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"If it's not good enough for myself, it's not good enough for you!": Watch Kirk Hammett botch the intro to Metallica's Nothing Else Matters at a recent show
By Liz Scarlett published
Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett messes up the introduction to Nothing Else Matters on the first night of the band's US tour

Metallica's Kirk Hammett isn't having the abuse he's taken for his Lux Æterna guitar solo
By Liz Scarlett published
Kirk Hammett defends his Lux Æterna guitar solo: "Yeah, my f***ing friends down the street could probably play a better solo than Lux Æterna — but what's the point?"

Metallica's Kirk Hammett says he's "bored" of playing "that f**king guitar solo in Master of Puppets"
By Paul Brannigan published
According to Metallica's Kirk Hammett, playing a guitar solo note-for-note 1689 times can get a little boring

Some smart ass has created a Metallica skit pretending to be the band in the studio, and the Lars Ulrich impression has us screaming
By Liz Scarlett published
YouTube Steve Terreberry acts out what he thinks happens at a standard Metallica studio session

Metallica's Kirk Hammett reveals the horror film that made him sleep with the lights on "for the next four months"
By Metal Hammer published
Metallica shredder loves all things spooky

Metallica's Kirk Hammett shares latest chapter of his increasingly dark online horror story
By Paul Brannigan published
Kirk Hammett welcomes readers to the fourth instalment of his horror tale, I Have To Get Rid Of This Guitar I Found

Kirk Hammett, Corey Taylor hail bond between metal and horror
By Christina O'Neill last updated
Exclusive: Metallica's Kirk Hammett on why a metal song should be "like a horror movie," Slipknot's Corey Taylor discusses "cohesion" between shock and rock

Metallica’s Kirk Hammett opens up on being bullied at school
By Martin Kielty last updated
Kirk Hammett recalls high school bullying experience - and how music saved him from “pretty bad path” in life
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