The Mercury News: Interview: Kirk Hammett talks solo debut, prog rock, Metallica plans

“Portals” is the rock guitar record we need for 2022.

It’s a grand instrumental epic, despite only being a four-song EP that runs just over 27 minutes, and it’s full of the kind of heart, technical genius and awe-inspiring talent that fans have come to expect from the one-and-only Kirk Hammett.

It’s also the Metallica guitarist’s first ever solo album, one that contains some of the finest guitar work of his entire career.

And, yes, I know that’s a bold statement given all that he has accomplished as a member of the best-selling Bay Area band of all time.

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