Avid gear collector Kirk Hammett has revealed he’s been thinning out his electric guitar collection and has recently sold “a ...

In many ways, it was a celebration of old-school heavy metal, featuring the most cherished of this particular heavy-metal ...

What started with an audition that consisted of Dave Mustaine warming up, ended two years later with a split from Metallica on the brink of their debut album.

Dave Mustaine, frontman of Megadeth and former Metallica guitarist, has reignited a long-running controversy by accusing his former band of lifting the signature riff from their most popular hit, ...

The stage's screens and lights bathed the crowd in a bright red light as they got their first taste of the band's signature high-octane sound ... his face contorting in a mixture of ecstasy and rage.

By Lily Moayeri Kirk Hammett is one of the most celebrated guitarists of all time, the architect of iconic riffs and guitar solos on Metallica classics like “Master of Puppets,” “One” and ...

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 ...

Mario Skraban/Redferns Kirk Hammett is making some career moves. In an interview with Rolling Stone published on Sunday, March 23, the legendary Metallica member — who has been the band's ...

"The songs that I wrote scream for vocals this time around," Hammett stated. By Tyler Jenke Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has confirmed he’s preparing his debut solo album, clarifying that ...

Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, the guitar hero who had me hacking away at tablature books in my basement for hours as a middle schooler trying to replicate every finger tap, string bend, and hammer ...

The new offering "is for those people who just have a real passion for the greatness of electric guitars, or guitars in general," the Metallica rocker says Gibson Publishing Kirk Hammett is giving ...

Metallica’s Kirk Hammett will share some of the stories behind the instruments he’s used throughout his career in a new coffee table book, The Collection: Kirk Hammett. The 400-page book ...