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Bob Rock recalls the first time he asked Metallica to tune down: "James Hetfield looked like he wanted to kill me"
By Richard Bienstock last updated
Rock also talked about "not getting" Enter Sandman in an extensive interview with Gibson TV
Here's what Dave Mustaine texted James Hetfield after the Metallica leader felt insecure about his playing
By Matt Owen published
The Megadeth frontman revealed he has also struggled with playing insecurity in the past
James Hetfield: "I’m on this eternal quest to get the best guitar sound in the world, but my vision of what is 'the best' changes every time I go into the studio"
By Brad Tolinski published
In this 2008 GW interview, Papa Het discusses Metallica's new approach for Death Magnetic, and why he always comes back to his Electra white V, plugged into a Mesa/Boogie Mark II C+
Zoltan Bathory: why James Hetfield is the perfect metal rhythm guitar player
By Jackson Maxwell last updated
“He plays exactly what he needs to play – not a note less, or a note more,” the Five Finger Death Punch guitarist explained
Watch Stranger Things star Joseph Quinn play Metallica’s Master of Puppets in rehearsal clip
By Matt Owen published
Not to be left out of the action, Metallica kit themselves out in Hellfire Club t-shirts, take themselves to TikTok, and jam along with Quinn’s climactic scene from the hit Netflix show
Watch Metallica play Kill ‘Em All deep cut Metal Militia for the first time since 2016
By Jonathan Horsley published
Pro-shoot footage captures James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett tear through the headbanger’s favorite live from Pinkpop 2022
James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett give guitar lessons as Metallica partner with Yousician
By Sam Roche published
Hetfield and Hammett teach Enter Sandman, Nothing Else Matters and One, as well as the “real way” to play Master of Puppets
Watch Kirk Hammett fail the intro to Nothing Else Matters and fall on the floor during Metallica's Boston Calling set
By Sam Roche published
“I got distracted by how kickass you are,” the guitarist told the crowd
Watch Metallica's James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett perform the national anthem at recent San Francisco Giants game
By Sam Roche published
The band are offering the chance to win the ESP guitars they played during the performance – Hetfield's Signature Series Snakebyte and Hammett's Signature Series KH-2
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