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James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett give guitar lessons as Metallica partner with Yousician
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
“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
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
James Hetfield gets emotional onstage after feeling “insecure” about his guitar playing
The Metallica guitarist told the Belo Horizonte crowd he felt like “an old guy”, and that he was worried he couldn't play guitar anymore before taking to the stage
Learn the essential techniques of ‘80s guitar
It was the decade of big shoulder pads and formidable guitar playing, and here we have four lessons – all stylistically different – to roll back the clock...
James Hetfield’s son launches debut album with Bastardane
Is This Rage?, the heavy-rocking debut record from the Savannah, Georgia trio, is out now on streaming services
Jon Zazula, co-founder of the record label that launched Metallica's debut album, dies aged 69
“My heart is full of gratitude for taking a chance on me and my bandmates,” James Hetfield writes
Metallica perform rare tracks and deep cuts during celebratory 40th anniversary shows
The heavy metal icons performed Orion, Trapped Under Ice and, for the first time ever, Fixxxer
![[L-R] Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield of Metallica](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wcM2DhqZgpcE9jQScwsXK7-840-80.jpg.webp)
Metallica will stream their two upcoming 40th anniversary live shows for free
Viewable via Amazon Prime and Amazon Music, the shows will take place at the Chase Center in San Francisco on December 17 and 19
Watch Sammy Hagar, James Hetfield, John Mayer, Joe Satriani and Melissa Etheridge perform Piece of My Heart in new pro-shot footage from 2016
The star-studded rendition, which took place during the Acoustic-4-A-Cure concert five years ago, also featured Tommy Lee, Melissa Etheridge, Pat Monahan and Kris Kristofferson
