.KirkHammett talks to Billboard about his new solo EP 'Portals' and more.
: jazz, blues, country, classical, reggae. I’ve been a music fan for so long, and I’ve learned to play all different sorts of styles. So this is a way for me to show that.”Still, Hammett admits, releasing this EP on his own, as opposed to having input and support from bandmates, is “like traveling in the dark, and I hope I make it to the destination!” he says with a laugh.
Hammett had befriended the orchestra’s conductor, Edwin Outwater. Realizing that what he was writing wasn’t suitable for Metallica, he shared the material with Outwater instead. Outwater was impressed with it, and he and Hammett ended up collaborating on two tracks foralso features legendary producer Bob Rock as a guest artist, but Hammett felt comfortable producing the EP himself.
Hammett first discovered music’s powerful emotional impact when he was growing up in El Sobrante, a town in the San Francisco Bay Area. “My mom would turn on the radio in the morning and leave it on all day while she was gone, on the theory that it would keep all the burglars away,” he says. “It would just be me and my sister in the house. So I listened to a lot of radio as a kid, and I adored it all. I was like a sponge.
In 1983, Hammett left Exodus to become the lead guitarist for Metallica, replacing future Megadeth founder Dave Mustaine. Metallica has since become one of the most successful heavy metal acts of all time. The band has sold over 120 million albums globally, according to Blackened Recordings. Its repertoire includes 11 RIAA-certified multi-platinum studio albums — its 1991 eponymous set, a.k.a., is certified 16 times platinum in the United States alone.
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