The legendary guitarist sat down with THR after releasing a 400-page coffee table book showcasing his collection of ...

The Swedish guitar great Yngwie Malmsteen took his love of classical music and translated it to a more hard rock and metal ...

The post 11 Albums Metallica’s Kirk Hammett Thinks Every Guitarist Should Own appeared first on Consequence. In celebration of Consequence‘s Guitar Week, Hammett checked in with us to ...

When Metallica comes to town May 8-11 for the Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival, guitarist Kirk Hammett will take a side trip to the Columbus Metropolitan Library. Hammett won't be checking out a ...

Among Hammett’s selections are albums from heavy music giants like Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, and Black Sabbath, alongside less obvious influences like Al Di Meola, Journey, and the Tony Williams ...

Throughout that early period, however, Kirk Hammett and the gang took major cues from the established sounds of Motörhead. Motörhead were always in a league entirely of their own. While their sound ...

Kirk Hammett has played a huge amount of electric guitars over the course of his career, from uber-expensive vintage Gibsons and Peter Green’s iconic Greeny Les Paul (which he now owns), all the ...

It's no secret that Metallica's members love Motorhead - but Kirk Hammett shares his own personal journey to discovering the rock'n'roll legends When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Metallica are one of the many notable bands set to perform at the final Black Sabbath concert taking place July 5th in Birmingham, England. Guitarist Kirk Hammett sees it as a chance to thank the band ...