| icon | info | gamerscore |
|---|---|---|
| Master of Puppets You scored the highest individual score on a song in a band | 10 | |
| 2 X 4 You earned a band Hot Streak | 10 | |
| The Struggle Within You completed a song in a band in Quickplay or Career (4 players) | 10 | |
| Ride the Lightning You triggered star power simultaneously (4 player band) | 10 | |
| Hero of the Day You completed a song on Expert + in Quickplay or Career (drums only) | 30 | |
| Holier Than Thou You completed all the instrument careers | 150 | |
| Lars Ulrich You completed the career as the drummer | 25 | |
| Damage Inc. You performed as the drummer | 5 | |
| The Unforgiven II You won an online Face-Off match by 25,000 points or more | 10 | |
| The Unforgiven You won an online Face-Off match | 10 | |
| Better Than You You won an online Pro Face-Off match | 10 | |
| James Hetfield You completed the career as the vocalist | 25 | |
| King Diamond You rocked out as King Diamond | 5 | |
| Lemmy You rocked out as Lemmy | 5 | |
| Motorbreath You performed as the vocalist | 5 | |
| Robert Trujillo You completed the career as the bassist | 25 | |
| Cure You recovered from a poor performance in Quickplay or Career | 5 | |
| Astronomy You hit every star power phrase in the song Orion | 10 | |
| Reload You downloaded a song from GHTunes | 5 | |
| Enter Sandman You scored 330,000 on the song Enter Sandman on guitar | 30 | |
| Wherever I May Roam You completed a song in every venue | 15 | |
| Eye of the Beholder You created a new custom band logo | 5 | |
| Fixxxer You created a new custom instrument | 5 | |
| Blackened You created a custom tattoo | 5 | |
| Stone Dead Forever You completed a song at The Stone venue | 5 | |
| The Ecstacy of Gold You earned $15,000 | 50 | |
| Invisible Kid You performed as the bassist | 5 | |
| ...And Justice for All You earned 100 stars in Band Career or a single instrument Career | 50 | |
| Kirk Hammett You completed the career as the guitarist | 25 | |
| Metallica You completed an instrument career on Expert | 75 | |
| Trapped Under Ice You completed a song at the Ice Cave venue | 5 | |
| The House Jack Built You completed a song in every In-the-Round venue | 10 | |
| The Memory Remains You viewed a Metallifacts video | 5 | |
| Disposable Heroes You created a new custom rocker | 5 | |
| Some Kind of Monster You performed as the guitarist | 5 | |
| One You completed a song on Hard or Expert in local Quickplay or Career | 10 | |
| Green Hell Drummed every green note and finished the song Blood and Thunder with the rock meter in green | 15 | |
| Seek & Destroy You played 20 online matches | 25 | |
| The Unforgiven III You won an online Pro Face-Off match by 25,000 points or more | 10 | |
| Nothing Else Matters You completed the career in a band (2-4 player band) | 50 | |
| The More I See You completed the Tutorials | 5 | |
| Metal Militia You got 100% on a song (4 player band) | 30 | |
| The Four Horsemen You completed a song with all band members on expert in Quickplay or Career (4 player band) | 20 |
