Cheat List
Enter the following codes at the Cheats Menu with your guitar controller for the desired effect.
Air Instruments - Red, Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Green, Green, Yellow
Always Drum Fill - Red, Red, Red, Blue, Blue, Green, Green, Yellow
Always Slide - Green, Green, Red, Red, Yellow, Red, Yellow, Blue
Auto Kick - Yellow, Green, Red, Blue, Blue, Blue, Blue, Red
Black Highway - Yellow, Red, Green, Red, Green, Red, Red, Blue
Flame Color - Green, Red, Green, Blue, Red, Red, Yellow, Blue
Gem Color - Blue, Red, Red, Green, Red, Green, Red, Yellow
Hyperspeed (all instruments) - Green, Blue, Red, Yellow, Yellow, Red, Green, Green
Invisible Rocker - Green, Red, Yellow, Yellow, Yellow, Blue, Blue, Green
Performance Mode - Yellow, Yellow, Blue, Red, Blue, Green
Star Color - Red, Red, Yellow, Red, Blue, Red, Red, Blue
Vocal Fireball - Red, Green, Green, Yellow, Blue, Green, Yellow, Green
Additional Line 6 effects (Music Studio) - Green, Red, Yellow, Blue, Red, Yellow, Blue, Green
Metallica Costumes
In the cheat menu, enter this code to unlock the Metallica Costumes: Green, Red, Yellow, Blue, Blue, Yellow, Red, Green
Lemmy
To unlock Lemmy of Motorhead, beat Ace of Spades in career mode.
Additional Costumes
Classic (80s) outfits and Zombie outfits can be unlocked by winning stars for specific instruments.
Classic James - 150 Stars Vocals
Classic Lars - 150 Stars Drums
Classic Kirk - 150 Stars Guitar
Classic Robert - 150 Stars Bass
Zombie James - 200 Stars Vocals
Zombie Lars - 200 Stars Drums
Zombie Kirk - 200 Stars Guitar
Zombie Robert - 200 Stars Bass
Characters
Perform the actions listed below to unlock the following characters:
Kirk Hammett - Get 100 stars in Guitar Career
James Hetfield - Get 100 stars in Vocalist Career
Lars Ulrich - Get 100 stars in Drum Career
Robert Trujillo - Get 100 stars in Bass Career
King Diamond - Beat King Diamond's "Evil"
Additional Songs
Beat "The Thing That Should Not Be" in Career Mode to unlock three songs: "Broken, Beat & Scarred", "Cyanide", and "My Apocalypse."