Kirk Hammett - Portals (EP) 

Kirk always writes the solo’s you don’t know what your talking about

@@nixongasmo5114 og like tf did this artistic talent go when he needed to write for the new album?

​@@thepropernooblost his phone

​@@nixongasmo5114not really. Lars is right there telling him that it needs more this, less of that, don't repeat that thing, do this one twice than go for the big bend so it builds up to something

@@NintenDubThis.

Kind of could be. he needs to practice more, the ideas are good but he's awful with the instrument lately!

Im not totally agree.. As Metallica fanboy when i was kid, Hammett is metalluca's minus point. His solo is boring and annoying. It's sounds like some guitar students doing his warm up practice.🤣🤣🤣✌️

@@ndartokhelm2145 you have got to be joking! Kirk's solos are legendary

​@@ndartokhelm2145 metalluca

@@ChaosAI24 'lately'? hes always been terrible.

🤣😅🤣😅🤣😅🤣

Fr id kill for a bluesy ep from him

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u got it its called Load

@@RocksNRuts4 no it doesn't. Poor Twisted Me and Mama Said are enough for you?

@reddogg-rebel4truth445 he's sad because someone stole his wah wah pedal.

Because 95% of Metallica's music was done by James and Lars.

100 percent true, only if they did something like that on the album .

Thats a low as bar.

"literally" 😂

Because on last albums James and Lars act like boses and he don't feel like part of band and i can think how unambitious he feels in Metallica. They just give hm riff and say "do solo". If you look old Metallica songs, almost every pre solo riff is done by Kirk. He make riff which inspires him to do solos and that's resaon why his new solos are uninspired.

I’m 47 and he’s been one of my guitar heroes since I was about 13. He’s legendary.

Agree. I’m 50 and he’s the reason I picked up a guitar.

under 40? Im 42 and began playing when I was 12 in 92 and the very first solos I learned where the intro solo to one and sanitarium. I knew the first 4 albums from beginning to end back in the day. He inspired MANY people over that age. But, I get what you were meaning.

Kirk is imprecise in his shredding and reuses a ton of motifs. But after hearing some of this I think that might be partly the result of what Kirk called the "tone police" within Metallica. Growing up with the band and studying James' and Kirk's techniques, it's clear now that he can do so much more outside of that box. It's just that I've wanted him to step outside the box within Metallica but he hasn't, and it's seemingly not up to him.

@@Stephbraz-4 and I would bet you eclipsed his talent many years ago.

Look up who is guitar teacher was when he was young.

This is great stuff thank you

we know

thanks! :)

?!?!?!

Horror movies

You know kirk contributed for some songs on thr spawn movie?

Funny, all I hear is James screaming, "No, dammit, that's not right!!! That note doesn't go there..."

yes think it would be amazing if it could be applied in a metallica context - but honestly James is so rigid, 'chug chug chug as fast as the pick can go' over and over. metallica has been set in concrete since 1991, and its just so boring, these are actual ideas.

@@makkdiver disagree. I personally think it's lars not wanting to put the more unique ideas, james can do different stuff just fine

I know Right 👍👍

Its cos anyone is allowed to reupload made music if its credited and not monetized, no ones allowed to make money off this stuff

You don;t know what you're talkin about dude. Another person insulting Kirk Hammett.

Kirk was Kirk in AJFA, Kirk was Kirk in Load and ReLoad.

@@bobabooey4537 How is any part of that an insult? You're pretty hostile for a canadian.

@@kartikaye3313 Justice for sure, maybe even black album, but the stunning lack of any technical soloing and Hammett spice on load/reload is one of the (many) things that turned me off completely to those albums.

I dunno about that...but this is the best work I've heard him on since Justice. I lost interest in them and haven't liked any song they've done after the Black Album. And to me, that album was their weakest album, when comparing to the earlier ones. But, as I'm sure...it's just me that thinks this. Lol

Only because we heard the Metallica stuff a million times! Kirk is one of the richest metal guitarists in the world, he is worth more than $200 million. Money isn't everything though, we All wanted to hear this EP.

No pressure???? 16:45

Anyone can appear more talented than a lot of people realize, when you have a studio, techs and a producer who arranges your stuff in the back pocket.

@@schpeidermann sounds like something a jealous guitar player says,regularly

@@schpeidermann You still need to be able to envision it and those who constantly complain about gear are rarely those who can come up with this kind of stuff... Gear and production isn't everything... It doesn't create feelings nor can it transmit something if it isn't already there!

I would've never guessed the big black dude that plays drums for Paul McCartney did drums on this album!

is too short

@@Telekinesis2024 Technically it's an EP

@@Skunginoggin345 what a sad

@@Telekinesis2024 He should really do a whole album, this is awesome.

Spot on observation! Like it or not, I value having the opportunity of getting to know who's Kirk as a musician outside of Metallica. I like this side of him!

this is what Jason wanted to do 20+ years ago, and James kicked him out

@@steveb6718 interesting, for yrs I thought it was just Jason choosing to go solo, NOT being kicked out.

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@@steveb6718 Jason was not kicked out of Metallica he left the Band watch the movie some kind of monster

Yeah, I got a nice vibe of Opeth in "The Incantation". When the song swells down into a lush, eastern flavour with nice sounds and details that you would hear in Opeth's moments like that. Good call. I also got Kirks love for Scorpions ex Guitarist Uli Jon Roth in "The Jinn". Some of those more exotic heavy riffs reminded me of Scorpions "Sails of Charon". Theres a lot of cool, off Metallica's tangent music here that I personally would love Kirk to introduce into Metallica's sound. This EP is brilliant, and inventive.

nah this was his specialty when he was younger aswell biggest blues fan and and overall tripper, He just finally could release his own music, Hear the Floyd inspiration, Movie inspiration, His creativity has always been this insane and its amazing

Cliff would have laid a monstrous bassline and a wicked solo.

@@KluhlHloo Man, we really missed out. I'm 100% sure that if Cliff were still here he would've played extensively on this, even if he had left Metallica at that point.

Long Live Cliff!!!

would Cliff have stayed in metallica in the 90's when the band changed styles?

@@jczura5602 Probably, he was into a lot of blues and jazz so he would've dug Load and Reload. And if the other 3 could survive St. Anger, Cliff could too.

VERY ironic indeed

Intentionally as a thank you to Jason. Kirk has never been nasty to anyone it's always been James and Lars.

Irony is the end, winter it will send....

@@TheSixStringGuy lol

well, the classical & orchestral elements aren't his...anything that is not on guitar isn't his work. The solos and main guitar verses are his, the rest isnt - plain & simple. (thats what credits are for: co-written with Edwin Outwater,Jon Theodore, Abraham Laboriel, Greg Fidelman, Emmy-winning arranger Blake Neely, and Bob Rock).

@@neegee82 oh absolutely! I never claimed he was playing those elements on guitar. I just was pointing out that I like how he included that in the composition even though it’s session musicians 👍😁

@@AnthonyDiFiglioOfficial I like that you're an attractive man. Congratulations Anthony.

@@gilbertopadilla3611 Thanks. I am a musician after all as I love exploring new things that come with upcoming releases 🎼🎸

@@AnthonyDiFiglioOfficial Cumming up with releases? Ok, you two can have that

agree. i still get goosebumps after almost 2 years

Taping into his love for classic horror films.

Have same expirience. On first try i was bit dissapointed cause i went in expecting supershredding or something. I gave it a try again without bias and man, i like this .

parts of maiden and monster remind of something from jeff beck's blow by blow

Haha I hear Kitaro too.

Definitely hearing some Sabbath influence too!

also a bit of Scorpion's "Sails of Charon" around 13:00

I was just thinking that Kirk could have some movie soundtracks in his future. 👍🏼

That would be so badass. Maybe something HP lovecraft flavored for definite. I agree ADAM my brother. 😂

He's been lazy when it comes to Metallica. Can't remember how to play his own Metallica solos. Loses material for albums and has to be like a hired soloist brought in to only play the solos. Metallica has been much like a 3 man band.. with Kirk

@@nalehale415 Have you looked at his hands? Dude has RA. And Metallica has pretty much always been Hetfield and Ulrich writing and then the other two come in and do their thing.

@@nalehale415 It's been that for only one album though

Kirk Hamster :) I laughed out loud, not sure if it was intentional or an autocorrect thing but thanks for the laugh

@J D if you don't understand it, you don't have to

Szczerze, nigdy nie lubilem Hammeta. Podobaly mi się tylko poszczególne solówki takie jak Fade to Black, czy Ride the Lightning, ponieważ były przemyślane i jakkolwiek skomponowane. Nie lubilem go za to, że po trzeciej płycie caly czas klepal te same schematy i mam wrażenie, że pisał te wszystkie solówki na odwał, bo brzmiały jak zlepek średnich technicznie, niespójnych zagrywek, ale po przesluchaniu tego EP zrozumiałem, że może to Metallica trzymała jego potencjał pod kurtyną cały ten czas. Pierwszy raz od lat mam wrażenie, że Kirk się postarał i pisząc tą epkę odczuwał spory przypływ inspiracji. Na prawdę kawał dobrej roboty, bardzo mi przypadł do gustu i trzymam kciuki za dalsze solowe projekty Kirka.

@@robertantonowski7135 Right, what is hard to understand here. Atmosphere/sound painting if you will, is not a technical thing. One droning note can build atmosphere.

They did that once, and he lost his MP3 player with all the stuff on it...

@@EvilMerlin Lol

@@EvilMerlin It wasn't an MP3, it was his iPhone lol. James said in an interview "That's what he claims. I don't know why he doesn't have that stuff backed up on his computer"

@@rocafella142 Mp3 player, iPhone... back in the day they were the same damn thing.

@@EvilMerlin Not true at all. They're very much different. And you say back in the day like it was 15 or 20 years ago. Kirk just lost that iPhone end of 2015 or beginning of 2016. When it was time for everyone to present riffs for hardwired, he had nothing and said he lost his phone.

I agree. It sounds as if he were telling a tale/story. Amazing stuff.👍

Gonna be big someday...huge understatement of the decade. Lol

Nah, he seems fit and exercise a lot so that he will be big one day I find hard to believe..

Solos are whack though

If Kirk was smart, he'd just put together his own band. Let Lars, James and gorilla boy find a new guitarist. Lol

Actually he wrote some of the most iconic riffs of 80s Metallica, like the chorus on Master of Puppets and the "die" riff in Creeping Death.

Metallica mostly use Hertfield's riffs as main riffs, and Kirk's riffs in segments.... I just remember how diverse Kirk's riffs can be.... Just listen to My Apocalypse.... That track was mostly made off of Kirk's riffs....

😂 ohh I am going to have a fit

that’s a comment

skilled. Talent is that myth that you have an inate ability. Calling people talented dismisses their long training and keeps people from training because they believe they have no "talent" if they don t succeed instantly.b

It was leaving the instrumentals behind with the self titled album. Clearly Kirk had a big hand on them.

@@lotsapasta0858 i agree about the holding back part. Hes always had music in him, i know it. He never seemed to care though, he was happy to play and let lars and james do their thing. But at some point a composer/producer will wanna awaken.

I mean, did you really listen to this album? How's that even a question! Of course the man has been holding back, he needs to break those chains because what we all heard here deserves to be fully unleashed and developed.

It just sucks what James and Lars have done with Kirk, Jason and Rob. I do understand that most Metallica songs are mostly just James coming up with riffs, and Lars arranging them and then added bass (where applicable), leads, solos (where applicable), lyrics and vocals, so I don't see why with a lessened role, and less pay, they couldn't just allow Kirk and Jason, or Kirk and Rob, just to go their own way a bit when they don't have recording or touring commitments. FFS! Most of the good bass parts on _Load_ and _Reload_ are Hetfield's bass lines.

@@nickdavis965 i weirdly feel Kirk will do more of these now 72 seasons is out

@Lothar Lustig god isnt real

So... how did it go ?

@@TazerGames He had a seizure on the garage floor

@@messystressy supposed to be a joke ?

@@TazerGames nope he indeed had a seizure on the garage floor

this shows how much he sucks, but ok.

Not for leads. It's all the same.

He's always had some really odd phrases.

Justice has quite a few of those odd phrasings.

Bob rock has always been a good producer. Everyone seems to blame him for making Metallica soft.

​@@KARLOS121they lost their edge for me. its not really about how hard or soft their playing, but the element of danger, rawness, mystery. i used to think because they lost Cliff, but they still had it on Justice... and i don't really feel it on this Kirk release, though i like alot of it & i like kirk alot. the production feels too normal. i also didn't feel it on the Lou Reed album and thats what they were going for. anyway, most bands aren't still kicking consistently this far down the line, so thats the impressive thing about them nowadays

@@KARLOS121 tbh for me bob rock never made metallica soft, black album was 10 out of 10 production wise

Actually James told him according to Kirk that is a learning and growing experience for Kirk .

I love Kirk’s older solos without the wah. It has its place but was overdone in later albums for me.

Completely agree! Every so often in a spot here and there I would hear something that resembled Metallica. For a bit I thought I was picking up a timeline of Metallica's history. But obviously original content here.

That's why I listen to Opeth.

What in the fuck are you talking about Corporate Metallica depriving us of melody, harmony, crescendos and arpeggios? Did you not listen to the last 2 albums?

I think he’s done OK for himself

It is interesting to ponder. What might he have created if he'd stayed with Exodus? We mightn't have ended up with half the cool things we did get thanks to Gary Holt taking the reins but then a long term collaboration between the two likely would've created some amazing music as well.

@@cryptovatic exodus is fine but they are on a different, much smaller planet than metallica. i don't think kirk would have benefited from staying in that band.

You make me sick.

he can't play ahaha

@@Taylor.Dude. did you understand what you wrote?) If you like Kirk's game, you don't have a hearing :D Typical juvenile defender

The Sane Asylum is one of the best metal albums ever.

just wait till you hear the album st anger, kirks solos are insane

I got into them around quarantine too, although I’ve listened to Enter Sandman ever since I was little. I used to think that I’d never like this kind of music, but I guess all the stress I went through opened my mind to it? I guess because of that I can call myself a St. Anger enthusiast lol.

Same bro 2005 gaaang

Yeah i am officially old

It's nice to see the newer generation keep Metallica alive!

Totally agree a breath of fresh air

As for me the last interesting things of Metallica was released 14 years ago, in 2008 "Death Magnetic" but in any case it is long time.

@@ОлексійБурковський-о3й you didn’t like Hardwired? I thought that was best one since the 80s lol

It's like listen to a dark Joe satriane album

Knowing kirks obsession with classic horror it kind of makes sense.

One of the very best; that's who Kirk Hammett is.

To be honest, I was less hopeful and thought it would be a cut-and-paste solo and riffs off Metallica b-sides kinda stuffs. Didn’t expect it’s a solid EP. The ambiances are awesome.

😊

Money is the glue that has kept Metallica together.

@@TempleGuitars Right their success; they love touring and playing live. They are the highest grossing Hard Rock / Metal touring band. Of course their albums are all excellent as well.

@@TempleGuitarsthe passion has been it. You think they really need money at this point? 😂

Agree 👍👍 in ways friend

no, not even close if you didn't know who wrote this, you wouldn't listen to this for more than 20 seconds

Nice trolling.

@@dmitryushakov_85 who's trolling Putin luva. Metallica haven't produced anything decent post black album. Any true Metalhead knows this.

@Dub Jubs but you don't contradict my comment: that any real Metalhead knows they haven't produced anything decent, in terms of Metal, post black album. I'm 43 yo and a life long Metalhead. Metallica still to this day are my favourite band - and I was first introduced to them when I was 8 years old. But as any true Metalhead will tell you, Metallica were the bastions of Metal, the world over, prior to Load. The Metal community, by n large, felt betrayed by Load - not because Metallica had so called 'sold out' but because it wasn't Metal. And yes I'm still bitter about the direction they took 26yrs later. I think that album, was in part, an attempt to explore their musical interests outside of Metal i.e. James' love of blues etc. But it also reflected Metallica's members' inability to create music outside of Metallica. That is, unlike most other bands, they never allowed each to play in serious side projects - which they should have (which would lead to Jason's departure). Maybe if they'd allowed themselves to do this, Metallica would've remained solely in the realm of Metal. Which, in my view, is where it should have stayed.

I don’t care what anyone says one of the greatest ever

He's not an instrumental guitar writer/player. Without a band to write and back him up he couldn't do it. Then again Neither could Eddie Van Halen and many other great guitarists. Most of this was written by the people who played on here with him.

@@drummer7557 Not true.. Kirk wrote the music here and he also wrote alot of Metallica stuff, much more than what people think, hes just really humble when he talks about it.

He has always received criticism, most of it unfounded. The fact is, he is a prodigy. And he recorded the first 3 Metallica albums, which are true masterpieces, at a very young age. I recognize the excellence of Justice for All (despite the absurdity of having removed the bass sound) and the Black Album. From then on there is no album that I really like, just certain songs, but I don't blame Kirk for that. Even because the real bosses in Metallica are James and Lars. I think Lars mostly. In short, Kirk is one of the greatest guitarists of all time.

@@fabiolignelli7372 "one of the greatest" ? Sorry dude, NOT even close, ask most half decent guitarists.... Lars ain't the "boss" either, he's the mouth...And an very average drummer too... James is the engine room in metallica

@@MickH60 OK. Can I speak of him as one of the best metal guitarists of all time?

Ladies ang Gents: Kirkoe Hammettani

He took lessons from him.

@@ExodusCheez i think its clarly obvious that OP know this fact, and its why is telling this.... dumb statement my boy

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@@doraanaisnin5199 si claro, es demaciado bueno y epico El siempre fue mi guitarrista favorito por el cual empeze yo a tocar y verlo sacando un EP es muy increible