Metallica's Kirk Hammett contemplates possible solo effort: "It would not look like a metal album at all”
“It’ll be something so weird and far-ranging in styles, but cohesive at the same time," the guitar legend says of what fans can expect from his possible solo album.
Unlike many artists from the rock and metal scene, the members of Metallica rarely if ever embark on solo projects. Fans will remember the awkward phase when bassist Jason Newstead was around, whose desire to focus on his other project Echobrain ultimately played a major role in his departure from the legendary thrash metal outfit.
However, the band's longtime lead guitarist Kirk Hammett says he has a massive collection of solo material that he’d very much like to release some day.
“I have so much material sitting around that’s obviously not Metallica stuff, and that pile gets bigger and bigger,” the 55-year-old ax man said in a recent interview with Metal Hammer.