Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Band: Stardust and the Wyverns
Guitar: Cat Ness
Bass: Stardust Starbourne
Drums: Rufus Velocity
Vocals: Colin McGarth
Source: Guitar Hero Smash Hits Export
Venue: Razorback Forest
Setlist for the extended parts of Calavera Square in GH5:
The Black River
Freya
Message in a Bottle
"Listen to Her Heart" helped with covering "Runnin' Down a Dream."
The one song that may have gotten folks into The Sword due to its presence being on Guitar Hero 2 (then later returned onto Smash Hits), well it was the song we did previously by the same band (The Black River by The Sword) that got me into The Sword, due to its presence in Guitar Hero Metallica. That one Metallifact or few, where The Sword jokingly put Lars' name on the Guest List after hearing about a rumor that Ulrich was a fan of the album "Age of Winters" until little did The Sword know, that Lars would actually show up for their show after Trivium played theirs. And little did the band know again, that this was an opportunity to be touring with Metallica for when Metallica was doing their "Death Magnetic" tour.
All of this is the reason why The Sword made such a comeback from GH2 covered by WaveGroup, all the way to actually having the studio version of their songs. Although in the regards to Freya, that this version is different from both the WaveGroup cover, and the original. As of course, this is a re-recording, makes you wonder why they had to re-record it if Guitar Hero couldn't even get the original tracks. Maybe for the same reasons as any of the Sex Pistols songs from GH3 and World Tour respectively, or perhaps Scorpions songs that had to be used for Rock Band 4. Yet we got the master tracks for "The Black River" and "Maiden, Mother, and Crone". Still makes me think, but as that one other Metallifact said; "Let's just sit back for a moment to enjoy the real Sword for a moment.", even though that phrase is only half right. While we're playing some The Sword, it's still Stardust and the Wyverns covering some of The Sword.
General Description: After covering the full Warriors of Rock setlist, the GH WoR "Extended Artists Setlists", and the rest of the GH5 exports, I decided to watch my band perform the songs done by the artists that were provided on-disc for Guitar Hero 5, but had songs provided as DLC or onto another Guitar Hero game, prior or after the release of GH5 (i.e. 'Song 2' is on disc for GH5, then 'There's No Other Way" comes out as DLC, both songs were done by Blur). Even during the times when you could export the songs, some songs won't transfer over to Warriors of Rock, but with the use of a modded console or emulator, plus the "GH Re-Animated" (not that it's needed for the GH5 songs, but is needed for the other songs) and the "Missing Exports" packs, now we have access to the remaining songs.
Courtesy of Addy Mills for making both mods:
GH Re-Animated: youtube.com/watch?v=P1AKMMRrv60
How to install: youtube.com/watch?v=qqvfdWhNpgA
This may be one of the few times in these showcases were some songs may not be skipped over due to either major copyright issues, or songs that are instrumentals.
Band: Stardust and the Wyverns
Guitar: Cat Ness
Bass: Stardust Starbourne
Drums: Rufus Velocity
Vocals: Colin McGarth
Source: Guitar Hero Smash Hits Export
Venue: Razorback Forest
Setlist for the extended parts of Calavera Square in GH5:
The Black River
Freya
Message in a Bottle
"Listen to Her Heart" helped with covering "Runnin' Down a Dream."
The one song that may have gotten folks into The Sword due to its presence being on Guitar Hero 2 (then later returned onto Smash Hits), well it was the song we did previously by the same band (The Black River by The Sword) that got me into The Sword, due to its presence in Guitar Hero Metallica. That one Metallifact or few, where The Sword jokingly put Lars' name on the Guest List after hearing about a rumor that Ulrich was a fan of the album "Age of Winters" until little did The Sword know, that Lars would actually show up for their show after Trivium played theirs. And little did the band know again, that this was an opportunity to be touring with Metallica for when Metallica was doing their "Death Magnetic" tour.
All of this is the reason why The Sword made such a comeback from GH2 covered by WaveGroup, all the way to actually having the studio version of their songs. Although in the regards to Freya, that this version is different from both the WaveGroup cover, and the original. As of course, this is a re-recording, makes you wonder why they had to re-record it if Guitar Hero couldn't even get the original tracks. Maybe for the same reasons as any of the Sex Pistols songs from GH3 and World Tour respectively, or perhaps Scorpions songs that had to be used for Rock Band 4. Yet we got the master tracks for "The Black River" and "Maiden, Mother, and Crone". Still makes me think, but as that one other Metallifact said; "Let's just sit back for a moment to enjoy the real Sword for a moment.", even though that phrase is only half right. While we're playing some The Sword, it's still Stardust and the Wyverns covering some of The Sword.
General Description: After covering the full Warriors of Rock setlist, the GH WoR "Extended Artists Setlists", and the rest of the GH5 exports, I decided to watch my band perform the songs done by the artists that were provided on-disc for Guitar Hero 5, but had songs provided as DLC or onto another Guitar Hero game, prior or after the release of GH5 (i.e. 'Song 2' is on disc for GH5, then 'There's No Other Way" comes out as DLC, both songs were done by Blur). Even during the times when you could export the songs, some songs won't transfer over to Warriors of Rock, but with the use of a modded console or emulator, plus the "GH Re-Animated" (not that it's needed for the GH5 songs, but is needed for the other songs) and the "Missing Exports" packs, now we have access to the remaining songs.
Courtesy of Addy Mills for making both mods:
GH Re-Animated: youtube.com/watch?v=P1AKMMRrv60
How to install: youtube.com/watch?v=qqvfdWhNpgA
This may be one of the few times in these showcases were some songs may not be skipped over due to either major copyright issues, or songs that are instrumentals.
