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Dec 2022
30m 17s

Kyle Meredith Rewind: Kirk Hammett

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About this episode

We're taking a few weeks off here on Kyle Meredith W..., but wanted to thank you for listening in this year by sharing some of our favorite interviews from 2022. We'll be back with brand new episodes on January 6th. For now, here's my chat with Metallica’s Kirk Hammett.

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Metallica’s Kirk Hammett gives Kyle Meredith a call to talk about his debut solo EP, Portals, and how it was came out of his horror movie exhibition and Metallica's S&M 2.

The guitarist also tells us about just discovering prog rock bands like Genesis, Yes, and Jethro Tull, as well as not being much of a fan of The Beatles. He later talks about what it means to have his EP be the first Metallica solo release, and the possibility of eventually playing songs from the effort live.

Hammett also discusses if he would do a guest-packed solo album in the vein of Tom Morello’s recent releases, future plans with The Wedding Band (which also features Robert Trujillo), and having more time for creative projects now that he’s seven years sober.

Listen to Metallica's Kirk Hammett discuss Portals, his love of progressive rock, and more above. Then, make sure to like and subscribe to Kyle Meredith With… wherever you get your podcasts, and you can also follow the Consequence Podcast Network for updates on all our shows.

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