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

Here are the 10 of the most interesting things we learned from the new oral history of the foundational rock festival.

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 ...

The Metallica great is celebrating his remarkable guitar collection in a new Gibson book. He explains how he came to own ...

The first two minutes of "That Was Just Your Life" give the listener a grab bag of Metallica grooves. There's a great Kirk Hammett guitar solo in the latter third. The meat of the song is punky ...

Though known for their heaviness, there is one song in the Metallica catalog that has moved Kirk Hammett to tears.

As the build-up to Black Sabbath’s farewell show continues, Metallica’s guitarist and Ghost’s mastermind explain why the ...

In his late teens, Holt learned how to play guitar from then Exodus guitarist (and future Metallica guitarist) Kirk Hammett, ...

The Metallica guitarist has an enviously extensive guitar collection, but it doesn’t feature any of Paul Reed Smith’s builds ...