Metallica Launches "Tap Tap Revenge: Metallica" – iPhone App for Its Fans

The days when Metallica was suing Napster for making available for free without their permission lots of their songs are long gone now and over the past two years the band has tried (successfully, I’d add) to prove that its attitude has changed to better suit our times. Last year, beside the traditional ways and media, the band released its new album "Death Magnetic" through the "Guitar Hero: Metallica" video game.

Metallica’s latest surprise will probably be a hit among fans – the band reached iPhones with a finger-tapping music game called "Tap Tap Revenge: Metallica."

The app is somewhat similar to the popular video games "Rock Band" and "Guitar Hero," where the concept is to tap areas on the screen as music plays.

The veteran rock band knows that such moves are very important if you want to preserve popularity (better said, stay cool) among teenagers. Drummer Lars Ulrich explains:

"It's one more thing that'll keep me semi-cool in my kids' eyes for another six months until the next thing comes out. It's not about the money or revenue or some master plan. This stuff all falls in the fun category."

Not so care-free about the money issue is probably Warner Bros, Metallica's recording company, which has high hopes for the game, expecting it to reach the top 10 paid music apps on Apple Inc.'s iTunes store.

(via AP )