Metallica is getting ready to release its eighth studio album called Death Magnetic. After St. Anger failed to deliver the revival that fans of the band had been looking for, hopes are up for this new album and after listening to three tracks from Death Magnetic, I am ready to give it a thumbs up.

Rolling Stones said that the new release shows “Metallica becoming Metallica again” and that's good news because the whole album is coming to Guitar Hero III. Look for it ready for download on Friday, September 12; it will be available for both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game. Metallica is rumored to be in an exclusive deal with Activision Blizzard to just release songs for the Guitar Hero series of games. Harmonix has just announced that the Metallica track from Rock Band would not be available in the sequel supposed to launch this fall.

The Death Magnetic playable album will include the following tracks: “That Was Just Your Life”, “The End of the Line”, “Broken, Beat & Scared”, “The Day That Never Comes”, “All Nightmare Long”, “Cyanide”, “The Unforgiven III”, “The Judas Kiss” and “My Apocalypse”. As a bonus for Guitar Hero III players, the band is also including two exclusive renditions of “Suicide & Redemption” that are set to have longer guitar solos from James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett. The downloadable album will cost 1,440 Microsoft Points, which is about 18 $.

Activision Blizzard is also saying that the album you will be able to download will be perfectly compatible with Guitar Hero World Tour when the game comes out. Speaking of Guitar Hero: World Tour, it seems that Activision Blizzard has quietly confirmed that the game would be released in October, so the date that some retailers have posted for a while, October 26, looks more and more credible.