Kirk Hammett

Eddie Van Halen‘s influence loomed large and when the sad news of his death spread earlier this afternoon, tributes poured in from all corners of music…

From AC/DC to Misifts and Motorhead, Slayer, and Venom, here’s what we’ll be asking Satan for Christmas this year.

Geezer Butler, Glenn Hughes, Slash, Tom Morello, Nikki Sixx, Greg Dulli, and many other musicians have paid tribute to the rock legend…

We’re always looking for new music documentaries to watch. Here are eight, ranging from The Go-Go’s to Taylor Swift, to the early days of the ’80s Bay Area thrash scene, the ’60s/’70s Laurel Canyon folk scene, and more.

Kirk performed ”The Green Manalishi” (using Peter Green’s legendary guitar, which he owns) at a tribute concert earlier this year, which is getting a live album release. He also has a cover of ”Man of the World” set to be released on an upcoming tribute album…

Metallica Mondays continues today with the earliest footage they’ve shared for this series yet.

Anthrax’s Charlie Benante continues his quarantine performance series, which also recently included a Beastie Boys cover with Suicidal Tendencies’ Ra Diaz and a Black Sabbath cover with Metallica’s Kirk Hammett…

plus Gene Simmons, Peter Frampton, Superchunk, Richard Marx, Mike Piazza, Poison drummer Rikki Rockett, Dâm-Funk, Megadeth bassist David Ellefson, W. Earl Brown, Junior Boys, and more.

They nerded out over other guitarists, Annie talked about Metallica’s impact on her, and more.

”They butchered it, and it was humiliating. Why don’t they leave their millionaire fingers off it?”