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Hammett recently had his own say on the boomer bends controversy, questioning how accessible the Polyphia virtuoso’s style is ...
Discover the breakdown of Metallica's net worth, including album sales, tours, and business ventures, plus how each band ...
The iconic guitarist encountered an unfortunate situation after he joined Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello for a ...
Eagle-eyed viewers of Back to the Beginning over the weekend will have spotted that Metallica’s Kirk Hammett was wielding a mysterious – and gorgeous – Moon Burst Gibson SG during the band’s spot.Its ...
Metallica's Kirk Hammett has announced an official partnership with Gibson guitars, in which he and the famed guitar company are collaborating together to recreate the famous Gibson ‘Greeny ...
Kirk Hammett of Metallica and Epiphone unveil the 1979 Flying V, honoring one of the most important heavy metal guitars of all time. In partnership with Gibson Custom Shop, Epiphone is bringing ...
Metal Hammer asked guitarist Kirk Hammett about the possibility of him doing one, and he said “I wouldn’t be surprised if all of us did some solo, independent, autonomous sort of thing.” ...
According to Kirk Hammett, we may have the best guitar solo of 2024 and that accolade goes to Phil Demmel's work on Kerry King's new song, "Idle Hands.". We may only be in March, but the bar may ...
Read Kirk Hammett’s full statement below: Lemmy was the finest of gentlemen. Back in 1979 when I was 16 years old, I heard Overkill for the first time.
KIRK HAMMETT: For a long time, man. I collected as a kid; from the time I was like five or six years old to about thirteen or fourteen. Watched horror movies, read monster magazines, ...
Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett‘s love of the wah-wah pedal is legendary. So it was no act of bravery for him to agree to a wah-wah duel with challenger Mrs. Smith, the beehived comic actress ...