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

Metallica's Kirk Hammett named one particular guitar riff that he believes "shifted heavy metal." "The first three Black Sabbath albums are like gospel. Everyone kind of universally agrees.

Kirk Hammett has played a huge amount of electric guitars over the course of his career, from uber-expensive vintage Gibsons and Peter Green’s iconic Greeny Les Paul (which he now owns), all the ...

Metallica's Kirk Hammett named the album "everyone in the world should own" in a new feature with Consequence. The guitarist shared 11 records that made an impact on him growing up when he was ...

When Metallica comes to town May 8-11 for the Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival, guitarist Kirk Hammett will take a side trip to the Columbus Metropolitan Library. Hammett won't be checking out a ...

Heavy metal vets Metallica will spread their influence in Toronto beyond their upcoming April 24 and 26 shows at Rogers Centre. Guitarist Kurt Hammett will appear at TIFF Lightbox on April 25 to ...

Here, we take a look back to 2019, when Alan Cross sat down with Metallica’s lead guitarist, Kirk Hammett. At the time, Hammett was in Toronto for his collection showcase, It’s Alive!

Replacing Dave Mustaine as Metallica’s lead guitarist in 1983, Kirk Hammett cut his teeth on Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin. So it’s unsurprising that he lists Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys and ...

that means all males in our culture need to be a leader,” Hammett added. Enter your information below to get a daily update with all of our headlines and receive The Orchard Metal newsletter.

And one of those people just happened to be Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, who praised Black Sabbath for writing the book on heavy metal. Having spent decades in heavy metal, Hammett knew the ones ...