Kirk Hammett

For the performance, the Metallica guitarist wielded his 1959 Gibson Les Paul, Greeny – once owned by late Fleetwood Mac guitarist Peter Green

The 400-cap show in the band’s hometown was announced at the last minute on social media

The Metallica titan reveals how a brief brush with improvisation on the Black Album track invoked a new-found affinity for off-the-cuff lead lines in favor of scripted solos

The Metallica guitarist made the admission in this month's issue of Guitar World, in which he and James Hetfield pick apart the sonic history of the Black Album

The newest release from the upcoming Black Album reissue shares one of the record’s best-loved tracks as it was originally envisaged by Newsted

The Iron Maiden vocalist discusses how the seminal record changed the face of metal when the genre was at a crossroads

"The best parts of that album kind of just wrote themselves," Hammett says of the now-16x-Platinum, self-titled effort

The lead man talks putting out a new record in a pandemic-hit world

The new partnership, Gibson says, will result in new Hammett signature Gibson and Epiphone guitars

Gibson's Mark Agnesi shares a horror-themed video soundtracked with Metallica's The Thing That Should Not Be

The trio were joined onstage by an elite house band, featuring bass phenom Thundercat, who transformed the high-gain track into a lounge-style jazz number

Take a listen to this early version, which will be included in the forthcoming Black Album reissue

A collaborative track from the trio will appear on a new album being assembled by the Rage Against the Machine guitarist

The early outtake will feature as part of the Black Album Alternate Mixes CD in the band's 30th anniversary remaster

The Ernie Ball-toting pop disruptor transforms the Black Album classic into a brooding industrial rocker

Green worked on the project for years prior to his death in July 2020

The YouTuber shares his thoughts on the iconic ESP, which is currently up for auction