Its not exactly Heavy Metal but almost everything by Metallica.
Anything acoustic!
A Jackson
Any guitar, electric or not, can play any genre of music. You can hear some people play the accoustic guitar in a very heavy metal fashion and classical has been played extremely well with a distorted electric guitar by famous bands like Epica, Nightscape, Magic Kingdom and Skylark, to name a few. There is a band that plays a heavy metal style and all they play is cellos (Apocalyptica), so it doesn't matter the instrument, any style can be attempted and sometimes successfully translated and conveyed.
The Rg50MZ is a good Ibanez started guitar and retails at about å£230 eg from dolphin music. This is suited to heavy metal. The GRG140 is about å£140 and is one of their cheapest guitars. Ibanez are considered a good quality guitar company, so even this guitar should have suitable tone and build quality for a starter guitar.
electric guitar, electric bass guitar, drums
Heavy metal music usually has an very distorted electric guitar that creates a powerful ambiance by exceeding the amplifiers' capacity. That distortion exists somewhat in every heavy metal song.
do covers of heavy metal songs
Wonder valley
Jam Heavy Metal Guitar Secrets of the Metal Masters - 2013 was released on: USA: 10 September 2013
Its not exactly Heavy Metal but almost everything by Metallica.
Oz Fox is the lead guitar player for the Christian heavy metal band stryper and was the lead guitar player for the Christian heavy metal band sin dizzy and as of 2006 is the new lead guitar player for the Christian heavy metal band bloodgood.
Anything acoustic!
A Jackson
to tell u the truth guitar hero 1 was like a mix of heavy rock metal to the whole sooth metal. so in a way it is heavy but its also not very heavy. if u want a heavy rock game i would suggest guitar hero 2.
Any guitar, electric or not, can play any genre of music. You can hear some people play the accoustic guitar in a very heavy metal fashion and classical has been played extremely well with a distorted electric guitar by famous bands like Epica, Nightscape, Magic Kingdom and Skylark, to name a few. There is a band that plays a heavy metal style and all they play is cellos (Apocalyptica), so it doesn't matter the instrument, any style can be attempted and sometimes successfully translated and conveyed.
Guitar string gauge is a personal preference. However, for heavy metal you will most likely want to use a lighter string.