“Guitar slaying maestro Kirk Hammett of Metallica was kind enough to send me one of his new remakes of the famous "Greeny" guitar the original of which now resides with him,” he writes.

Band Metallica's Kirk Hammett Says Are the 'Architects' of Metal Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett credits one band as being the true 'architects' of heavy metal. Spoiler: it's not Black Sabbath.

Before he was shredding with Metallica, Kirk Hammett got his start as lead guitarist ... went on to release 11 studio albums without him. Now, the thrash metal pioneers have parted ways with ...