Complete each achievement to get the allotted gamerscore. The numbers between the () is the points given for each achievement.
| Achievement | How to unlock |
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| The More I See (5) | Complete the Tutorials |
| Metallica (75) | Complete any instrument career on Expert (Guitar, Bass, Vocals, Drums or Band) |
| James Hetfield (25) | Complete the career as the vocalist |
| Lars Ulrich (25) | Complete the career as the drummer |
| Kirk Hammett (25) | Complete the career as the guitarist |
| Robert Trujillo (25) | Complete the career as the bassist |
| Holier Than Thou (150) | Complete all instrument careers |
| One (10) | Complete a song with any instrument on Hard or Expert in local Quickplay or Career |
| ...And Justice for All (50) | Earn 100 stars in Band Career or any single instrument Career |
| The Ecstacy of Gold (50) | Earn $15,000 |
| Ride the Lightning (10) | You triggered star power simultaneously (4 player band) |
| 2 X 4 (10) | Earn a band Hot Streak (4 player band) |
| Metal Militia (30) | 100% a song (4 player band) |
| The Struggle Within (10) | Complete a song in a band in Quickplay or Career (4 players) |
| The Four Horsemen (20) | Complete a song with all band members on expert in Quickplay or Career (4 player band) |
| Nothing Else Matters (50) | Complete the career in a band (2-4 player band) |
| Better Than You (10) | Win an online Pro Face-Off match |
| Blitzkrieg (10) | Win an online Band v Band match (8 players) |
| Seek & Destroy (25) | Play 20 online matches |
| The Unforgiven (10) | Win an online Face-Off match |
| Reload (5) | Download a song from GHTunes |
| Hero of the Day (30) | Complete a song on Expert + in Quickplay or Career (drums only) |
| Wherever I May Roam (15) | Complete a song in every venue |
| The Memory Remains (5) | View a Metallifacts video |
| Black (10) | Win an online battle match with the Fade to Black power up |
| Secret Achievements | - |
| Trapped Under Ice (5) | You completed a song at the Ice Cave venue |
| Lemmy (5) | You rocked out as Lemmy |
| Invisible Kid (5) | You performed as the bassist |
| Some Kind of Monster (5) | You performed as the guitarist |
| The House Jack Built (10) | You completed a song in every In-the-Round venue |
| Astronomy (10) | You hit every star power phrase in the song Orion |
| Stone Dead Forever (5) | You completed a song at The Stone venue |
| Cure (5) | You recovered from a poor performance in Quickplay or Career |
| Eye of the Beholder (5) | You created a new custom band logo |
| Fixxxer (5) | You created a new custom instrument |
| Blackened (5) | You created a custom tattoo |
| Master of Puppets (10) | You scored the highest individual score on a song in a band |
| Damage Inc. (5) | You performed as the drummer |
| Motorbreath (5) | You performed as the vocalist |
| King Diamond (5) | You rocked out as King Diamond |
| Enter Sandman (30) | You scored 330,000 on the song Enter Sandman on guitar |
| Dyer's Eve (30) | You scored 450,000 on the song Dyer's Eve as the drummer |
| Fight Fire with Fire (30) | You scored 340,000 on the song Fight Fire with Fire as the bassist |
| Stone Cold Crazy (30) | You scored 65,000 on Stone Cold Crazy as the vocalist |
| Creeping Death (30) | You scored 575,000 on the song Creeping Death as the guitarist |
| Battery (30) | You scored 1,000,000 on the song Battery as a band |
| The Unforgiven II (10) | You won an online Face-Off match by 25,000 points or more |
| Green Hell (15) | Drummed every green note and finished the song Blood and Thunder with the rock meter in green |
| The Unforgiven III (10) | You won an online Pro Face-Off match by 25,000 points or more |
