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St Anger at 20: how Metallica's most maligned album saved their career

Metallica were facing oblivion at the turn of the millennium. 20 years ago today, they'd release the album that'd turn their fortunes around - and go down in infamy

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Is Dave Grohl’s new Epiphone DG-335… Gold?

After a B/W pic surfaced of an Epiphone DG-335, Andy Ferris colourised the image, revealing that the Foo Fighters frontman's forthcoming signature model might not be Pelham Blue after all

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Joe Bonamassa tries Peter Green's Gretsch White Falcon: "You can play blues on anything"

"Bobby Parker showed up with a Dimebag Darrell Dean - he ripped into the blues and he didn't care"

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Kirk Hammett: “Maybe the age of active pickups is over”

The Metallica guitarist says PAFs age better and he has been swayed away from active humbuckers for lead work – and James Hetfield agrees

Guitar World

Watch Joe Bonamassa play Peter Green’s guitars – and explain why he’s pleased Kirk Hammett owns the Greeny Les Paul

Green’s 1968 Gretsch White Falcon and 1931 National Duolian Resonator received the Bonamassa seal of approval ahead of going up for auction next month

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Kirk Hammett says he prefers the Epiphone Greeny to the $20k Gibson Custom Shop version – here’s why

The Metallica man says they’re all great “but my favorite version of Greeny is probably the Epiphone”

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Kirk Hammett: "My favourite version of Greeny is probably the Epiphone"

Metallica guitarist suggests the best is yet to come for the legacy of the Les Paul and explains why

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Watch Metallica's Kirk Hammett play John Lennon and Yardbirds classics alongside Johnny Depp, Ronnie Wood, Billy Gibbons, Imelda May at Jeff Beck tribute gig

The first of two all-star Jeff Beck tribute concerts in London featured some of the world's most celebrated guitar heroes

Metal Hammer

Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Kirk Hammett and more close out first Jeff Beck tribute concert with star-studded rendition of Going Down

Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, John McLaughlin, Johnny Depp, Gary Clark Jr. and many more all squeezed onstage to pay tribute to the late guitar great

Guitar World

Kirk Hammett’s 1960 Les Paul Standard “Sunny” is A) beautiful and B) up for sale via Gibson Certified Vintage

Gibson collectors, assemble. This is the Les Paul you might recognise from The Beauty Of The Burst book, from watching Metallica, or from your wildest dreams

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Gibson adds Kirk Hammett’s 1960 “Sunny” Les Paul Standard to its Certified Vintage Collection

Sunny was used by the Metallica maestro up until last year, and joins the company’s growing cohort of ultra-exclusive vintage instruments to be sold to customers direct via the Gibson Garage

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Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo offer their track-by-track guide to Metallica’s super-heavy smash-hit new album, 72 Seasons

Fast stuff, bouncy stuff, thrashing riffs, evil tones, power grooves and ‘total noise’ solos included

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Check out this great documentary on the Peter Green / Gary Moore / Kirk Hammett 'Greeny' Les Paul

A remarkable guitar gets the Five Watt World treatment

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The guitar gear secrets behind James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett’s tones on 72 Seasons

Metallica co-producer Greg Fidelman reveals how the new album was made with the help of a Marshall modded by Eddie Van Halen’s amp wizard and a rack full of battle-hardened guitars, including one that makes Hetfield “immediately want to play fast riffs”

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Metallica’s Kirk Hammett: “With 72 Seasons, I improvised 20, 30 solos, gave them all to Lars and Greg Fidelman, and went, ‘You guys edit them!’”

Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo draw back the curtain on the metal album of the year: the gear shakeups, the Angus Young and Ritchie Blackmore-inspired guitar approach, and the response to critics of Kirk’s improvisational soloing approach

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Hammett talks Hetfield: "We connect in a place that is not comfortable"

The Metallica guitarist reveals his sometimes awkward dynamic with the rhythm king – "It looked like the future was very, very bleak"

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Cesar Gueikian appointed President, Interim CEO of Gibson

The appointment of Gueikian, formerly the guitar giant's Brand President, marks the end of James “JC” Curleigh's four-and-a-half year tenure as Gibson CEO

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The essential new electric guitars you need to play in 2023

GEAR EXPO 2023: Classic ranges, signature editions, all-new designs and the Greeny is back… again

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James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett debut new ESP and Gibson guitars at first show of M72 world tour

Papa Het has a fresh Vulture, while Hammett’s uber-rare ’59 Les Paul got its first-ever runout for the set’s surprise opener

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Kirk Hammett explains why he uses wah so much: "I can't think of anybody who uses the wah pedal as much as I do – I'm not ashamed of it"

The Metallica guitarist addresses criticism of his frequent use of the effect and explains what it unlocks in his playing

Guitar World

Watch Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Joe Perry join Metallica for a pulverizing performance of Train Kept A-Rollin' at 2009’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony

The two Yardbirds alumni and Aerosmith icon – who each had history with the song – were joined by Ronnie Wood and Flea for the rendition, which featured a who's who of rhythm heroes and lead legends

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"With no disrespect to Cliff Burton, I think my picking brought a new tightness to Metallica. Cliff's sound wasn't very defined": An interview with Jason Newsted on the release of The Black Album

From the Bass Player archive: Jason Newsted on picking vs fingers, the gear and technique behind The Black Album and how it feels to fill Cliff Burton's shoes...

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Kirk Hammett reveals the truth about that burned guitar on Metallica’s 72 Seasons album cover

Is it a Fernandes Stratocaster copy? Well, not exactly

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Cliff Burton wrote one of Metallica’s heaviest riffs on a de-tuned classical guitar

Kirk Hammett: “To this day, I think: ‘How did Cliff write that?’”

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Guitarist who re-recorded Metallica’s Lux Æterna solo responds to Kirk Hammett’s defence: “The solos sound lazy and completely throwaway”

In a blunt rebuttal of Hammett’s comments, YouTuber Bradley Hall – who first criticized the song's solo by remaking it – labeled the lead playing as having “super-regurgitated, boring, lazy phrasing”

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