Exclaim: Metallica's Kirk Hammett Releases Cinematic First Solo Single "High Plains Drifter"

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has released a new solo single, "High Plains Drifter" ahead of his upcoming EP Portals, due out April 23 via Blackened Recordings.

The track is a cinematic instrumental that takes considerable cues from film scores, particularly the themes of Westerns. Which makes sense, considering both its title — shared with a revisionist Western film starring (and directed by) Clint Eastwood — and the fact that Metallica walks out on stage to Ennio Morricone's "The Ecstasy of Gold," from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly soundtrack.

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