19 Pinball Machines Rock + Metal Fans Wish They Owned

We discover 19 pinball machines themed after large rock and steel acts which might be additionally closely reviewed by critical pinball gamers.

Extra bands have began licensing their IP for use on pinball machines prior to now 10 years. (And sure, folks nonetheless play pinball.)

In that point, followers have been handled to video games themed round bands comparable to Rush, the Foo Fighters and even Bizarre Al Yankovic.

Some older machines styled after bands’ photographs are additionally beginning to get a little bit of a facelift. In 2024, Stern Pinball created a “remastered” model of its Metallica machine that had come out greater than a decade earlier. The replace took benefit of extra trendy know-how, together with mechanics and a video show.

The technique of mixing a theme centered on a preferred band that everybody is aware of and pinball has created a twin profit. New gamers are being introduced into the world of pinball and established followers are reconsidering bands they might have written off years in the past.

“I am not an enormous fan of the band, however this recreation gave me a brand new appreciation for them,” a assessment for an Aerosmith machine reads on the favored pinball web site Pinside.com. Related statements could be present in opinions for a number of different music-based pinball machines.

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Some rock and steel musicians have entered the world of pinball even with out their bands getting an official machine with their identify on it. When the Black Knight: Sword of Rage pinball machine was launched in 2019, it featured a soundtrack of guitar instrumentals by Scott Ian of Anthrax.

Because the collaboration between pinball and rock and steel continues to develop, here’s a take a look at which bands have already got formally licensed machines, together with what gamers stated about them in opinions on Pinside.com.