Metallica's lead guitarist also spoke about how grunge influenced the Black Album and much more in our in-depth new interview ...

When Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich was taken ill before Download festival 2004, Lombardo and Slipknot’s Joey Jordison filled ...

Originally set for the PNE Forum, the show took an unexpected turn, landing in the more intimate, but no less iconic Vogue Theatre. Hours before showtime, the energy outside was already off the charts ...

Using data from setlist.fm, a list of the most and least-played song live off every studio album released by Metallica.

Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, the guitar hero who had me hacking away at tablature books in my basement for hours as a middle ...

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.

By Tyler Jenke Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has confirmed he’s preparing his debut solo album, clarifying that ... Hammett was finally working on a full-length solo record.

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 ...

Many longtime fans of the band were displeased with their 1991 self-titled album but were still willing to see what Metallica would do next. When Load came out in 1996, most of those fans tuned out.