For over forty years, Kirk Hammett has delivered one scorching solo after another as the lead guitarist for Metallica. Hammet joined the band in 1983, replacing original lead guitarist Dave Mustaine. Along with guitarist James Hetfield, drummer Lars Ulrich, and then-bassist Cliff Burton, Hammet ushered in a new wave of heavy metal and helped make Metallica one of the biggest bands in the world.
The band's first four albums are considered thrash metal classics. Kill 'Em All, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets and …And Justice For All helped Metallica cultivate a loyal following of headbangers. They would achieve massive mainstream success with their fifth album, the self-titled LP commonly known as The Black Album.
And Hammett thinks The Black Album is his finest moment.
"It's weird, because my opinion of that changes all the time," he told Metal Hammerin a new interview. "I don't sit around listening to Metallica…I don't look in the rear-view mirror too often. The whole band is like that – we just move on."
"But I will say, there was a period where I thought my playing was [explicative] spot on, and that was The Black Album. Those solos wrote themselves! Almost all of them worked out instantly," he added.
"There were only a few things I wasn't prepared for, and that was 'The Unforgiven' solo, which is pretty well documented," he says, referring to his well-documented clashes with producer Bob Rock. "And the solo for 'My Friend Of Misery.' But because the solo of 'The Unforgiven' ended up being so spontaneous, that made me want to do them all like that from that point on."
Metallica will perform at Black Sabbath/Ozzy Osbourne's final show on July 5. The lineup includes bands such as Mastodon and Gojira, as well as additional performances by legends like KK Downing of Judas Priest, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, and Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins.
Recently, Metallica vocalist James Hetfield closed out a packed show with a passionate message that touched the hearts of fans.
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