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.” In anew feature with ...

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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 ...

Based on the Lulu plays by German playwright Frank Wedekind, it sees Metallica play metal music beneath poetry from Reed. Despite the backlash, Hammett says, “That album means so much ... The ...

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But for a band that has had a quality rollercoaster throughout their career like Metallica have, James Hetfield knows ... one of the highest-selling metal releases of all time, The Black Album had a ...

the legendary Metallica member — who has been the band's guitarist since 1983 when Dave Mustaine left — revealed he's working on his debut solo album. While speaking about his new book ...

Just as well, outside of her new album, Ethel Cain has also announced an enormous headlining tour. The trek will take her across Europe and North America, starting in the summer of 2025.

A fellow super-collector, blues-guitar virtuoso Joe Bonamassa, even alerted Hammett to a black 1959 Les Paul Standard that the Metallica guitarist had been chasing for a decade. “I have to thank ...

He’s got bylines in The Guardian, The Telegraph, NME, Guitar ... Metallica got themselves an orchestra – and the album that followed “If it wasn’t for those four guys, we might still be wandering ...