Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett is a guiding force of shred. And every heavy metal fan is sure to have their personal ranking of favorite Metallica guitar solos from the musician. But did you know ...

Metallica's self-titled "Black" album was a game changer in many ways, including with guitarist Kirk Hammett who reveals that one of the songs on the album forever changed his approach to creating ...

Kirk Hammett has recorded some of the greatest solos in metal guitar. He is Metallica’s lead guitar power-up, and while there are leitmotifs in his work – he is a flamboyant proponent of the wah pedal ...

The post Kirk Hammett on Discovering Prog Rock and Having the First Metallica Solo Release appeared first on Consequence. The guitarist tells us about just discovering prog rock bands like Genesis, ...

Metallica are about to resume touring with U.S. shows this fall (acoustic charity show in San Francisco included), followed by a European tour with Ghost in 2019. The run with Ghost will mark their ...

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett will release his debut solo EP, the four-song instrumental set Portals, on April 23. It will be available through digital platforms, on CD and as an exclusive Record ...

Ever since his ousting from Metallica back in 1982, Megadeth founder and redheaded shredder Dave Mustaine has had a lot to say about the fact that his old bandmates used his solos when recording Kill ...

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has revealed for Metal Hammer the three guitar solos he’s most proud of having recorded for the band. You can head over to Metal Hammer to read his explanations for ...

"I've never really written a guitar solo with a wah pedal. It’s always been after the fact." Hammett attributes his use of wah to having fun on the …And Justice for All tour. "I think a lot of that ...

Four decades after joining Metallica, guitarist Kirk Hammett is going solo for the first time in his career with an instrumental EP called Portals that comes out this Saturday (4/23) for Record Store ...

Thirty-nine years ago this month, on April Fool’s Day, Kirk Hammett got a call he hoped was no prank: an offer to join Metallica. The guitarist, then age 20, was still playing in Exodus, the ...

Kirk Hammett admitted he’d been “shocked” when his Metallica bandmates encouraged him to pursue his solo EP Portals – and even persuaded him to release it sooner than he’d planned. In 2001 bassist ...