Which album's DLC can Guitar Hero: Metallica detect and add to its setlist?

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Which album's DLC can Guitar Hero: Metallica detect and add to its setlist? Death Magnetic.

Metallica's 2008 album was released as downloadable content for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and later made compatible with Guitar Hero: Metallica. On PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, the game could detect previously purchased Death Magnetic tracks and incorporate them into its song selection.

This was unusual because Guitar Hero: Metallica did not generally accept downloadable content from Guitar Hero III or Guitar Hero World Tour. The album's songs were specially optimized for the newer game. “All Nightmare Long” is the common mix-up: it appears on Metallica's in-game setlist rather than being part of the imported DLC selection.

Platform differences matter, too. The PlayStation 2 and Wii editions could not use DLC, so three Death Magnetic songs—“Broken, Beat & Scarred,” “Cyanide,” and “My Apocalypse”—were included on those versions' discs instead.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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