!

How, in any sense, is Rob Trujilo a gorilla? I simply do not understand that statement.

Any, for goodness sakes, lay off Lars. Have you not heard his drumming at the end of One? What does this stuff (lawsuits, Napster etcetera) even have to do with music? It is a MUSICAL GRUP not a group of lawyers!

And as for James following Lars...do you know who these people actually are? Have you ever even heard/seen Metallica!?

Any at least try to make your grammar readable.

As Jack Black says in POD, "Fucking Dick-Squeezer"!

[guitarplaya111]

dude! wouldnt this like promote the song rather than demote it!
what the hell r these guys on?

[The_Raven]

MetalStorm4786 wrote:

I don't see why people make fun of Metallica for sueing Napster. Illegal pirating of all kinds (Music, Movies, Games, Other Software) not just music, has become a very serious problem, and I think they were among the first people to really notice that and take a stand.

Just because Metallica, among other bands, are filthy stinking rich and can prolly stand to not make as much money off of a record as they prolly could, doesn't mean it's okay to d/l thier music. If you had 40 million sitting in the bank and you woke up to find 10 of it missing, you still have 30 million and ur still bloody rich, but I'm damn sure you'd be pissed to find your money missing, and if you say you wouldn't care, you are a liar. Just because someone is rich, doesn't mean it's ok to steal from them.

At this point in time, you can toss around your Metallica insult all you want. They still sell out shows, everyone will buy thier next record, and they aren't going away at this point. Just accept it.

High Five! I agree, all these people will complain about Metallica, yet I am certain they will buy their next CD!

[randomkiller]

i love metallica i bought all of their cds, not downloaded.
but they need to chill out.
theyre putting one on the game, it already won 2 grammys in the late 80s, its not related to their new album at all.
and theres no copyright infrigment if the companies paid them to use the rights.
its stupid.
i understand that they dont want people getting their music illegally, but its a video game. any other band would be happy.
and if they dont want people accessing their songs, why dont they just destroy all records of their music, and killing themselves. but seriously, they need to chill out sometimes.
i think theyre suing for the money...

[Nybb]

LOL at the people who are too retarded to read where it says the article is fake.

[JWJW]

Take this shit down.

[yourmalmsteen]

if it is real, i'm not going to pay $100 just so i can hear a song i've heard a million times before!

[Decembero]

joshua029 wrote:

jimicrakcrn wrote:

This is a fake. Metallica aren't that old. Suing Napster was a good idea. Because God forbid someone has to pay for a CD. That's retarded right? Actually paying for something. Idiots.

And about the whole shitty albums thing. Your telling me that if someone handed you lets say Load or ReLoad, and you had NO idea it was Metallica. That you would honestly say it was shitty? No, you wouldn't. Because they're good records. They're soulful, the talent of the band is definetly noticeable. Metallica have progressed from record... to record. You can't say that two Metallica albums sound the same. Load and ReLoad are Kirks babys... you can definetly feel the bluesy /country feel in those records. Because that's what he was playing at the time. Ride The Lightning is still Metallica trying to break free of the thrash genre. Master Of Puppets really shows Cliff's classical background. And ...And Justice For All just shows how much Lars, James, and Kirk learned from Cliff. They've experimented a little, and sometimes alot in EVERY studio release. Not counting S&M or garage days or anything like that. Their progression is undeniable. St.Anger was mediocre compared to their earlier works. But if you watch Some Kind Of Monster... and you pay attention to the turmoil within the band, kids, everything like that. You still might not like St.Anger... but you'll appreciate what they were trying to do more. St.Anger was back to their roots whether you really like it or not. It was fast, it was moody, agressive. It had some serious punch. You can't be around as long as Metallica without reinventing yourself. I think this next album is going to really blow people away... and I think as well this is going to be their last record. They have alot to prove still... I can't wait.


i love you...

+1 Ive been saying this for 4 years. Im glad other people see it the way it is, instead of jumping on the bandwagon.

[bigtimmy]

man i wish i could increase the font size.

THIS IS FAKE!!! LEARN TO READ!! AND BESIDES LET METALLICA DO WHAT THEY WANT ITS THEIR BUSINESS!!!!

[FunkasPuck]

huge-o wrote:

UMM DOES ANYONE ELSE NEED ANYMORE REASON TO BOYCOTT THESE WASHED UP ONE HIT WONDERS

one hit wonders?? wtf???

i dont like em, but metallica are one of the most successful bands of all time.

[mercurymay]

this is so lame--- people will buy metallica albums forever, not stop buying them just cuz some of them are on VGs... Metallica needs to grow up, shave, and relax a bit.

[stewartjm]

the #1 reason why this would be false is that it said that metallica thinks people would rather pay $50-$100 for a game with one of there songs INSTEAD of paying $15 for the cd with that song on it plus many more of their songs

NO ONE in the right mind could make that statement and be serious

and if they had contracts with harmonix allowing one of their songs to be used in GH3 than they couldn't sue them

[Jackolas]

Half of you idiots have not even seen them live and have no clue how epic this band really is. Infact they are more than a band personally.|

Anyway keep up the ranting, I'll go and get the popcorn.

Amusing article by the way but I am still confused about it.

[the_bi99man]

HH_Emo_666 wrote:

the songs supposed to be Enter Sandman

Actually, it's "One" that's on Guitar Hero 3. Enter Sandman is on Rock Band. And it's absolutely hilarious to see that so many people still think this article is even the least bit true. I could see the first few posts thinking that, because the story was updated later to reveal the fakeness, but there's still posts like only 10 posts above mine from people who are still all pissed off by this bit of fake news, even though it was revealed fake in time for the 5th comment. People need to learn to read, and/or have some faith in this bunch of genius musicians. Even if this article didn't say "fake" on it, I still wouldn't believe it, because I know Metallica wouldn't sink that low. The Anti-Napster crusade was good, because downloading music is, in fact, illegal. But they have contracts with Harmonix and Activision licencing these songs, and they simply aren't that stupid. Stop being so eager to put down Metallica just because you still have a grudge against them because you're too ****ing cheap to buy a cd. Get a goddamn job.

[hiddeninromance]

haha if its fake you think UG will get sued?
i think though its fake its funny how no one was shocked that metallica would do something like that
x

[nodice182]

even fake metallica news get on the front page.

i have almost no faith in this website.

[joseruntalan]

woohoo guitar hero 3 and rock band are gonna kick ass! woo! lol

[DeathForAll]

OK, Metallica says they don't want people to have easy access to their songs through video games because it'd be cheaper.

It's $20 for a whole CD, but $50-$60 for a videogame with one song on it. How in the hell is that cheaper? If anything, it'd be better (for Metallica) to buy the video game.

I like how the spokesman for the gaming company was like, "I don't know what could've happen unless they turned batshit." Or something like that. Hilarious.

Fuck, Metallica. JUST MAKE MUSIC. If anything, the song would build hype for the new album, unless the album sucked.

[visionen]

Take the damn article down or at least make it clear in the title and/or the beginning that it is fake. Very poor journalism.

[01chardw]

visionen wrote:

Take the damn article down or at least make it clear in the title and/or the beginning that it is fake. Very poor journalism.

+1

[Gregoric]

**** man, first false news about till leaving rammstein and now this

[GuitarJunkie]

Metallica are the biggest bitches on this ****ing planet. Sueing ****ing everyone for everything. grow the **** up, they paid the fee. If they want people to go out and buy their albums maybe they should concentrate on writing ones that dont suck balls

[GuitarJunkie]

welp, my bad, just saw the comments on the top

[MAKETHEMSUFFER!]

my god you people are stupid..it never happened!

[CoreysMonster]

someone delete this retarded article...

[Pingis_Or_Death]

"Metallica's counsel, on the other hand, explained that the band is fearful that album sales will decline because consumers can easily get hold of their songs just by purchasing video game titles."

They think that anyone is going to buy a game to get ONE song by metallica??? Why not just buy the frigging album if you're THAT desperate. This is ridiculous.

[Pingis_Or_Death]

Nevermind...

[visionen]

Well atleast all those mindless Metallica bashers are show for what they truly are in these comments.

[SwantonV1]

wait metallica is sueing? no wai!

[DANZIG767]

Is guitar Hero III coming out for PS2? thats gay if it isnt cuz not everyone has a 360 or PS3

LOL at the people who still think it's real.

Checked.

[ajaxender12]

MetalStorm4786 wrote:

If you had 40 million sitting in the bank and you woke up to find 10 of it missing, you still have 30 million and ur still bloody rich, but I'm damn sure you'd be pissed to find your money missing, and if you say you wouldn't care, you are a liar. Just because someone is rich, doesn't mean it's ok to steal from them.

depends. If i was stinking rich, and i didnt get an extra $10 million on top of my $30 million, but i knew that i had essentially just given $30 (price of cd in nz) to hundreds, thousands of people, id still be pretty happy. theyre still fans, and fans come to shows.
On the other hand, while its not metallica that really should be getting upset, at least someone is. Maybe, they could really solve the problem and reduce the cost of a cd. Id pay $10, maybe even $15. But $30, or more? F off. Ill admit to downloading, mostly stuff i cant find in stores or bands that i dont really know or like enough, but if cd's were cheaper, id buy em.

Oh, and everyone who took this article seriously? WTF? "the band is fearful that album sales will decline because consumers can easily get hold of their songs just by purchasing video game titles"... what are you guys on that makes you that gullible?

[Bazilisck311]

If this were true, this would definitely be a public relations nightmare.

[Metallica Fan08]

DANZIG767 wrote:

Is guitar Hero III coming out for PS2? thats gay if it isnt cuz not everyone has a 360 or PS3

Get over it and buy one. If you want to continue to play decent video games, you have to buy a next-gen system when they come out. That's how it always has been and always will be.

[uvq]

Skadge_101 wrote:

alriiiiite first comment (dont do anything to me)

cmon metallica, first napster, now this, who thinks lars had something to do with this?

me

[uvq]

Decembero wrote:

joshua029 wrote:

jimicrakcrn wrote:

This is a fake. Metallica aren't that old. Suing Napster was a good idea. Because God forbid someone has to pay for a CD. That's retarded right? Actually paying for something. Idiots.

And about the whole shitty albums thing. Your telling me that if someone handed you lets say Load or ReLoad, and you had NO idea it was Metallica. That you would honestly say it was shitty? No, you wouldn't. Because they're good records. They're soulful, the talent of the band is definetly noticeable. Metallica have progressed from record... to record. You can't say that two Metallica albums sound the same. Load and ReLoad are Kirks babys... you can definetly feel the bluesy /country feel in those records. Because that's what he was playing at the time. Ride The Lightning is still Metallica trying to break free of the thrash genre. Master Of Puppets really shows Cliff's classical background. And ...And Justice For All just shows how much Lars, James, and Kirk learned from Cliff. They've experimented a little, and sometimes alot in EVERY studio release. Not counting S&M or garage days or anything like that. Their progression is undeniable. St.Anger was mediocre compared to their earlier works. But if you watch Some Kind Of Monster... and you pay attention to the turmoil within the band, kids, everything like that. You still might not like St.Anger... but you'll appreciate what they were trying to do more. St.Anger was back to their roots whether you really like it or not. It was fast, it was moody, agressive. It had some serious punch. You can't be around as long as Metallica without reinventing yourself. I think this next album is going to really blow people away... and I think as well this is going to be their last record. They have alot to prove still... I can't wait.


i love you...

+1 Ive been saying this for 4 years. Im glad other people see it the way it is, instead of jumping on the bandwagon.

that guy was 100% right

[matalliam]

ReeseKillsHIV wrote:

matalliam wrote:

this is just a fake story, metallica isnt sueing anyone, if you look on metallica official website it mentiones that they are going to be on thr rock band game and guitar hero 3 so why the hell would they sue em if it was announced on their website that metallica would be on those games, it doesnt make any sense, its just a load of bulls**t that QJ net has made up, if i was metallica i would sue them for making false allegations.

If I was Metallica, I'd break up, and make sure I never made another trash CD that alienates fans, and further destroys my image.

what image is that, you probably listen to bullet for my valentine or something gay like that, dont you think your image is already destroyed enough??

[matalliam]

uvq wrote:

Decembero wrote:

joshua029 wrote:

jimicrakcrn wrote:

This is a fake. Metallica aren't that old. Suing Napster was a good idea. Because God forbid someone has to pay for a CD. That's retarded right? Actually paying for something. Idiots.

And about the whole shitty albums thing. Your telling me that if someone handed you lets say Load or ReLoad, and you had NO idea it was Metallica. That you would honestly say it was shitty? No, you wouldn't. Because they're good records. They're soulful, the talent of the band is definetly noticeable. Metallica have progressed from record... to record. You can't say that two Metallica albums sound the same. Load and ReLoad are Kirks babys... you can definetly feel the bluesy /country feel in those records. Because that's what he was playing at the time. Ride The Lightning is still Metallica trying to break free of the thrash genre. Master Of Puppets really shows Cliff's classical background. And ...And Justice For All just shows how much Lars, James, and Kirk learned from Cliff. They've experimented a little, and sometimes alot in EVERY studio release. Not counting S&M or garage days or anything like that. Their progression is undeniable. St.Anger was mediocre compared to their earlier works. But if you watch Some Kind Of Monster... and you pay attention to the turmoil within the band, kids, everything like that. You still might not like St.Anger... but you'll appreciate what they were trying to do more. St.Anger was back to their roots whether you really like it or not. It was fast, it was moody, agressive. It had some serious punch. You can't be around as long as Metallica without reinventing yourself. I think this next album is going to really blow people away... and I think as well this is going to be their last record. They have alot to prove still... I can't wait.


i love you...

+1 Ive been saying this for 4 years. Im glad other people see it the way it is, instead of jumping on the bandwagon.


that guy was 100% right

finally someone who talks sense on here

[Fender6]

it would be awsomeif metallica was in a video game

[bigman81]

Go to Metallica.Com-They Licensed the use of Enter Sandman!!!

THIS IS FAKE!!!

[bigman81]

Am I the only Met Fan Here?!?!?!?

[anoreorcist12]

i know metallica is great and all but must even the fake shit make it to the front page? Can't wait for the new album. Oh, and can you guys just leave st. anger alone? Stop ripping on them. Please?

[shhaannt]

metallica dosnt have anymore record sales, they'll never sell as many as they did on the black album, that was their peak!

[blacksabbath7]

is this article even true? i mean, i understand the napster thing but this is retarded.

[jpast]

I think this article was funny. No its not true. But they will probably sue them now for printing a false article... they're stupid and they should go back to drinking. There music was better then

[ironwolg]

i really doubt this is true, why would MetallicA agree to let these companies use their songs then turn around and sue them? do you honestly think any judge in his right mind would take that case? and as for napster, think about it, if you were in their place you would have done it too. that's their money that they worked hard for. so back off of em, it's not doing anybody any good to constantly bash MetallicA for it

[rokstar666]

this is funny. a fake news thing...lmao!! thats rich. ne way i side wit ironwolg, if music is your product u do wut u can to sell it n if sumone pirates ur shit u get pissed...period.

[Sintera666]

wow.
cant believe that they would go humiliate themselves... if this story is true.
Metallica, hope you know this makes you look very very selfish and greedy, and makes the fans probably back away from buying the new album coming out soon, because the way it sounds like, you werent making the album for fun, but for more money. very sad you guys.
but remember i only say this if the article is speaking the truth.

[Maggot66]

Sintera666 wrote:

wow.
cant believe that they would go humiliate themselves... if this story is true.
Metallica, hope you know this makes you look very very selfish and greedy, and makes the fans probably back away from buying the new album coming out soon, because the way it sounds like, you werent making the album for fun, but for more money. very sad you guys.
but remember i only say this if the article is speaking the truth.

It's false..

[Blackholesun00]

ROFLMAO @ dumbasses thinking this is real. Dumbasses.

[R_U_READY?]

its been updated you mongies stop sayin "read the whole article dumbasses" they are most likely replies to the article BEFORE it was updated...DUMBASSES!

[ChucklesMginty]

Metallica don't seem the kind of people who'd sue... I hope.

[MotorbreathX]

Why isn't this article just deleted?

[DEVILMAN 2012]

ChucklesMginty wrote:

Metallica don't seem the kind of people who'd sue... I hope.

they try to sue napster way bck in 2000 & shit.. i doubt this article is anywhere near true because if they really are that greedy or old fashion with thier obsession to sell more cd's then they really do suck batshit!! lol

[JakoSnako]

man, why does everyone care so much? its not easy to be the 7th biggest selling act in america, cut em some slack, just listen to the music and mind your own business. I do doubt this is true though, dunno why, just doesnt seem like them, oh and if anyone says any more shit about "im not gonna listen to metallica anymore because they sue people" im gonna slap them

[Magero]

Roflcopter at so many people believing this article.

[homair]

^I can't believe so many people do believe it! I mean, for a start Metallica don't have a song called 'a' and the news that One will be on Guitar Hero 3 is on metallica.com! Seriously, I bet if there was a news article saying that Metallica were sueing the family of a man who died after being trapped under ice people would believe it.

[Mit Wasser]

^ Well Said.

[HeadOfIron]

they should change their name to Suetallica HAHAHAH AHAHAHAH HAA!!!!! no but seriously. Metallica wouldnt sue to something they agreed to do. Stupid people trying to start shit and get people all winded up

[metal_licka]

How ridiculous, Metallica are and always will be my favourite band, but sometimes I just despair... Why would the boys try to sue a company for selling their music when they AGREED FOR IT TO BE ON THE GAME. The official announcement is on metallica.com saying "One" will be on guitar hero 3. You are all stupid if you believe this tripe.