The Metallica guitarist, who sent White one of his Greeny Les Pauls, seemingly can’t put down the innovative Telecaster ...

The nearly 20-minute-long Metallica track appears on an unlikely collaboration album that the band made with another Rock and ...

Kirk Hammett is best known as the guitarist with Metallica. He joined the thrash icons in 1983, replacing future Megadeth ...

Kirk Hammett might show up to play every time a new Metallica album comes out, but he remembered everyone not wanting to tackle this tune.

Oh, and the same hobbies. Even though he is best known as lead guitarist with the biggest metal band of all time, Kirk Hammett is still very much a fan at heart, not just of music but also of the ...

James and I have talked about it, kind of," Cantrell says when asked if he'd ever do an album with Papa Het. "We never had a ...

After Metallica: Some Monster 2004 documentary film portrayed Kirk Hammett as gay, he became the talk of the town, with the public speculating and finding more reasons why he might be gay.

Trujillo joined Metallica shortly before the release of their 2003 album St Anger, the bass tracks on which had already been ...

Last week Lars Ulrich shared his left-leaning views — and how they differ from those of James Hetfield, with whom he never, ever discusses politics — and now the band’s ordinarily demure guitarist ...

It might get loud in the homes of Jack White and Kirk Hammett after the two swapped signature guitars.In an Instagram post, ...

Lots of old school thrashiness to go around. But aside from the middling drums, because let’s be real — that’s to be expected from Lars — can we quickly talk about Kirk’s solo? It’s kinda… boring?

When Ride the Lightning landed in 1984, it single-handedly evolved the thrash metal genre. The lit-conscious album also raised the bar for arrangements and technical proficiency. Metallica was ...