And of course, Hammett says Black Sabbath’s first three albums “are like gospel” to metalheads. Specifically, the Exodus co-founder lists the 1975 song “Symptom of the Universe” as one that changed ...

Metallica 's Kirk Hammett named one particular guitar riff that he believes "shifted heavy metal." ...

The Swedish guitar great Yngwie Malmsteen took his love of classical music and translated it to a more hard rock and metal ...

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Kirk Hammett has recorded some of the greatest solos in metal guitar. He is Metallica’s lead guitar power-up, and while there ...

Kirk Hammett has recorded some of the greatest solos in metal guitar. He is Metallica ’s lead guitar power-up, and while ...

Metallica may be one of the cornerstones of metal, but Kirk Hammett knew that it all originated from somewhere in rock and roll history.

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett will take a break from headbanging at Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival to talk about his ...

Recreating those signature “peculiar sounds,” as Zappa calls them, required lugging around a massive rig — roughly the size ...

Nearly 30 years after Metallica‘s “Million Decibel March” rocked Philadelphia, the heavy metal icons are once again taking ...