It seems that Metallica likes to take charge of promoting products with their name on it. Just over a month ago, they unveiled the debut trailer for Guitar Hero: Metallica on their own site, and last week, they confirmed rumors of the game’s March 29th North American release date on PS3 and 360. And yesterday, after a listing for the game on the ESRB’s Web site let some songs slip, they went ahead and posted the entire set list themselves. You can find it after the jump, including all the non-Metallica songs.

It looks pretty damn good -- almost all of the band’s classic tracks are on there, including such head-banging hits as “Master of Puppets,” “Battery,” and “Sad But True,” alongside some (initially) softer songs like “Fade To Black,” “Nothing Else Matters,” and “One” (the latter song also appeared in Guitar Hero III). Hell, I’m actually considering buying it, even though I know I’d be forced to play on Hard instead of Expert (which is what I usually play on) if I want to get past the beginning of the game.

Remember: if you already bought Metallica’s newest album, Death Magnetic, as Guitar Hero III or Guitar Hero World Tour DLC on PS3 or 360, those ten songs will be playable in GH: Metallica. Since DLC wasn’t an option on the Wii or PS2, those two versions of GH: Metallica will come with three tracks from the album: “Broken, Beat & Scarred,” “Cyanide,” and “My Apocalypse.”

Guitar Hero: Metallica will be out on March 29th in North America for the PS3 and 360; the Wii and PS2 versions will come later in the spring (as of now, Metallica is suggesting an early May release for those platforms). The game is expected to be released around the same time outside of North America. Don’t forget -- if you pre-order GH: Metallica at GameStop, you’ll get a second bass pedal for free, which brave souls can use for the game’s Expert+ difficulty.

[Thanks, power-glove!]

Metallica Tracks

“All Nightmare Long”
“Battery”
“Creeping Death”
“Disposable Heroes”
“Dyers Eve”
“Enter Sandman”
“Fade To Black”
“Fight Fire With Fire”
“For Whom The Bell Tolls”
“Frantic”
“Fuel”
“Hit The Lights”
“King Nothing”
“Master of Puppets”
“Mercyful Fate (Medley)”
“No Leaf Clover”
“Nothing Else Matters”
“One”
“Orion”
“Sad But True”
“Seek And Destroy”
“The Memory Remains”
“The Shortest Straw”
“The Thing That Should Not Be”
“The Unforgiven”
“Welcome Home (Sanitarium)”
“Wherever I May Roam”
“Whiplash”

Other Artists

Alice In Chains - “No Excuses”
Bob Seger - “Turn The Page”
Corrosion of Conformity - “Albatross”
Diamond Head - “Am I Evil?”
Foo Fighters - “Stacked Actors”
Judas Priest - “Hell Bent For Leather”
Kyuss - “Demon Cleaner”
Lynyrd Skynyrd - “Tuesday’s Gone”
Machine Head - “Beautiful Mourning”
Mastodon - “Blood and Thunder”
Mercyful Fate - “Evil”
Michael Schenker Group - “Armed and Ready”
Motörhead - “Ace of Spades”
Queen - “Stone Cold Crazy”
Samhain - “Mother of Mercy”
Slayer - “War Ensemble”
Social Distortion - “Mommy's Little Monster”
Suicidal Tendencies - “War Inside My Head”
System of a Down - “Toxicity”
The Sword - “Black River”
Thin Lizzy - “The Boys Are Back in Town”