Latest about Metallica
Kirk Hammett: “It drives me nuts having to play that f**king guitar solo in Master of Puppets every time – I’m freaking bored of it”
The Metallica axeman explains why he prefers living on the edge with his improvised live solos: “Usually, I surprise myself – sometimes I die a f**king death”
Gibson unveils the Kirk Hammett 1979 Flying V, paying tribute to “one of the most important heavy metal guitars of all time”
The $15k Custom Shop model is Murphy Lab aged to match the guitar played on classic Metallica albums including Master of Puppets, …And Justice for All and The Black Album
James Hetfield says “if there was a guitar that changed the course of my history” it was this one – and it’s a cheap copy
The story of this particular guitar features in the Metallica man’s new book about his six-strings, Messengers: The Guitars Of James Hetfield
Metal musicians were asked to pick the heaviest riff of all time. This Metallica riff was the (not so clear) winner
Revolver asked pro metal players to decide on the most crushing guitar line of all time. Here’s what they came up with...
Kirk Hammett just bought one of the rarest Les Pauls ever made – a Factory Black ’59 Les Paul Standard
The Metallica guitarist has been unicorn hunting and bagged a true specimen from Carter Vintage Guitars – a guitar to make Greeny green with envy
Dave Mustaine: “I’m a very advanced rhythm guitarist who can play complicated rhythms and sing over the top of them – most people can’t do that”
The Megadeth main man discusses his forthcoming signature “Gibson Les Paul for thrash guys”, why Kiko Loureiro is the band’s best-ever guitarist, and succeeding even though “Metallica has always tried to hold me back”
From brutalizing extreme metal to Latin-flavored bubblegum shred: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
Liven up your listening habits with new guitar-driven tunes from Extreme, Metallica, Momma, Cradle of Filth, Tigercub, Angel Vivaldi and more
Metallica lean into their strengths on hard-hitting new song, If Darkness Had a Son
The seven-minute epic serves as the third single from the thrash titans' forthcoming album, 72 Seasons
Dave Mustaine says his influence on Metallica is “pretty f**king deep”: “I wrote many of the songs that made you famous”
Reflecting on his relationship with Metallica, the Megadeth frontman also gave his opinion on Kirk Hammett playing his parts – and claimed James Hetfield only played guitar in the band because they “couldn’t find anyone else” to do it
