KIRK HAMMETT Has Exactly 767 Riffs For The Next METALLICA Album

Excellent news! Kirk Hammett has exactly 767 riff concepts for the following Metallica album. Not 766, and never 768 – precisely 767, as Hammett not too long ago stated in an interview with Rolling Stone. All I can say is that I actually, really hope Hammett has these tripled backed up literally anywhere else that isn’t his cellphone.

“I’ve 767 new ones for the following album,” stated Hammett. “It’s such a nightmare going by these things, too. And I am the one answerable for all of it and I am unable to do it… I do not foresee us beginning the following album for no less than one other 12 months as a result of we’re nonetheless ending the tour. As soon as we totally end this and go to all of the outlying locations like Asia and Australia and New Zealand, I feel we’re gonna take a little bit little bit of a break, not an excessive amount of of 1, after which we’re gonna get proper again into it.”

Hammett additionally revealed in the identical interview that he is been engaged on his debut solo album, which can be the follow-up to his 2022 EP Portals. Although not like Portals, Hammett famous that his subsequent effort is not going to be instrumental.

“I am simply actively getting concepts collectively for my [first] solo album. I assume the easiest way to explain it’s it is gonna be a fusion of all types of kinds…. Unexpectedly I am writing classical progressions, and abruptly I am writing extra heavy stuff and abruptly I am writing like a funk factor…. There shall be vocals as a result of the songs that I wrote scream for vocals this time round.

“So I am like, okay, who’s gonna be doing the vocals? I do not know. I hope I am not—I have already got an excessive amount of to do on stage… I’ve an instrumental piece that to me sounds prefer it’s 2000 years previous referred to as ‘The Mysterion.’ It is based mostly on all these things that I have been studying, the traditional Greek texts, and it is wonderful to me as a result of I would not have had this instrumental if I did not begin studying these historic texts.”

Metallica is bringing their M72 tour into 2025 with a handful of North American dates throughout April by June. M72 2025 will see Metallica proceed their No Repeat Weekend custom, with every cease that includes two dates and no repeat songs within the setlist.

A portion of proceeds from each ticket offered will go to native charities through the band’s All Inside My Fingers basis. The M72 2025 tour will characteristic Pantera and Suicidal Tendencies as openers, in addition to Limp Bizkit and Ice 9 Kills. Tickets are available here.

4/19 Syracuse, NY JMA Wi-fi Dome (w/ Pantera & Suicidal Tendencies)
4/24 Toronto, ON Rogers Centre (w/ Pantera & Suicidal Tendencies)
4/26 Toronto, ON Rogers Centre (w/ Limp Bizkit & Ice 9 Kills)
5/1 Nashville, TN Nissan Stadium (w/ Pantera & Suicidal Tendencies)
5/3 Nashville, TN Nissan Stadium (w/ Limp Bizkit & Ice 9 Kills)
5/7 Blacksburg, VA Lane Stadium (w/ Pantera & Suicidal Tendencies)
5/9 Columbus, OH Sonic Temple @ Historic Crew Stadium
5/11 Columbus, OH Sonic Temple @ Historic Crew Stadium
5/23 Philadelphia, PA Lincoln Monetary Subject (w/ Limp Bizkit & Ice 9 Kills)
5/25 Philadelphia, PA Lincoln Monetary Subject (w/ Pantera & Suicidal Tendencies)
5/28 Landover, MD Northwest Stadium (w/ Pantera & Suicidal Tendencies)
5/31 Charlotte, NC Financial institution of America Stadium (w/ Pantera & Suicidal Tendencies)
6/3 Atlanta, GA Mercedes-Benz Stadium (w/ Pantera & Suicidal Tendencies)
6/6 Tampa, FL Raymond James Stadium (w/ Limp Bizkit & Ice 9 Kills)
6/8 Tampa, FL Raymond James Stadium (w/ Pantera & Suicidal Tendencies)
6/14 Houston, TX NRG Stadium (w/ Pantera & Suicidal Tendencies)
6/20 Santa Clara, CA Levi’s Stadium (w/ Limp Bizkit & Ice 9 Kills)
6/22 Santa Clara, CA Levi’s Stadium (w/ Pantera & Suicidal Tendencies)
6/27 Denver, CO Empower Subject at Mile Excessive (w/ Limp Bizkit & Ice 9 Kills)
6/29 Denver, CO Empower Subject at Mile Excessive (w/ Pantera & Suicidal Tendencies)