Kirk Hammett
Kirk Lee Hammett is an American musician. Hammett has been the lead guitarist of heavy metal band Metallica since 1983; prior to joining Metallica, he co-formed thrash metal band Exodus in 1979. In 2023, Hammett and Metallica bandmate James Hetfield were co-ranked 23rd on Rolling Stone's list of Greatest Guitarists of All Time. In 2009, Hammett was ranked number 15 in Joel McIver's book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists.
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Metallica: M72 Tour - Budapest, Day 2
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2026
Metallica: M72 Tour - Budapest, Day 1
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2026
Runt
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2024
Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar
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2023
Metallica: M72 World Tour Live from Texas - Night 2
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2023
Metallica: M72 World Tour Live from Texas - Night 1
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2023
Metallica: 40th Anniversary Shows Live at Chase Center 2021
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2021
The History of Metal and Horror
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2021
Mick Fleetwood and Friends: Celebrate the Music of Peter Green and the Early Years of Fleetwood Mac
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2021
Metallica: Freeze 'Em All
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2015
Mission to Lars
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2015
Metallica: Masters of Metal
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2014
Metallica: Freeze 'Em All - Live in Antarctica
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2013
Metallica: Through the Never
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2013
Metallica: Through the Never
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2013
An Evening with Lou Reed & Metallica - Live at Rockpalast
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2011
The Big Four: Live in Sofia
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2010
Lemmy
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2010
Metallica: Pride, Passion and Glory - Three Nights in Mexico City
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2009
Metallica: Live in Copenhagen, Denmark - July 22, 2009
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2009
Metallica: Français pour une nuit
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2009
Aural Amphetamine: Metallica and the Dawn of Thrash
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2008
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004
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2006
Heavy Metal: Louder Than Life
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2006
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
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2004
Metallica: Making of S&M
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1999
Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M
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1999
Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M
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1999
Metallica: [1999] Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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1999
Metallica: Cunning Stunts
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1998
Metallica: Poor East Asian Me - Live at Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul, South Korea
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1998
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
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1992
Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, San Diego 1992
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1992
Metallica: Live Moscow - Monsters of Rock
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1991
Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989
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1989
Metallica: Metal Hammer Festival
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1985
Metallica: Kill 'Em All in Chicago 1983
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1983
Metallica: Moscow Magnetic
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