“If you told teenage King that I’d still be onstage at 40, I’d laugh at you,” says King, who turned 60 last June, soon after the release of his debut solo album, From Hell I Rise. That ...

Metallica first started playing "Seek & Destroy" in July of 1982, a whole year before it appeared on their debut album, Kill 'Em All. It basically hasn't left their set lists since, racking up ...

Metallica ‘s members are all in their 60s, and their music is way more physically demanding than anything their classic-rock forebears have had to tackle onstage — but lead guitarist Kirk Hammett ...

Metallica's lead guitarist, who has a new book out called 'The Collection: Kirk Hammett,' looks back at his career in our in-depth new interview.

During the pod, he gave an update on two new albums that should be of interest to Metallica fans. For one thing, Hammett is plotting his debut solo album — and unlike his debut solo EP ...

By Tyler Jenke Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has confirmed he’s preparing his debut solo album, clarifying that the project is set to be a genre-shifting creation. Hammett confirmed the ...

the legendary Metallica member — who has been the band's guitarist since 1983 when Dave Mustaine left — revealed he's working on his debut solo album. While speaking about his new book ...

Among the avowed Rush fans are Metallica and the Foo Fighters, film stars Jack Black and Paul Rudd ... after the release of the band’s debut album and went on to become Rush’s main lyricist.

Today (March 3 2025) marks the 39th anniversary since the release of Metallica’s Master of Puppets ... out occurred around the time of the Black album, but that’s a contentious point to ...

Good news! Kirk Hammett has precisely 767 riff ideas for the next Metallica album. Not 766, and not 768 – exactly 767, as Hammett recently said in an interview with Rolling Stone. All I can say ...