Lars Ümlaüt
First Appearance	Guitar Hero II
Genre	Extreme metal, viking metal, doom metal, death metal, black metal
Likes	Mortality, blood explosions, the reckoning, abrupt tempo changes
Dislikes	Big dogs,un-smashed guitars after concerts
Fretboard	Light purple Black Metal-esque insignia (GH2) White Black Metal-esque insignia over a brown background(GH3)

Lars Ümlaüt is a character from the Guitar Hero series, representing the Extreme/Black Metal genre - particularly the Scandinavian regional scenes. He is inspired by Abbath (Immortal), using Metallica's drummer: Lars Ulrich. His name also recalls the so-called Heavy Metal Umlaut, seen with the likes of Motörhead, Queensrÿche and (parodically) Spın̈al Tap (umlaut over the N).

Since his first appearance in Guitar Hero II, he has appeared again in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, and Guitar Hero World Tour

Outfits

Guitar Hero II

His first outfit is him without a shirt, with black pants, blonde hair, and face paint, much like his outfit "Black Metal" in Guitar Hero III.

His second outfit, called Gargoyles, is him with facepaint again, and he is in a green gargoyle suit.

Guitar Hero III

His first outfit is Black Metal and is similar to his appearance in the second game. The styles are: Dyed Black, Bleach Blonde, Phantom, Thunda

His second outfit is Viking and Lars now has a beard and horned helmet. The styles are: Natural, Barbaric, Frost, Freedom

It doesn't matter which outfit you wear he will still be the biggest, fatest, and ugliest peice of lard in the whole intire game.

Guitar Hero World Tour

Lars is shown in his starter template with the same "Black Metal" outfit he wore in Guitar Hero III. He is significantly thinner and has a higher degree of muscle definition than past versions.

His clothing items are: Torso: Black Metal Warrior, Pants: Well Protected, Shoes: Shot In the Foot, Right Arm: War Hammer, Left arm: Pin Pad

Biography

Lock the doors and board the windows, Lars Ümlaüt is coming for you. An intimidating presence, the Norwegian-born Ümlaüt describes himself as a force for you to be doing the reckoning with! -- Guitar Hero II in-game bio

After an overwhelmingly warm debut a year ago, Lars needed time to cool off. Ready the longboats and crank up the metal. Lars is prepared to reverse the effects of global warming with his icy world tour. -- Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Guitar Hero World Tour in-game bio

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