When you're the lead guitarist in Metallica, you're not accustomed to being bluntly put in your place, but in this case, Kirk ...

Hammett began his metal journey in the late 1970s, co-founding the now-legendary thrash metal band, Exodus. Hammett exited ...

Metallica’s lead guitarist tells Metal Hammer he doesn’t “believe” in the idea of willingly stepping away from music ...

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

Kirk Hammett of Metallica feels guilty. He owns loads of guitars, of course, as they are tools to his trade, one in which he ...

That's how some Metallica fans described themselves in the new documentary Metallica Saved My Life. Revolver was on the scene ...

For Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, there is one electric guitar that stands above the rest in his arsenal for the metal band’s ...

Metallica Saved My Life premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival, with the band and director Jonas Åkerlund in attendance ...

Kirk Hammett reassures that leaving Metallica is just not on the cards for him. "I don't believe in retirement. Retirement is something that's been forced onto people; I don't believe musicians are ...

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 ...

Kirk Hammett has been Metallica's guitarist for 42 years. Metallica set to play Nissan Stadium May 1 and 3. Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has been around the world multiple times during his 42 ...