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