Kirk Hammett

They're a special guitar duo.

He had 500 ideas for the previous album, lost another 250 on his phone and still had 700 new ones!

Metallica kicked off the North American leg of their '72 Seasons' world tour, and debuted the song 'Shadows Follow' live.

'Those guys went through a lot of stuff themselves, and I did too.'

Surprise appearances from the kings of thrash!

See what else he had to say.

Guitarist took on the task of finding stand-in drummers when Lars Ulrich fell ill ahead of Download show in 2004.

It was during a really hectic moment.

Check out their performance of 'Isolation.'

Hint: It's from 'Death Magnetic'