Metallica may have a checkered history in the studio, but James Hetfield thought some albums were pretty much bulletproof.

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So it’s interesting that now, in the year of our lord 2025, that Hammett says he thinks fans that once derided the 1996 album ...

Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, the guitar hero who had me hacking away at tablature books in my basement for hours as a middle ...

Metallica’s Kirk Hammett has revealed he is working on his first solo album, which will be “a fusion ... the stacked line-up for the final ever Black Sabbath show in Villa Park in Birmingham ...

Using data from setlist.fm, we've compiled a list of the most and least-played song live from every one of Metallica's studio albums. There are, of course, some songs the band has never played ...

The group’s lead guitarist on toxic masculinity, butting heads with his bandmates and why he’s committed to Metallica until ...

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 ...

By Tyler Jenke Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has confirmed he’s preparing his debut solo album, clarifying that the project is set to be a genre-shifting creation. Hammett confirmed the ...