Gibson's Cesar Gueikian joins Kirk Hammett's Wedding Band onstage in San Francisco, and the Metallica guitarist lets him play his iconic 1959 “Greeny” Les Paul By Sam Roche published 21 December 21 Hammett, meanwhile, took a new Greeny prototype for a test drive
Metallica perform rare tracks and deep cuts during celebratory 40th anniversary shows By Matt Owen published 20 December 21 The heavy metal icons performed Orion, Trapped Under Ice and, for the first time ever, Fixxxer
Metallica will stream their two upcoming 40th anniversary live shows for free By Sam Roche published 10 December 21 Viewable via Amazon Prime and Amazon Music, the shows will take place at the Chase Center in San Francisco on December 17 and 19
Hear Tom Morello trade licks with Alex Lifeson and Kirk Hammett on new track I Have Seen the Way By Michael Astley-Brown published 3 December 21 The Rage Against the Machine firebrand’s collaboration with the Rush and Metallica guitarists appears on his second album of 2021, The Atlas Underground Flood
Kirk Hammett's 8 favorite unsung guitar heroes By Guitar World Staff published 18 November 21 We know about Randy Rhoads, Hendrix, Jimmy Page and Peter Green... but the Metallica lead guitar hero has also been inspired by the likes of Tuck Andress, Adrian Belew and George Helm
Tom Morello announces star-studded new album The Atlas Underground Flood, featuring Kirk Hammett, Alex Lifeson, Ben Harper and Rodrigo y Gabriela By Matt Parker published 17 November 21 The Rage Against the Machine man has rounded up another stellar line-up of guest talent for a quick follow-up on his previous Atlas Underground album
Randy Rhoads posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as Kirk Hammett, Tom Morello and Zakk Wylde pay tribute By Sam Roche published 1 November 21 “When it comes to musical excellence, there is no-one more deserving of the highest echelon of recognition and praise,” Morello said via video message
Kirk Hammett and Rob Trujillo celebrate Halloween with a hard-rocking cover of The Edgar Winter Group's Frankenstein By Sam Roche published 29 October 21 The Metallica men don Frankenstein-themed getups as they tear through the classic 1972 instrumental
Carlos Santana: “When I found the guitar, it was like seeing flying saucers and Moby Dick and discovering the spiritual orgasm all at once” By Jacob Uitti published 19 October 21 The legendary six-stringer on how working as a busboy influenced his guitar playing, his memories of Woodstock, and recording with Metallica's Kirk Hammett on his star-studded new album, Blessings and Miracles
Metallica’s James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett look back on 30 years of The Black Album: "It really was the master key to everything" By Richard Bienstock published 7 October 21 How shorter, simpler songs and a bold vision helped the thrash pioneers make the biggest metal album of all time
Mrs. Smith puts Kirk Hammett to shame once again with a wah-driven cover of Metallica's One By Sam Roche published 30 September 21 “There's a glaring lack of wah in the guitar solo, so I remedied that”
Kirk Hammett joins Judas Priest onstage at Louder Than Life for performance of Fleetwood Mac's The Green Manalishi By Sam Roche, Jackson Maxwell published 27 September 21 For the performance, the Metallica guitarist wielded his 1959 Gibson Les Paul, Greeny – once owned by late Fleetwood Mac guitarist Peter Green
Metallica's James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett reveal The Black Album's deepest, darkest secrets in this classic 1991 Guitar World interview By Jeff Gilbert published 22 September 21 Shortly before their seminal self-titled LP went stratospheric, the metal titans tell all: arguing over guitar solos, shaking up their gear, fighting with Bob Rock, and the mystery behind ...And Justice For All's missing bass
Watch Metallica play a surprise club show in San Francisco By Matt Parker published 17 September 21 The 400-cap show in the band’s hometown was announced at the last minute on social media
How recording The Unforgiven changed Kirk Hammett's approach to guitar solos forever By Matt Owen published 15 September 21 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
Kirk Hammett reveals he has never written a guitar solo with a wah pedal By Matt Owen published 7 September 21 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
Hear Jason Newsted’s original bass-driven instrumental demo that paved the way for Metallica’s My Friend of Misery By Matt Owen published 31 August 21 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
Bruce Dickinson on the game-changing Black Album: “None of us had the balls to step up to the next level – but Metallica did” By Matt Owen published 17 August 21 The Iron Maiden vocalist discusses how the seminal record changed the face of metal when the genre was at a crossroads
Metallica's Kirk Hammett on the Black Album: "We wanted a Back In Black” By Jackson Maxwell published 13 August 21 "The best parts of that album kind of just wrote themselves," Hammett says of the now-16x-Platinum, self-titled effort
Kirk Hammett on Metallica's new album: “Hopefully it will cut through the division in the world and bring people together” By Sam Roche published 2 August 21 The lead man talks putting out a new record in a pandemic-hit world