IoMP 168: What Is The Most Metal Guitar Hero Game? Part 10

It’s Van Halen Week on the Influencers of Metal Podcast, and what better way to kick things off than by asking one very important question: Just how METAL was Guitar Hero: Van Halen?Collin and Tom return for episode 10 of their ongoing quest to determine the most metal Guitar Hero game ever made, and this time they’re diving into the 2009 band-focused instalment built around Eddie, Alex, David Lee Roth and the music of Van Halen.Van Halen’s influence on generations of hard rock and metal guitarists is undeniable... but does that actually translate into a metal Guitar Hero game?The guys dig through the tracklist and uncover some surprisingly heavy additions, including Alter Bridge, Killswitch Engage, Tenacious D, Judas Priest and Deep Purple. There’s metalcore courtesy of “The End of Heartache,” classic heavy metal with “Painkiller,” proto-metal history with “Space Truckin’”, and even more to dive into.Check out more from Collin!https://indi1015.ca/shows/thrashers-paradise/https://www.youtube.com/@thrashersparadise4132https://www.instagram.com/thrashers_paradise/https://www.facebook.com/Thrashers.Paradise.666/Check out more from Tom!https://themetalrobot.com/https://www.youtube.com/@MetalRobotReviewshttps://www.facebook.com/theMetalRobothttps://x.com/theMetalRobothttps://www.instagram.com/the.metalrobot/MUSIC:Van Halen “Eruption”Mark Snow "Materia Primoris: The X-Files Theme (Main Title)"Alter Bridge “Come to Life”Tenacious D “Master Exploder”Deep Purple “Space Truckin’”Jacob Lizotte “Blackhole”-----------------------------DISCLAIMER: Copyright Exceptions under the Copyright Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-42), allowance is made for "fair dealing" for the purposes of criticism or review.