Why is it only rock guitar players who cope like this? You never hear pianists or violinists lament that virtuosic classic music "just sounds like exercises." Even in electric guitar circles, country and jazz guys don't tend to whine about technical playing. Did rock just never get past the millennial fart sniffing phase from the 90's of saying "true art is all from the heart, bro, technique is just the system telling you to play by the rules, dude." So childish.
All the greats go on feel including dimebag. There's technique and then there's playability. Then there's structure. Kirk and dime are guitar heroes for reasons and these people on RUclips are not.
@@andrewmcintosh2703 Good for them but they'll still never be considered a guitar hero/legend though. All Ola Englund does is "will it chug" and just plays regular "chugging" metal riffs. The only people that even question Kirk's solos now are guitar players. Somehow they forget that they paved the way for majority of metal bands and that their favorite guitar player was probably inspired by Kirk.
There are sooo many boomers who preach that “play by feel bro” bullshit in the guitar community (and boomer is a mindset btw, can be young or old), and then they go on to play the same old rehashed blues penta crap we’ve all heard a thousand times.
Unfortunately for Kirk, Slash, and all those guitarists that never improved or got worse, there's a man that learnt to play guitar in the 60s, played through 70s and 80s and that in the early 90s, at 43 years old pulled out the solos of Painkiller That man is Glenn Tipton and is the man that teaches each and every guitarists that you're never BIG enough to stop learning and honing your guitar skills
He doesn't need to play like a typical self-indulgent shredder tho , music isn't a sport so no one cares how fast you play or how brilliant your technique is , I'd rather choose mediocre music than "look what I can do and what I can crams in" music
The problem is never a certain technique: not sweeping, not fast shredding. But at least in metal it seems like "we need a solo so let's put all crazy stuff into it". Some bands do it right but often times it doesn't fit the melody, the mood of the song etc. So I get his point that it feels like an exercise or to show off. It's not that the players are bad but they choose the wrong technique at the wrong moment.
Solos just need to be heart felt. They need some structure and melody. They need to be able to be sung. Why do you think the first 4 albums are great. They where well played. They sounded great. The melody was there. They where interesting. It was like its own story.and for that,they are always timeless and memorable.
Death - Symbolic is a very good example of extremely talented and technical guitar players who also sometimes keep it simple while still sounding so authentic and timeless
@@andrewmcintosh2703 death ain't tech death and especially not on symbolic. Most symbolic songs are pretty easy to play but they still sound very unique and great
Great vid! I view a solo as a story within a story, Alex Skolnick, Michael Romeo etc are amazing at it as their solos fit the song but have technique involved… I agree with everything you are saying…. Kirk wtf?
I think the real guilt is on other members or producer who accept that poor solos. I saw a documentary on the making of back album and I remember the producer was really trying to push Kirk to play "better". He can do good things and he proved that, maybe someone's had to tell him, maybe next album he'll start to play neoclassical arpeggios after that interview :D :D I bet that if he wants he can play way better than this 💪
They are old and dont want to argue.... that is it. It is so embarassing for Kirk. He always sucked live but he recorded nice solos. Now even the recorded solos suck.
I agree with your review. When you talk about vocal melodies they are non-existent in Kirks solos. Have a listen to Paul Gilberts latest release where he does a tribute to Dio with emphasis on crafting DIo's vocals. They are vocal melodies...Songs need to take me on a journey and the solos should be melodic that adds and compliments the overall song. I love Metallica's early albums, but the last couple seem to me to be very much all same same
I defended Kirk for a long time based on the goodwill of the legendary solos he has written over the years, mostly 1991 and earlier, BUT he absolutely deserves EVERY BIT of the criticism he's gotten for his lazy playing on the last two albums. I honestly like a lot of the songs on 72 Seasons, and the production is good, and James's vocals are incredible. It's clear he's giving his all, but it's infuriating that Kirk is phoning the fuck in every single lick. The songs, the fans, and James deserve so much better. Now at least Lars can give a sigh of relief that he's not the shitty one any more.
@@kkarx really? I mean moth into flame is alright but on that record i'd rather listen to Spit Out The Bone any day. And i think one of his best as of late is the one from The Day That Never Comes, that one still has that classic feel to it that the even later ones just lack
@@EmilForsberg_GRYBO It is funny but Kirk plays Moth into Flame better with orchestra than on the actual studio record. That is the version to pick... I thought the Spit Out The Bone solo was just very mediocre. The Day That Never Comes solo is memorable for that tapping section but the rest of the solo is not very good either.
I gotta say, there are as many guitar players that will say a certain guitar part is too technical as there are those that say it was too easy or "not spicy enough". Kirk has been stale for a long time but I think everyone has come to just accept it lol
I think Kirk is right. His solo fits the song better than anyone else's "version" of it. It's a fast shreddy song and that's exactly what the solo does. Dimebag said he's more about hitting one note and feeling it rather than jacking off on the neck. Most people don't care about solos except guitar nerds. Do you younger guitar players not know he took lessons from Joe Satriani? Ever read an older guitar mag from the 80's or 90's when he overworked his solos like in the a year and a half in the life of video? Then Bob Rock said "songs like this don't need flash". In the one magazine I have it talks about what Joe taught Kirk. All those first players most people don't know who they are except John petrucci and Vinnie Moore, and Jason Becker. That stuff is guitar jack off session. The biggest guitar heros don't do any of that flashy shit. I could make a bunch of guitar players in bands that don't play all flashy. The problem with guitar nerds (I'm one of them) is that they're never satisfied. Kirk is good for Metallica. End of story. Kirks only been taught by the best of the best in the industry. Bob Rock, Rick Rubin, lessons from satch, but he's supposed to listen to RUclips guitar channels just trying to make content. Yeah I'm sick of hearing Kirk play the same shit but then again I don't get my panties in a bunch over it. There's still good shit. You ever thing he might have arthritis or carpel tunnel syndrome and can't do the flashy shit anymore? Like I said before, majority of people could give a shit about solos.
When I hear his early stuff, I think ‘There ya go!’ But when I hear Kirk solo nowadays, I hear a man who doesn’t practice. (Or a man who doesn’t practice the hard stuff.) It’s as if the only time he has a guitar in his hands is when he’s on-stage. And whenever the tempo gets too fast for Kirk, it’s all wah and whammy bar noise. They should make a wah pedal for Kirk that has a timer: It only works for 20 seconds at a time…..and it’s random.
Yup, I feel the exact same way. For years I felt Kirk just got super lazy on the instrument. I think he's wave surfed more than practiced guitar for the last 2 decades. It's disappointing that he never bothered to grow or expand as a player. He doesn't even play his old solos correctly live.
please realize that when cliff was alive and and kirk was learning from joe, they were playing to live they were consumed. we all know anything after 1989 sucks and kirk had to be bullied into the unforgiven solo etc. this isnt anything new and personally for me, i cant stand most bands after their 3rd-5th album its honestly weird. I think a big part of it what happens to us when we reach our late 20s early 30s we just change we become more cognizant and aware and that shifts our perspective away. Hope this makes sense guys, dont flame me for saying black album sucks, i dont mean it that way, you know what i mean. RIP cliff
Hammett killed his own playing using the wah pedal. He was great back in the 80s, a guitar player with a lot of potential but never pushed himself just relied on same simple pentatonic licks and the wah tone.
I mean what's the point of the video? actually i'm tired of hearing you whining about Kirk's playing - if you don't like what he's doing - just go listen to another band, that's it. Or play your own music where you show all your technique in solos and be happy with that. Yeah i know that his new solos are kinda lame but i have no problem with that because he created some really great and memorable ones in his life, let the guy do what he wants. I mean you can listen to Tim Henson with all his technical stuff - but do i really like Polyphia's music after all - no, it's kinda robotic and just don't give me personally any emotions after all
I loved Kirks playing growing up, hes the reason i picked up a guitar, but i find his perspective flawed and convenient. Kirk claims hes bored of composed solos, to translate that for him, hes sick of putting in the time and work to craft something meaningful, its takes more effort to do that. Improvisation is great when youre good at it, see guys like Guthrie Govan, Frank Gambale, Scott Henderson, etc etc, but when you arent, its often a lazy way out and you end up regurgitating recycled cliche licks, which Kirk is super guilty of. Bob Rock was right during the making of the 'black album' album when Kirk was attempting to record 'the unforgiven' solo, "hes got to put in the time".
I am 42 and started again to play after 21 years. I have a rutine to practice technique. I can do arpeggio 135 bpm 4 notes per beat. I love to oractice. 50% learnkng songs and rest technique.
I just watched the new Live Performance at Jimmy Kimmel where they play Master of Puppets. Its amazing! After all this years Kirk still can't play the music and manages to ruin the middle part. Horrorable!
Y'all clearly missed the part where Kirk says he gets bored of playing the classics and just improvises these songs for the most part. Maybe reading will do you some good.
@@amber13666 That's not a good enough reason. Those are *his* solos and he gets to play them however he likes... but us fans WILL judge and compare what we know him to be capable of with what he's bringing to the table now. It's not about boredom, it's about laziness. Changing an iconic solo to something else that has feeling and thought behind it is fine; pentatonic masturbation with whammy abuse and boomer bends is not.
I disgree with Kirk's points for the most part. But I don't really agree with you 100% either. 6:57 This is a massive cope. When people say that there's emotion in playing, they're not talking about being happy that you can sweep a basic minor arpeggio very fast. It's fine to do whatever you want in your song but playing arpeggios mindlessly doesn't convey emotion, even though you might want to "share that experience" with others. The overall problem with talking/arguing about emotion is that anyone can say anything about it and there's no real way to say who's right and who's wrong or even if that's a meaningful concept.
For the player perhaps, for the listener though, if something sounds like shit, knowing the player enjoyed creating the shit doesnt make it any better.
@@UroboricNate Then stfu and listen to something else. Personally I've known Kirk sucks ass for 30 years, it's been a long meme amongst guitar players, he's hilarious live and just vaguely frets around his old solos while stomping his wah, but if you don't like it go elsewhere.
@NeiroApathy…Maybe if you are just playing for yourself, but to put it out and expect people to like it, buy it and respect you as guitarist is another thing. Kirk is just want to live off his past and still expect people to think he’s the greatest.
So sieht es aus... ein Gitarren Solo muss nicht schwer zu spielen sein, um uns Gänsehaut zu bescheren. Leider gibt es aber viele Soli, die technisch kompliziert sind, aber Null Aussagekraft haben!
Nicht ganz das was ich in dem Video ausdrücken will… „Gänsehaut“ ist ja etwas sehr subjektives, ich würde gerne für mehr objektive Anerkennung appellieren. Also man kann ein Solo ruhig Wertschätzen, wenn es technisch Gut gemacht ist, es aber eben keine Gänsehaut auslöst. Nur weil es keine Gänsehaut in mir auslöst, heißt es ja nicht, dass jemand anderes Gänsehaut bei dem Solo bekommt und dadurch auch noch, dass ein Solo besser oder schlechter ist, nur weil es Gämsehaut auslöst ☺️
@@justin.hombach ok, da gebe ich dir natürlich recht. Gänsehaut ist ganz klar etwas sehr subjektives... und ja man kann natürlich auch ein Solo wertschätzen, wenn es technisch anspruchsvoll ist, auch wenn es nicht so viele, oder gar keine Emotionen auslöst. Ich finde zB. das was Jason Richardson spielt, technisch sehr anspruchsvoll, aber oft ist es mir "zu viel" (also zu viel shredding"). Aber das ist ja nur meine Wahrnehmung... Achtung habe ich vor jedem Gitarristen, oder Musiker, der mit Herzblut bei der Sache ist... 😉
Das ist ja das Problem bei Hammetts Solos, die haben alle keine Aussagekraft. Und die Solos bei Metallica die Aussagekraft haben, hat er nicht komponiert. Hammetts Solos hören sich teilweise so an wie ein Lückenfüller, hauptsache es passiert irgendwas.
Nobody's suffering. But a once hero of music, has mindlessly wanked away his talent yet again. That's all. Talent that is clearly there...that is not being used to full potential. Wether it's cuz he's in aderol or Ritalin, Kirk has been weird for the past 15 years or so. He clearly has no concentration left, his central nervous system is shot !
The first half of kirks statement contradicts the second. In the first part he says that difficult playing isn’t necessarily better; in the second part he argues that his playing is better because it is more difficult to pull off.
He doesn't need to play like a typical self-indulgent shredder tho , music isn't a sport so no one cares how fast you play or how brilliant your technique is , I'd rather choose mediocre music than "look what I can do and what I can crams in" music
@@uroboric thank you, because yeah that is not really my point. My point is to appreciate well crafted and executed music, even if it doesn‘t move you and to differentiate between emotions and execution. Because just a solo does nothing to you, doesn‘t mean that it won‘t touch somebody else extremely. We should start addressing that certain taste can be individual and that they can be different. Tho what Kirk is doing here is (and people are pointing this out really well in the comment section) is really bad for the guitar community.
1) Speak for yourself 2) I dont view it as sport but its not about OH he can play fast its not iust that , its appreciating the technicality and dedication it takes to play that and sometimes playing fast in the right spots evokes a certain emotion 3) Watch the whole video before you talk your ish 4) That is the worst take ive everr heard "id rather mediocre music then look what i can do" Go listen to amateur kids playing in garage then compare to Classical fingerstyle guitar arrangements you tell me which you prefer. 5) STOP supporting musicians who are getting lazy with their craft
I agree with you. Take Zakk Wylde for example. He plays with emotion and feeling but is way more technical and intense. Kirk has become lazy and sloppy.
being dismissive about different guitar techniques is narrow minded and hinders growth as a player, it usually also means they just cant play like that, i can think of one exception, Devon townsend, he can shred like hell but doesnt do it much
Justin, most of the complicated stuff is pretty boring. So what is the point of making music that turns people off ? Perhaps you can name a few artists who do that and let's argue.
From the names you mentioned like Loomis and all.. They're going to be forgotten, no good solos..even though I like Loomis and all of em. Kirk, Angus, Malmsteen are like incomparable. That's one aspect you totally miss. No amount of practice is going to achieve that, right ? I do agree Kirks playing isn't appealing but seriously all these other guitar players you exemplify are just cartoons compared to him.
You make the big mistake and compare success with musical talent. More people will probably remember the Backstreet Boys than Stevie Wonder, but who had a more musician impact for the people who in the end are doing music? Same here, yes most guitar players starts by listening to Metallica. But I believe, ask all of the professional guitar players, who are important for the music scene: „what motivated you to be a good guitar player“ I hardly believe Kirk is a name that a lot of people will mention. Second, that complex music is boring and will touch nobody is an extreme subjective opinion and has nothing to do with facts. Please, please, please watch my latest video „perfection kills emotion“, it will help you understand music more :)
At this point I would like to see metallica get rid of Kirk for some new blood who can do the job well. I'm use to new members so James get someone in there to kill it .
i feel as thought the reason kirks solos sound basic nowdays is because lars's drum parts have become simpler and if you compare lars's playing from the earlier albums to now it almost matches with kirks solos, so he has to dumb down his solos and is saying "play in the moment" and other cliches to match that but when showing his full potential on the instrument he becomes a much more musically mature guitar player.
Kirk is just old and losing the creative energy and prowess of a 20 year old. So many people miss the mark and begin to realize technique and melodicism is important wayyyy too late. Improvisation is like small talk, if you don't do it enough you don't develop. So sad kirk sold out and Metallica hasn't been good in like 30 years
I really like your playing. I like the arpeggio playing you do on your intro where you have the arms like Vishnu. Needed to be said. I know it is not featured in this particular video. I'm looking forward to hearing more. I just erased about 500 words that I wrote because I find them so annoying.
I mean, you can do solos with virtuosic bits and melody that add to the song and aren’t intrinsically “show-offy.” Look Dimebag or Alexi Laiho of COB - short 8-16 bar bursts of virtuosity that always just add to the badassery of the song and almost never feel like a “look at me” detour. Now if you’re flying around the fretboard for 64 bars in a row, yeah, that can get tiresome and show-offy real quick. (Unless it’s like an instrumental solo guitar album where that’s the whole point).
Personally, I've lost my interest in Kirk after the Black album. His solos were killer up to that album, and none that really sticks out for me is from the song The Struggle Within. But after that album, he and the band were not very interesting to me anymore. Rhythmically, 72 Seasons sounds cool, and I appreciate the band getting back to tempo changes and multiple progressioms in the songs, but Kirk is still the weakest link. He mentioned that he prefers the pentatonic scale, and he can do with that scale. That's true, but for me, he's exceptionally tasteful. Now you have guitarists like Jeff Waters, who said he prefers the pentatonic scale as well, but he is incredibly tasteful and inventive, plus adds sweeps with melody lines that fit his compositions. If Jeff was in Metallica, the band would sound new and heavier, in my opinion. I liked your list of guitarists, and I concur. Another guitarist that is great in Jorn Viggo Lonstadt from Pagan's Mind. He adds a ton of style, melody, and technique that really compliments their songs.
Every phrase Kirk plays on this album is something he's done before. Whenever he begins a phrase you immediately know what he's going to do with it. It all just sounds like him stringing together a few of the same phrases he's done for years just to put a "solo" in a section of the song. He's boring, predictable, and downright lazy. I still enjoy the album though. James really shines. Maybe he should have done the solos.
Everytime i hear a new Metallica Record since the Black Album i feel that Kirk and Lars go in the studio like"i didnt have to practice anymore because i am the guy from Metallica" they are Lazy and out of ideas abd the will to create something realy Good
Ich bin kein Gitarrist aber ich finde sogar, dass er noch nie richtig gut darin war Gitarre zu spielen oder schöne Soli zu komponieren. Ich war z.b. früher immer Fan von dem Gitarristen von Europe. Lustigerweise zähslt du in diesem Video alle Punkte auf die mir daran so gefallen. Es war wie ein geschriebener Song. Das Kirk hammett sein abfallendes Niveau jetzt damit begründet dass er jetzt zum improvisationskünstler geworden ist ist schon fast lächerlich....
Id rather Kirk not solo than produce these lesser works of improvisation. They could come up with some cool riff breakdowns or whatever. I'm also bothered that he uses Greeny to do these lesser works. Gary Moore was the master of improvisation and to do such weak work on that guitar bothers the hell out of me. Sorry it just does.
He just dosent understand guitar as well as say guys like the dude in this video. He never did. He knew it. Yngwie knew it. But being technically amzing dosent sell as well. Thats why some of the absolute best guitarists arent that well known.
To me, it seems like Kirk lost a lot of his ambition to create solos like those of the first 4-5 albums. I believe it's mainly cuz he lost his music theory guidance. Back in the 80's, he had several outside influences, within his immediate circle, like Joe Satriani, Cliff Burton, and others of the like, whom understand music theory on a deeper level, so he was able to ask them for advice. Touring took a lot of time away from him to continue his learning adventure, and while that can help him to work on his chops, the lack of time to be able to travel, plus the untimely death of Cliff RIP... limited his abilities to reach out for this kind of advice. Cliff was a major part of Metallica's harmony structures that made a lot of the riffs these guys,(and Dave), wrote make more sense musically, as he understood harmony theory that captured a songs feeling, and helped build excitement and drama, plus the arranging skills of Lars that helped put it all together in a more dramatic context. I could be wrong, but I'd bet, if Cliff were still with us, Kirk would've become an even bigger icon, and would still be ripping out the old school style solos he's famous for, or maybe even something more exciting! The solos of their songs now feel vey lazily written using almost no thoughts of theory, context of the song's feel, or ambition to capture the moment with anything more than a Guitar Center goober's in-the-moment pentatonic lick, he worked so hard to impress you with. Don't get me wrong, Kirk rips on guitar, but it's the events that've happened in his life that, I believe, are why he's chosen to take this route, but hey, he can do whatever he wants to now. He's still a legend!! \m/\m/
Having been improvised sure makes a good solo even more impressing but it doesn't make bad solo good. Having not been improvised doesn't make solo any worse but it makes a bad solo even less impressing than it already is.
@Brooke Aday… Yeah… I pretty much gave up on Metallica by the Black album. Didn’t like the direction they were going in but I always give it a chance. Some things are good but they don’t live up to their success. Too bad that there are better bands that don’t even get the respect the deserve but Metallics gets away with just being Metallica.
To be fair Marty Friedman says the exact same thing about sweeped appergios. It is shame that Kirk sucks so much these says. I still think he was the best on RTL and Load. All the solos there fit the songs perfectly.
Hammett's "playing in the moment" would vary greatly from Marty Friedman's "playing in the moment". See Kirk? The difference between someone who cares about originality and mastery and your brand of lazy, unthinking crap? If you really want to stick with pentatonic solos, why not use arpeggios from within that 5 note scale to spice things up a bit? Also, his list of guitarists who are good at arpeggios shows he is out of touch. Satch an arpeggio guy? I would add Kiko Loureiro to your extensive list of arpeggio masters.
We are living in the age of the strawman. Where someone can't take criticism, so they attack an objection that wasn't even raised, while not acknowledging the original. This is happening a lot with movie makers, and is practically the M.O. of Disney/Marvel/Lucas film. Kirk may enjoy improvising, but he's no Guthrie Govan. He really benefits from a composed solo. If he's tired of playing the old stuff, then he should challenge himself to create new stuff. New stuff that shows he put some thought and passion into it. Not just something he did in one take and didn't bother with afterwards. It really just sounds like he's coasting in neutral at this point.
Yeah as a guitarist who grew up with Kirk as one of his heros, I agree with pretty much all of this. Just heard every solo on the album and pretty much the only one that stands out as decent is the one at the end of Inamorata. The rest are all just pentatonic business as usual and recycled licks with the occasional weird chromatic or wammy bar sound.
You guys are all hating with passion, if you don't like kirk's or Metallica's current playstyle then don't listen to them. I personally enjoy the new solos on 72 seasons and I'm just happy kirks still going, he may not be in the best state but he's 60 years old and still shredding like on Jimmy Kennel.
Agree that Hammett's solos often sound 'phoned in', on the last two albums particularly. However, do you not think that we're talking about two separate, though equally valid approaches: play from the heart/whatever happens in first 3 takes is it vs take your time and work out an accurate solo? And yes from an artistic perspective, "art" is a vaild argument even for defending Kerry King solos. By the way Bradley Hall's solo is totally inappropriate for a Metallica song, Brandon's is pretty good but there are better takes on YT for the Lux Aetherna solo in my humble opinion.
Imo the best sounding solos are the combination of both attitudes. You need to have some well thought parts and you fill the gaps with some improvisation but even that should be somewhat preplanned, not note for note but one should know what notes will sound good in the context.
To All and Listen Well..... Why do you think Kirk has never done a guitar focused solo album??? ( what he did last yr is not what I mean) The reason is because he can't. His last name is not Vai or Petrucci. Its Hammett, and he doesn't want to be anyone else, nor does he owe anyone anything. I'm 51 yrs old and been a fan since I was 14. Do I wish Kirks playing and solo writing blossomed and progressed his whole career? Of course, but maybe he doesn't care about "composing" a beautiful master craft solo anymore. Or maybe his artistic sensibilities have changed over the yrs 'Cause guitarists can be very competitive, and it's a contest that even he would admit can't win. ( by a huge margin, imo ) I've played guitar for 35 yrs and I can't shred like my hero's can (Vai, Petrucci) and I never will, and not from lack of trying. We all have our limits, if we want to admit it or not, and those limits change as you get older. But i have a blast playing minor pentatonic splashed with some modal stuff as best I can. Kirk is and always was a sloppy player, not a lot of finesse. You can say the same about Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page and others who are legendary. Kirks being Kirk and having a blast making music. Take it or leave it. Oh yeah and HES IN HIS 60's NOW!! Ever hear of arthritis or tendinitis. Not to mention the drugs the guys probably done in his life. Cut him some slack people! Anyone who disagrees... Your being selfish. As far as Kirks comments in Guitar World go, the guys responding to being attacked online (how many times? ) by a bunch of Karen's complaining to the manager that they don't like a guitar solo and saying he sucks. He knows he cant give what every single person wants and he lashed out, i dont blame him. Your acting like he betrayed the guitar comunity or something.(DRAMA QUEEN) If you think you could do better, maybe you could, talk is cheap. How many millions would listen to your album? Seriously. No member of Metallica have claimed to be a virtuoso or a brilliant composer. You know they started out as a punk metal band at their roots ? My God I just proofread my comment and I sound like I'm scolding my daughter. Lol. Oh well, sometimes kids need a talking to. 😎 P.s You all are complaining about something you got.. FOR FREE Once upon a time we used to have to pay for music. And everything he said in guitar world although i agree some untrue statements we're made about guitar techniques, This all started because of trolls and grifters on social media and he went on the defence.
Yes sweeppicking is kinda more fluent and less agressive, but it still can sound extremely interesting, like when Jeff Loomis, Frank Gambale or Jason Becker are using it
So what Justin is saying is that the solo for "If Darkness Had A Son" is the greatest, most musically significant solo since VH "Eruption". I like that Justin tells us the importance of taking your time and crafting a well structured whole and then literally switches to crappy phone definition and sound halfway through his own video 😂🤣😂😂
Where did I say that „If Darkness had a son“ is a good solos (did I even mentioned it? 😂😂) And the end of the video (not really the half tbh), maybe a lot lower quality but still the topic is important… would say more important that what Kirk is saying 😂🤷🏼♂️
@@justin.hombach I was being sarcastic. I know that is the opposite of what you think. Honestly, your criticisms of Kirk are not only valid, but you do a fat better job of articulating them than most Gen Z troll toddlers 🤘🤘🤘
Kirk seems like really chill dude but yeah he kinda sucks now a days. Not everyone can go to a track and improvise a insane solo out of it. Kirk has written great legendary solos and riffs. We expect him to come with a decent take but feels like he just sleeps trhough it. i would love to add David gilmour solo on "On an island" is just beautiful esp the live one. The guy never misses. even after all these years DG solo still serves the song.
Kirk was the better guitarist in that band 😂 he literally taught Gary holt. Also we’re talking about prime Kirk, ofc Metallica would choose prime Kirk, that’s the guy who produced solos from ride the lighting, kill ‘em all, master of puppets, black album, death magnetic. And so many songs with so many great solos. He may have aged now and there’s literally no problem with that 😂
It's so depressing that these guys who chose not to practice want to tear down players who actually have chops. I'd much rather listen to someone like Josh Middleton play guitar in 2023 than Kirk Hammett. If Metallica does another album, I fully expect Kirk to do 10 solos on the level of I Wanna Be Sedated.
First big ❤ for mentioning "The Butcher" from Rusty Cooleys Solo Album. Also one of those "technical players" that always get criticised for sounding like a robot or emotionless, that's BS Well and about Kirk, first he is a legend, period. BUT that does not mean that you should or have the right to criticize Solo's or Players that have a great variety of techniques under their fingers. I really get some kinda envy vipes from that article to be honest. Those "technical" players mostly want to break certain boundaries to either be free on the instrument or just to realize waht they hear in their heads, i don't see a problem with that. And yeah sometimes that are sweeps at insane speeds or outstanding tapping arppegios ala Michael Romeo, but so waht? Fact is, MUSIC IS ART and therefore it should be free of criticism for the use of technique or what ever. If a certain technique gets you where You want to go then it's absolutely right. And in my personal objektive view, it seemed that Kirk lost the bite and the fire he had when they started with Metallica. Maybe he reached his limit or just does not put so much time in the instrument as he did back then. It is very sad when you compare him to ppl like Wolf Hofmann from accept. That Man is also in his 60ties and is ripping every solo old or new with passion and fire and technique
I don't think I've heard Joe play arpeggios , I'm not saying he hasn't . And Paul Gilbert I believe prefers string skipping over sweep picking . I could be wrong . Just sounds like Kirk is a little " butt hurt " about his crap playing .lol
Justin, I agree 100% with what you're saying here. However, I'm going to introduce another angle: In that Guitar World article, Kirk was responding to those videos like Brandon and the other ones in that article: > Kirk is defiant about such criticism. “I was just laughing the whole time,” he says. I listened to that solo for the first time today from Lux AEterna and my first reaction was that it is not a great solo. But it is Kirk Hammett and his style comes through and actually, I don't hate it. Also in Kirk's defense, his solo is better than those other two by a country mile, those solos made me irritate how boring they were and Kirk is right there.
Kirk is just a lazy guitar player , he don’t want to do the extra work to put down a good solo and he’s been this way for years, I’ve heard him play and his guitar was out of tune, metallica is just putting out mindless repetitive music because they know all the Metallica fan boys will accept it, lol Kirk talking about vocal melody , i don’t hear him doing any of that and I’ve never heard him sweep pick , I’d say he’s negative on sweep picking because he can’t do it but maybe he can idk all I do know is the stuff he’s been putting out for years isn’t very good it’s boring repeating lazy and not very creative
I agree with a lot of what you say, however....... I think that with the amount of guitarists Kirk has influenced over 30 years. And Metallica being the most commercially successful Heavy Metal band in history. He might know what he's talking about. Do I agree with it? No! Not by any stretch. But I think he speaks with a certain amount of wisdom that most of us don't have.
Hey Justin ! Congrats to this and the last video ! Great topic, well discussed, informative, entertaining and you can learn something too ! Cool to see and read what is going on in the comment section. By the way the video titles and the thumbnails are awesome too, well done !
16:36 Blusier less technical hard rock guitarists like Kirk, Slash and John Frusciatne (to name 3 of the most famous ones) don't go out of their way to gratuitously insult shredders, but shred guitar fans are always going out of their way to insult Kirk, Slash, John and others who play a similar style, so he was just defending himself. I highly doubt that Kirk watches bands who have shred guitarists on RUclips and then leaves negative comments the way that all of these idiotic judgmental shred guitar fans do under Metallica videos.
No, the three you named won‘t (like vis a vis most professional guitar players that focus more on technical playing won‘t insult blues players) but the fanbase is definitely doing (the same for some shred fans). Tho, I would say, reading between the lines Kirk is still trying to downgrade a certain style by thinking Satriani, Malmsteen and Gilbert are the only three guitar players who can play arpeggios with an expression. Missing tons of guitar players
@@justin.hombach Maybe he doesn't think that the players he's missing are on the same level as the three he mentioned, or he's just not aware of most of them. I'm not really either - once you get over 40 or so, a lot of guitarists (and musicians in general) lose interest in checking out all of the latest hot new players. And personally, whenever I do, I'm disappointed. Jeff Loomis and Gutherie Govan don't move me at all and the riffs and solos I've heard from them aren't memorable or soulful. Also, I'm a fan of bands with great songs and vocals, not virtuoso players who's songs are merely vehicles for them to show off all of their chops. When any one of those super-shredders gets in a band with good songs and vocals and composes and plays solos that compliment those songs and take them to a higher level like the 3 players I listed above do, then I'll pay attention to their playing. Otherwise, it's all just pointless displays of chops to me, and that evokes no emotions from me other than boredom and then annoyance.
7:41 I totally get what Kirk is saying - so many shred metal solos sound like exercises. And no, it's not coming from their heart - those type of players are just mindlessly and robotically playing solos based on exercises that they play for hours every day, so it's automatic muscle memory-based playing that's for the most part completely detached from their feelings and emotions.
And you know, when something is coming from the heart? Can we may stop judging music by that, because this term „playing by your heart“ is so extremely loose.
@@justin.hombach It's pretty easy for anyone who's in touch with their heart and soul to tell. Also, I know from personal experience - when I was a teenager in the 80's, I used to practice scales, arpeggios and other exercises for 2 to 4 hrs per day because that's what the standard for a hard rock/metal guitarist was back then. Then I got really into Zeppelin and then Guns 'N' Roses and later Jane's Addiction, the Chili Peppers, Soundgarden and AIC and realized all of that technique and chops-oriented style of playing was actually much less musically transcendent than players like Jimmy Page, Slash, Billy Duffy, Dave Navarro, John Frusciante, Jerry Cantrell and so on. And in 1993 a friend of mine who was really into grunge and alternative rock told me "stop just playing scales and trying to shred and play what you feel", and I gradually began to do that, and suddenly it was an epiphany - not only did my lead playing begin to have much more depth and meaning and start to bypass my mind and come straight from my heart and soul out through my instrument (Jimi Hendrix was the Jedi master of playing like that), I also began to write much better riffs and complete songs, because high level songwriting also comes straight from the heart and bypasses the mind. I still practice chromatic exercises and some scales and arpeggios for a half hour a day or so (when I'm playing regularly, that is - I haven't been lately for various reasons), but then I just let loose and play without thinking about theory and technique. Joe Satriani once said "Learn as much theory and technique as you can, and then forget it all when you're playing". Which I think is what Kirk Hammett has been doing on the last 2 Metallica albums, and even going back to the Black Album, Load and Reload. So I say let Kirk be Kirk - it sure seems to be working for him.
@@justin.hombach the people that use the term “playing with heart” when they are trashing on people who play technical solos are usually the people who suck at their instrument. A solo that isn’t melodic but technical isn’t very good. But you can add technique and still have a good solo. These people don’t believe that technique and feeling can exist in one solo, because they can’t play good. They play the same slow pentatonic licks that are simple for 10 minutes and call it “playing from their heart” because they can make faces.
if you practice sweeps and other difficult stuff enough it will eventually start to come out "in the moment" and maybe you'll stop playing so called boomer bends all the time
@@supernothing77 I first learned sweep picking from a Kirk Hammett interview/tutorial in Guitar For The Practicing Musician from 1986 or '87 that gave a few examples of basic major and minor triad arpeggio patterns. He doesn't use the technique often in songs, but he talked about how he uses it in his practice routine.
Aber echt, ey. Genau das hat Kirk erkannt und Metallica bringt ein Remaster von And Justice for All auf insgesamt 10min gekürzt ohne das nervige Gedudel 🤘🏻
Kirks just salty and we know it. Instead of salting around he should have admitted that he sucks. How about for the next video: How to solo in the style of Kirk Hammet + a nice solo over Lux aeterna from you Justin Hombach? Instead of telling lets show them
"I don't want my solos to sound like scale exercises," said the guy whose solos sound like blues lick exercises.
and his licks show that he doesn't exercise
Why is it only rock guitar players who cope like this? You never hear pianists or violinists lament that virtuosic classic music "just sounds like exercises." Even in electric guitar circles, country and jazz guys don't tend to whine about technical playing. Did rock just never get past the millennial fart sniffing phase from the 90's of saying "true art is all from the heart, bro, technique is just the system telling you to play by the rules, dude." So childish.
All the greats go on feel including dimebag. There's technique and then there's playability. Then there's structure. Kirk and dime are guitar heroes for reasons and these people on RUclips are not.
@@manicmurph Some of "these people on the internet" have literally millions of followers, and signature guitars.
@@andrewmcintosh2703 Good for them but they'll still never be considered a guitar hero/legend though. All Ola Englund does is "will it chug" and just plays regular "chugging" metal riffs. The only people that even question Kirk's solos now are guitar players. Somehow they forget that they paved the way for majority of metal bands and that their favorite guitar player was probably inspired by Kirk.
There are sooo many boomers who preach that “play by feel bro” bullshit in the guitar community (and boomer is a mindset btw, can be young or old), and then they go on to play the same old rehashed blues penta crap we’ve all heard a thousand times.
@@andrewmcintosh2703 And will be out on the street with one year of financial hardship and will be celebrated and remembered by zero in 20 years.
I imagine Kirk sitting down the learn anything by Guthrie would be the equivalent of ME sitting down to learn anything by Kirk.
The problem is....
I actually believe you've tried.
I don't believe that of Kirk. I think he's been doing the same thing for 27 years
Unfortunately for Kirk, Slash, and all those guitarists that never improved or got worse, there's a man that learnt to play guitar in the 60s, played through 70s and 80s and that in the early 90s, at 43 years old pulled out the solos of Painkiller
That man is Glenn Tipton and is the man that teaches each and every guitarists that you're never BIG enough to stop learning and honing your guitar skills
He doesn't need to play like a typical self-indulgent shredder tho , music isn't a sport so no one cares how fast you play or how brilliant your technique is , I'd rather choose mediocre music than "look what I can do and what I can crams in" music
sadly life is taking his greatest gift away
@@galaxianexplosion5954 nobody said that. Strawman
Dafuq? 😂😂 @galaxian explosion
Slash got way better though. His solo stuff is way evolved from GnR
The problem is never a certain technique: not sweeping, not fast shredding. But at least in metal it seems like "we need a solo so let's put all crazy stuff into it". Some bands do it right but often times it doesn't fit the melody, the mood of the song etc. So I get his point that it feels like an exercise or to show off. It's not that the players are bad but they choose the wrong technique at the wrong moment.
Solos just need to be heart felt. They need some structure and melody. They need to be able to be sung. Why do you think the first 4 albums are great. They where well played. They sounded great. The melody was there. They where interesting. It was like its own story.and for that,they are always timeless and memorable.
You mean like how Kirk's solos are totally inadequate and inappropriate for the song?
@@NintenDub Black album solos are great! They're arguably better than the Justice solos. The Sandman solo is near perfect.
Death - Symbolic is a very good example of extremely talented and technical guitar players who also sometimes keep it simple while still sounding so authentic and timeless
Death's considered "Technical Death Metal" (from Human on). They're not known for "keeping it simple".
@@andrewmcintosh2703 death ain't tech death and especially not on symbolic. Most symbolic songs are pretty easy to play but they still sound very unique and great
@@andrewmcintosh2703 death is not that complicated bro
@@uroboric Ask your drummer to play those songs.
@@pooptrox254 yeah yeah, Scavenger of Human Sorrow or Overactive Imagination aren't that hard
Great vid! I view a solo as a story within a story, Alex Skolnick, Michael Romeo etc are amazing at it as their solos fit the song but have technique involved… I agree with everything you are saying…. Kirk wtf?
Love Kirk and read the article but no, sweep picking is not easy.
Just try to play Becker or Gambale... 😅
If Marty Friedman said something like this i'd agree but this guy is washed up and he just can't deal with it.
It does make it worse coming from someone like Kirk, but its just a shitty perspective no matter whos mouth it comes out of honestly.
I think the real guilt is on other members or producer who accept that poor solos. I saw a documentary on the making of back album and I remember the producer was really trying to push Kirk to play "better". He can do good things and he proved that, maybe someone's had to tell him, maybe next album he'll start to play neoclassical arpeggios after that interview :D :D
I bet that if he wants he can play way better than this 💪
They are old and dont want to argue.... that is it. It is so embarassing for Kirk. He always sucked live but he recorded nice solos. Now even the recorded solos suck.
yeah it was the passage where Bob Rock said : "You want an excuse for not training." Kirk was trying to record the Unforgiven solo.
I agree with your review. When you talk about vocal melodies they are non-existent in Kirks solos. Have a listen to Paul Gilberts latest release where he does a tribute to Dio with emphasis on crafting DIo's vocals. They are vocal melodies...Songs need to take me on a journey and the solos should be melodic that adds and compliments the overall song. I love Metallica's early albums, but the last couple seem to me to be very much all same same
I defended Kirk for a long time based on the goodwill of the legendary solos he has written over the years, mostly 1991 and earlier, BUT he absolutely deserves EVERY BIT of the criticism he's gotten for his lazy playing on the last two albums. I honestly like a lot of the songs on 72 Seasons, and the production is good, and James's vocals are incredible. It's clear he's giving his all, but it's infuriating that Kirk is phoning the fuck in every single lick. The songs, the fans, and James deserve so much better. Now at least Lars can give a sigh of relief that he's not the shitty one any more.
I love his solos on Load but since then the only good solo I heard from him was Moth into the flame...
@@kkarx really? I mean moth into flame is alright but on that record i'd rather listen to Spit Out The Bone any day. And i think one of his best as of late is the one from The Day That Never Comes, that one still has that classic feel to it that the even later ones just lack
@@EmilForsberg_GRYBO It is funny but Kirk plays Moth into Flame better with orchestra than on the actual studio record. That is the version to pick... I thought the Spit Out The Bone solo was just very mediocre. The Day That Never Comes solo is memorable for that tapping section but the rest of the solo is not very good either.
I'm willing to bet Kirk's arthritis is affecting his playing
We've recently had a great solo from Nuno Bettencourt, the end part sounds like it's closely outlining the chords sounded ok to me.
The solo was rhe only good bit lol!
which one?
I gotta say, there are as many guitar players that will say a certain guitar part is too technical as there are those that say it was too easy or "not spicy enough". Kirk has been stale for a long time but I think everyone has come to just accept it lol
Just like Lars.
Both stale, but collecting the moolah based off the name and legacy of the band's name. Heh
I think Kirk is right. His solo fits the song better than anyone else's "version" of it. It's a fast shreddy song and that's exactly what the solo does. Dimebag said he's more about hitting one note and feeling it rather than jacking off on the neck. Most people don't care about solos except guitar nerds. Do you younger guitar players not know he took lessons from Joe Satriani? Ever read an older guitar mag from the 80's or 90's when he overworked his solos like in the a year and a half in the life of video? Then Bob Rock said "songs like this don't need flash". In the one magazine I have it talks about what Joe taught Kirk. All those first players most people don't know who they are except John petrucci and Vinnie Moore, and Jason Becker. That stuff is guitar jack off session. The biggest guitar heros don't do any of that flashy shit. I could make a bunch of guitar players in bands that don't play all flashy. The problem with guitar nerds (I'm one of them) is that they're never satisfied. Kirk is good for Metallica. End of story. Kirks only been taught by the best of the best in the industry. Bob Rock, Rick Rubin, lessons from satch, but he's supposed to listen to RUclips guitar channels just trying to make content. Yeah I'm sick of hearing Kirk play the same shit but then again I don't get my panties in a bunch over it. There's still good shit. You ever thing he might have arthritis or carpel tunnel syndrome and can't do the flashy shit anymore? Like I said before, majority of people could give a shit about solos.
When I hear his early stuff, I think ‘There ya go!’
But when I hear Kirk solo nowadays, I hear a man who doesn’t practice.
(Or a man who doesn’t practice the hard stuff.)
It’s as if the only time he has a guitar in his hands is when he’s on-stage.
And whenever the tempo gets too fast for Kirk, it’s all wah and whammy bar noise.
They should make a wah pedal for Kirk that has a timer: It only works for 20 seconds at a time…..and it’s random.
Yup, I feel the exact same way. For years I felt Kirk just got super lazy on the instrument. I think he's wave surfed more than practiced guitar for the last 2 decades. It's disappointing that he never bothered to grow or expand as a player. He doesn't even play his old solos correctly live.
please realize that when cliff was alive and and kirk was learning from joe, they were playing to live they were consumed. we all know anything after 1989 sucks and kirk had to be bullied into the unforgiven solo etc. this isnt anything new and personally for me, i cant stand most bands after their 3rd-5th album its honestly weird. I think a big part of it what happens to us when we reach our late 20s early 30s we just change we become more cognizant and aware and that shifts our perspective away. Hope this makes sense guys, dont flame me for saying black album sucks, i dont mean it that way, you know what i mean. RIP cliff
Hammett killed his own playing using the wah pedal. He was great back in the 80s, a guitar player with a lot of potential but never pushed himself just relied on same simple pentatonic licks and the wah tone.
I mean what's the point of the video? actually i'm tired of hearing you whining about Kirk's playing - if you don't like what he's doing - just go listen to another band, that's it. Or play your own music where you show all your technique in solos and be happy with that. Yeah i know that his new solos are kinda lame but i have no problem with that because he created some really great and memorable ones in his life, let the guy do what he wants. I mean you can listen to Tim Henson with all his technical stuff - but do i really like Polyphia's music after all - no, it's kinda robotic and just don't give me personally any emotions after all
It‘s not about the music but more about the article, where he is spreading a lot of misinformation
What emotion did the recent kirk 'solos' give, just sounded like recycled blues licks
I loved Kirks playing growing up, hes the reason i picked up a guitar, but i find his perspective flawed and convenient. Kirk claims hes bored of composed solos, to translate that for him, hes sick of putting in the time and work to craft something meaningful, its takes more effort to do that. Improvisation is great when youre good at it, see guys like Guthrie Govan, Frank Gambale, Scott Henderson, etc etc, but when you arent, its often a lazy way out and you end up regurgitating recycled cliche licks, which Kirk is super guilty of. Bob Rock was right during the making of the 'black album' album when Kirk was attempting to record 'the unforgiven' solo, "hes got to put in the time".
no need to teach kirk because he knows what his doing. he proved a lot. kirk solo is original not for exercising only.
*he's
What he’s putting out nowdays is anything but original.
If Kirk would at least play with feeling. But the solos are just string torture
I am 42 and started again to play after 21 years. I have a rutine to practice technique. I can do arpeggio 135 bpm 4 notes per beat. I love to oractice. 50% learnkng songs and rest technique.
I just watched the new Live Performance at Jimmy Kimmel where they play Master of Puppets. Its amazing! After all this years Kirk still can't play the music and manages to ruin the middle part. Horrorable!
Y'all clearly missed the part where Kirk says he gets bored of playing the classics and just improvises these songs for the most part. Maybe reading will do you some good.
Yeah whenever they play live nowadays Kirk just tremolo picks with the whammy bar instead of doing his legendary solos justice, sounds terrible
@@amber13666 That's not a good enough reason. Those are *his* solos and he gets to play them however he likes... but us fans WILL judge and compare what we know him to be capable of with what he's bringing to the table now. It's not about boredom, it's about laziness. Changing an iconic solo to something else that has feeling and thought behind it is fine; pentatonic masturbation with whammy abuse and boomer bends is not.
I disgree with Kirk's points for the most part. But I don't really agree with you 100% either.
6:57 This is a massive cope. When people say that there's emotion in playing, they're not talking about being happy that you can sweep a basic minor arpeggio very fast.
It's fine to do whatever you want in your song but playing arpeggios mindlessly doesn't convey emotion, even though you might want to "share that experience" with others.
The overall problem with talking/arguing about emotion is that anyone can say anything about it and there's no real way to say who's right and who's wrong or even if that's a meaningful concept.
When the article came out on social media I commented the same thing: massive cope
The only thing that matters (in my opinion) is that the guitar player enjoys what he/she creates
For the player perhaps, for the listener though, if something sounds like shit, knowing the player enjoyed creating the shit doesnt make it any better.
@@UroboricNate Then stfu and listen to something else. Personally I've known Kirk sucks ass for 30 years, it's been a long meme amongst guitar players, he's hilarious live and just vaguely frets around his old solos while stomping his wah, but if you don't like it go elsewhere.
@NeiroApathy…Maybe if you are just playing for yourself, but to put it out and expect people to like it, buy it and respect you as guitarist is another thing. Kirk is just want to live off his past and still expect people to think he’s the greatest.
Bin froh, dass jemand auch so denkt! 😅 Ich fand Kirks Argumente alles andere als überzeugend und teilweise etwas cringy...
Grüße aus Hesse! ✌🏼
So sieht es aus... ein Gitarren Solo muss nicht schwer zu spielen sein, um uns Gänsehaut zu bescheren. Leider gibt es aber viele Soli, die technisch kompliziert sind, aber Null Aussagekraft haben!
Facts !
Nicht ganz das was ich in dem Video ausdrücken will…
„Gänsehaut“ ist ja etwas sehr subjektives, ich würde gerne für mehr objektive Anerkennung appellieren.
Also man kann ein Solo ruhig Wertschätzen, wenn es technisch Gut gemacht ist, es aber eben keine Gänsehaut auslöst. Nur weil es keine Gänsehaut in mir auslöst, heißt es ja nicht, dass jemand anderes Gänsehaut bei dem Solo bekommt und dadurch auch noch, dass ein Solo besser oder schlechter ist, nur weil es Gämsehaut auslöst ☺️
@@justin.hombach ok, da gebe ich dir natürlich recht. Gänsehaut ist ganz klar etwas sehr subjektives... und ja man kann natürlich auch ein Solo wertschätzen, wenn es technisch anspruchsvoll ist, auch wenn es nicht so viele, oder gar keine Emotionen auslöst. Ich finde zB. das was Jason Richardson spielt, technisch sehr anspruchsvoll, aber oft ist es mir "zu viel" (also zu viel shredding"). Aber das ist ja nur meine Wahrnehmung... Achtung habe ich vor jedem Gitarristen, oder Musiker, der mit Herzblut bei der Sache ist... 😉
Das ist ja das Problem bei Hammetts Solos, die haben alle keine Aussagekraft. Und die Solos bei Metallica die Aussagekraft haben, hat er nicht komponiert. Hammetts Solos hören sich teilweise so an wie ein Lückenfüller, hauptsache es passiert irgendwas.
I stand with you! I never liked Kirk and he is not the one who should talk like this about that.
He is not really that good. Not just technically.
Chill out guys, he can play what he wants,if u dont like it listen something else, stop suffering
Nobody's suffering. But a once hero of music, has mindlessly wanked away his talent yet again. That's all. Talent that is clearly there...that is not being used to full potential. Wether it's cuz he's in aderol or Ritalin, Kirk has been weird for the past 15 years or so. He clearly has no concentration left, his central nervous system is shot !
The first half of kirks statement contradicts the second. In the first part he says that difficult playing isn’t necessarily better; in the second part he argues that his playing is better because it is more difficult to pull off.
If you play any lick more than once, it's an exercise.
He doesn't need to play like a typical self-indulgent shredder tho , music isn't a sport so no one cares how fast you play or how brilliant your technique is , I'd rather choose mediocre music than "look what I can do and what I can crams in" music
100%, thats why I have chosen not to listen to Metallica since they let me down with the Black album
that was not justins point tho
Did you even watch the video?
@@uroboric thank you, because yeah that is not really my point.
My point is to appreciate well crafted and executed music, even if it doesn‘t move you and to differentiate between emotions and execution.
Because just a solo does nothing to you, doesn‘t mean that it won‘t touch somebody else extremely. We should start addressing that certain taste can be individual and that they can be different.
Tho what Kirk is doing here is (and people are pointing this out really well in the comment section) is really bad for the guitar community.
1) Speak for yourself
2) I dont view it as sport but its not about OH he can play fast its not iust that , its appreciating the technicality and dedication it takes to play that and sometimes playing fast in the right spots evokes a certain emotion
3) Watch the whole video before you talk your ish
4) That is the worst take ive everr heard "id rather mediocre music then look what i can do" Go listen to amateur kids playing in garage then compare to Classical fingerstyle guitar arrangements you tell me which you prefer.
5) STOP supporting musicians who are getting lazy with their craft
I agree with you. Take Zakk Wylde for example. He plays with emotion and feeling but is way more technical and intense. Kirk has become lazy and sloppy.
Metallica should kick out kirk hes lame and hire someone else maybe mustaine
Sweeping is so easy, is it Kirk? Let's see you do it then
being dismissive about different guitar techniques is narrow minded and hinders growth as a player, it usually also means they just cant play like that, i can think of one exception, Devon townsend, he can shred like hell but doesnt do it much
Justin goes though all emotions, however, you are so right! Well commented and explained! Thank's for sharing!
Interesting question: If Metallica were to replace Kirk who should they ask? Mustaine? Skolnick?
Justin, most of the complicated stuff is pretty boring. So what is the point of making music that turns people off ? Perhaps you can name a few artists who do that and let's argue.
From the names you mentioned like Loomis and all.. They're going to be forgotten, no good solos..even though I like Loomis and all of em. Kirk, Angus, Malmsteen are like incomparable. That's one aspect you totally miss. No amount of practice is going to achieve that, right ? I do agree Kirks playing isn't appealing but seriously all these other guitar players you exemplify are just cartoons compared to him.
You make the big mistake and compare success with musical talent. More people will probably remember the Backstreet Boys than Stevie Wonder, but who had a more musician impact for the people who in the end are doing music? Same here, yes most guitar players starts by listening to Metallica. But I believe, ask all of the professional guitar players, who are important for the music scene: „what motivated you to be a good guitar player“ I hardly believe Kirk is a name that a lot of people will mention.
Second, that complex music is boring and will touch nobody is an extreme subjective opinion and has nothing to do with facts.
Please, please, please watch my latest video „perfection kills emotion“, it will help you understand music more :)
I heard Kirk had some arthritis in hands or something like that. Maybe he just play easymode cuz of it?
At this point I would like to see metallica get rid of Kirk for some new blood who can do the job well. I'm use to new members so James get someone in there to kill it .
i feel as thought the reason kirks solos sound basic nowdays is because lars's drum parts have become simpler and if you compare lars's playing from the earlier albums to now it almost matches with kirks solos, so he has to dumb down his solos and is saying "play in the moment" and other cliches to match that but when showing his full potential on the instrument he becomes a much more musically mature guitar player.
Totally right. Lars has downgraded himself, too :) I’m so tired of those snare mirrorings of the riffs.
Good video. Accurate alternate picking never goes out of fashion. It tells me that you have put in the hours of practising.
Kirk is just old and losing the creative energy and prowess of a 20 year old. So many people miss the mark and begin to realize technique and melodicism is important wayyyy too late. Improvisation is like small talk, if you don't do it enough you don't develop. So sad kirk sold out and Metallica hasn't been good in like 30 years
I really like your playing. I like the arpeggio playing you do on your intro where you have the arms like Vishnu. Needed to be said. I know it is not featured in this particular video. I'm looking forward to hearing more.
I just erased about 500 words that I wrote because I find them so annoying.
Kirk is lazy and rich
I mean, you can do solos with virtuosic bits and melody that add to the song and aren’t intrinsically “show-offy.” Look Dimebag or Alexi Laiho of COB - short 8-16 bar bursts of virtuosity that always just add to the badassery of the song and almost never feel like a “look at me” detour.
Now if you’re flying around the fretboard for 64 bars in a row, yeah, that can get tiresome and show-offy real quick. (Unless it’s like an instrumental solo guitar album where that’s the whole point).
Personally, I've lost my interest in Kirk after the Black album. His solos were killer up to that album, and none that really sticks out for me is from the song The Struggle Within. But after that album, he and the band were not very interesting to me anymore. Rhythmically, 72 Seasons sounds cool, and I appreciate the band getting back to tempo changes and multiple progressioms in the songs, but Kirk is still the weakest link.
He mentioned that he prefers the pentatonic scale, and he can do with that scale. That's true, but for me, he's exceptionally tasteful. Now you have guitarists like Jeff Waters, who said he prefers the pentatonic scale as well, but he is incredibly tasteful and inventive, plus adds sweeps with melody lines that fit his compositions. If Jeff was in Metallica, the band would sound new and heavier, in my opinion.
I liked your list of guitarists, and I concur. Another guitarist that is great in Jorn Viggo Lonstadt from Pagan's Mind. He adds a ton of style, melody, and technique that really compliments their songs.
Sure absolutely!
Every phrase Kirk plays on this album is something he's done before. Whenever he begins a phrase you immediately know what he's going to do with it. It all just sounds like him stringing together a few of the same phrases he's done for years just to put a "solo" in a section of the song. He's boring, predictable, and downright lazy. I still enjoy the album though. James really shines. Maybe he should have done the solos.
13:48 classic solo gold 🥇
Lol I agree, that killed me
I would love to defend Kirk but I can’t.
Everytime i hear a new Metallica Record since the Black Album i feel that Kirk and Lars go in the studio like"i didnt have to practice anymore because i am the guy from Metallica" they are Lazy and out of ideas abd the will to create something realy Good
Ich bin kein Gitarrist aber ich finde sogar, dass er noch nie richtig gut darin war Gitarre zu spielen oder schöne Soli zu komponieren.
Ich war z.b. früher immer Fan von dem Gitarristen von Europe.
Lustigerweise zähslt du in diesem Video alle Punkte auf die mir daran so gefallen. Es war wie ein geschriebener Song.
Das Kirk hammett sein abfallendes Niveau jetzt damit begründet dass er jetzt zum improvisationskünstler geworden ist ist schon fast lächerlich....
Id rather Kirk not solo than produce these lesser works of improvisation. They could come up with some cool riff breakdowns or whatever.
I'm also bothered that he uses Greeny to do these lesser works. Gary Moore was the master of improvisation and to do such weak work on that guitar bothers the hell out of me. Sorry it just does.
He just dosent understand guitar as well as say guys like the dude in this video. He never did. He knew it. Yngwie knew it. But being technically amzing dosent sell as well. Thats why some of the absolute best guitarists arent that well known.
To me, it seems like Kirk lost a lot of his ambition to create solos like those of the first 4-5 albums. I believe it's mainly cuz he lost his music theory guidance. Back in the 80's, he had several outside influences, within his immediate circle, like Joe Satriani, Cliff Burton, and others of the like, whom understand music theory on a deeper level, so he was able to ask them for advice. Touring took a lot of time away from him to continue his learning adventure, and while that can help him to work on his chops, the lack of time to be able to travel, plus the untimely death of Cliff RIP... limited his abilities to reach out for this kind of advice. Cliff was a major part of Metallica's harmony structures that made a lot of the riffs these guys,(and Dave), wrote make more sense musically, as he understood harmony theory that captured a songs feeling, and helped build excitement and drama, plus the arranging skills of Lars that helped put it all together in a more dramatic context. I could be wrong, but I'd bet, if Cliff were still with us, Kirk would've become an even bigger icon, and would still be ripping out the old school style solos he's famous for, or maybe even something more exciting! The solos of their songs now feel vey lazily written using almost no thoughts of theory, context of the song's feel, or ambition to capture the moment with anything more than a Guitar Center goober's in-the-moment pentatonic lick, he worked so hard to impress you with. Don't get me wrong, Kirk rips on guitar, but it's the events that've happened in his life that, I believe, are why he's chosen to take this route, but hey, he can do whatever he wants to now. He's still a legend!! \m/\m/
Having been improvised sure makes a good solo even more impressing but it doesn't make bad solo good. Having not been improvised doesn't make solo any worse but it makes a bad solo even less impressing than it already is.
Midori and Miyako I’d add
And Mike and Chris Amott
Like For Whom The Bell Tolls has a great solo that fits the song, and it's a simple solo. Kirk is out of touch, or just lazy and projecting.
we deserve better work from the great metallica. kirk had been sleepwalking for several albums now. we could have had this debate albums ago....
They should’ve ended it after Load.
@@MadisonKelly-sv9qd they wrote some good stuff since, but the solos are pretty stock
@Brooke Aday… Yeah… I pretty much gave up on Metallica by the Black album. Didn’t like the direction they were going in but I always give it a chance. Some things are good but they don’t live up to their success. Too bad that there are better bands that don’t even get the respect the deserve but Metallics gets away with just being Metallica.
To be fair Marty Friedman says the exact same thing about sweeped appergios. It is shame that Kirk sucks so much these says. I still think he was the best on RTL and Load. All the solos there fit the songs perfectly.
Obviously we have been given Kirk wayyyyyy to much credit. His guitar SAT score after his comments have fallen to 0...Zero
After black album everything in Metallica goes wrong. But still I love old albums, old riffs, solos and vocals.🤘
Hammett's "playing in the moment" would vary greatly from Marty Friedman's "playing in the moment". See Kirk? The difference between someone who cares about originality and mastery and your brand of lazy, unthinking crap? If you really want to stick with pentatonic solos, why not use arpeggios from within that 5 note scale to spice things up a bit?
Also, his list of guitarists who are good at arpeggios shows he is out of touch. Satch an arpeggio guy? I would add Kiko Loureiro to your extensive list of arpeggio masters.
We are living in the age of the strawman. Where someone can't take criticism, so they attack an objection that wasn't even raised, while not acknowledging the original.
This is happening a lot with movie makers, and is practically the M.O. of Disney/Marvel/Lucas film.
Kirk may enjoy improvising, but he's no Guthrie Govan. He really benefits from a composed solo.
If he's tired of playing the old stuff, then he should challenge himself to create new stuff. New stuff that shows he put some thought and passion into it. Not just something he did in one take and didn't bother with afterwards.
It really just sounds like he's coasting in neutral at this point.
Yeah as a guitarist who grew up with Kirk as one of his heros, I agree with pretty much all of this. Just heard every solo on the album and pretty much the only one that stands out as decent is the one at the end of Inamorata. The rest are all just pentatonic business as usual and recycled licks with the occasional weird chromatic or wammy bar sound.
You guys are all hating with passion, if you don't like kirk's or Metallica's current playstyle then don't listen to them. I personally enjoy the new solos on 72 seasons and I'm just happy kirks still going, he may not be in the best state but he's 60 years old and still shredding like on Jimmy Kennel.
They were lackluster as all hell!
The problem is bigger than kirk. Metallica has sucked for over 20 years now.
@@northernlefty5412 * 30 years more like
@@jamesthornton3539 truth. I feel old now haha
Agree that Hammett's solos often sound 'phoned in', on the last two albums particularly. However, do you not think that we're talking about two separate, though equally valid approaches: play from the heart/whatever happens in first 3 takes is it vs take your time and work out an accurate solo? And yes from an artistic perspective, "art" is a vaild argument even for defending Kerry King solos. By the way Bradley Hall's solo is totally inappropriate for a Metallica song, Brandon's is pretty good but there are better takes on YT for the Lux Aetherna solo in my humble opinion.
Imo the best sounding solos are the combination of both attitudes. You need to have some well thought parts and you fill the gaps with some improvisation but even that should be somewhat preplanned, not note for note but one should know what notes will sound good in the context.
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Why do you think Kirk has never done a guitar focused solo album???
( what he did last yr is not what I mean)
The reason is because he can't.
His last name is not Vai or Petrucci.
Its Hammett, and he doesn't want to be anyone else, nor does he owe anyone anything.
I'm 51 yrs old and been a fan since I was 14.
Do I wish Kirks playing and solo writing blossomed and progressed his whole career? Of course, but maybe he doesn't care about "composing" a beautiful master craft solo anymore. Or maybe his artistic sensibilities have changed over the yrs 'Cause guitarists can be very competitive, and it's a contest that even he would admit can't win. ( by a huge margin, imo )
I've played guitar for 35 yrs and I can't shred like my hero's can (Vai, Petrucci) and I never will, and not from lack of trying. We all have our limits, if we want to admit it or not, and those limits change as you get older.
But i have a blast playing minor pentatonic splashed with some modal stuff as best I can.
Kirk is and always was a sloppy player, not a lot of finesse. You can say the same about Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page and others who are legendary.
Kirks being Kirk and having a blast making music. Take it or leave it. Oh yeah and
HES IN HIS 60's NOW!! Ever hear of arthritis or tendinitis. Not to mention the drugs the guys probably done in his life. Cut him some slack people!
Anyone who disagrees...
Your being selfish.
As far as Kirks comments in Guitar World go, the guys responding to being attacked online (how many times? ) by a bunch of Karen's complaining to the manager that they don't like a guitar solo and saying he sucks. He knows he cant give what every single person wants and he lashed out, i dont blame him. Your acting like he betrayed the guitar comunity or something.(DRAMA QUEEN) If you think you could do better, maybe you could, talk is cheap. How many millions would listen to your album? Seriously.
No member of Metallica have claimed to be a virtuoso or a brilliant composer. You know they started out as a punk metal band at their roots ?
My God I just proofread my comment and I sound like I'm scolding my daughter. Lol.
Oh well, sometimes kids need a talking to. 😎
P.s
You all are complaining about something you got..
FOR FREE
Once upon a time we used to have to pay for music.
And everything he said in guitar world although i agree some untrue statements we're made about guitar techniques,
This all started because of trolls and grifters on social media and he went on the defence.
Who needs guitar ''skills'' to write good songs...solos and techniques are such a thing from the past...
After the black album, Metallica only records albums to justify tours, none of them care about the quality of what comes out
Also hes played guitar so long its very unlikly anything is play in the moment type stuff.
Sweep picking is pretty lame in general and doesn't sound aggressive - it's best used in small doses.
Yes sweeppicking is kinda more fluent and less agressive, but it still can sound extremely interesting, like when Jeff Loomis, Frank Gambale or Jason Becker are using it
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I don't like any of those players. Especially Frank Gambale and Jason Becker - that's just boring musician's music.
we get it, you suck at guitar
So what Justin is saying is that the solo for "If Darkness Had A Son" is the greatest, most musically significant solo since VH "Eruption". I like that Justin tells us the importance of taking your time and crafting a well structured whole and then literally switches to crappy phone definition and sound halfway through his own video 😂🤣😂😂
Where did I say that „If Darkness had a son“ is a good solos (did I even mentioned it? 😂😂)
And the end of the video (not really the half tbh), maybe a lot lower quality but still the topic is important… would say more important that what Kirk is saying 😂🤷🏼♂️
@@justin.hombach I was being sarcastic. I know that is the opposite of what you think. Honestly, your criticisms of Kirk are not only valid, but you do a fat better job of articulating them than most Gen Z troll toddlers 🤘🤘🤘
@@stevenfunderburg1623 sry didn‘t got it 😂😂🙏🙏
My bad :D
Maybe try sweeping like Brandon Ellis :D
He is a god from another planet. Just saying :D
Kirk is just not good. He is usually out of tune and his fundamentals are bad. He is like a singer who just does not have a good voice.
Kirk seems like really chill dude but yeah he kinda sucks now a days. Not everyone can go to a track and improvise a insane solo out of it. Kirk has written great legendary solos and riffs. We expect him to come with a decent take but feels like he just sleeps trhough it.
i would love to add David gilmour solo on "On an island" is just beautiful esp the live one. The guy never misses. even after all these years DG solo still serves the song.
It's crazy that Metallica saw Exodus and chose Kirk over Gary Holt.
Kirk taught Gary not crazy at all
James and Lars did it on purpose, they rule over the band
Kirk was the better guitarist in that band 😂 he literally taught Gary holt. Also we’re talking about prime Kirk, ofc Metallica would choose prime Kirk, that’s the guy who produced solos from ride the lighting, kill ‘em all, master of puppets, black album, death magnetic. And so many songs with so many great solos. He may have aged now and there’s literally no problem with that 😂
Not a fair comment at all. Kirk was a perfectly good guitarist back then
@@Taxable_Trophy Pretty sure Dave Mustaine composed most of the solos on Kill 'Em All, but your point still stands, prime Kirk was awesome.
It's so depressing that these guys who chose not to practice want to tear down players who actually have chops. I'd much rather listen to someone like Josh Middleton play guitar in 2023 than Kirk Hammett. If Metallica does another album, I fully expect Kirk to do 10 solos on the level of I Wanna Be Sedated.
First big ❤ for mentioning "The Butcher" from Rusty Cooleys Solo Album. Also one of those "technical players" that always get criticised for sounding like a robot or emotionless, that's BS
Well and about Kirk, first he is a legend, period.
BUT that does not mean that you should or have the right to criticize Solo's or Players that have a great variety of techniques under their fingers. I really get some kinda envy vipes from that article to be honest. Those "technical" players mostly want to break certain boundaries to either be free on the instrument or just to realize waht they hear in their heads, i don't see a problem with that.
And yeah sometimes that are sweeps at insane speeds or outstanding tapping arppegios ala Michael Romeo, but so waht?
Fact is, MUSIC IS ART and therefore it should be free of criticism for the use of technique or what ever.
If a certain technique gets you where You want to go then it's absolutely right.
And in my personal objektive view, it seemed that Kirk lost the bite and the fire he had when they started with Metallica. Maybe he reached his limit or just does not put so much time in the instrument as he did back then. It is very sad when you compare him to ppl like Wolf Hofmann from accept. That Man is also in his 60ties and is ripping every solo old or new with passion and fire and technique
Cooley is terible for me. I can't listen him.
I don't think I've heard Joe play arpeggios , I'm not saying he hasn't . And Paul Gilbert I believe prefers string skipping over sweep picking . I could be wrong . Just sounds like Kirk is a little " butt hurt " about his crap playing .lol
Justin, I agree 100% with what you're saying here. However, I'm going to introduce another angle: In that Guitar World article, Kirk was responding to those videos like Brandon and the other ones in that article:
> Kirk is defiant about such criticism. “I was just laughing the whole time,” he says.
I listened to that solo for the first time today from Lux AEterna and my first reaction was that it is not a great solo. But it is Kirk Hammett and his style comes through and actually, I don't hate it.
Also in Kirk's defense, his solo is better than those other two by a country mile, those solos made me irritate how boring they were and Kirk is right there.
Kirk is just a lazy guitar player , he don’t want to do the extra work to put down a good solo and he’s been this way for years, I’ve heard him play and his guitar was out of tune, metallica is just putting out mindless repetitive music because they know all the Metallica fan boys will accept it, lol Kirk talking about vocal melody , i don’t hear him doing any of that and I’ve never heard him sweep pick , I’d say he’s negative on sweep picking because he can’t do it but maybe he can idk all I do know is the stuff he’s been putting out for years isn’t very good it’s boring repeating lazy and not very creative
I agree with a lot of what you say, however....... I think that with the amount of guitarists Kirk has influenced over 30 years. And Metallica being the most commercially successful Heavy Metal band in history. He might know what he's talking about. Do I agree with it? No! Not by any stretch. But I think he speaks with a certain amount of wisdom that most of us don't have.
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Hey Justin ! Congrats to this and the last video ! Great topic, well discussed, informative, entertaining and you can learn something too ! Cool to see and read what is going on in the comment section. By the way the video titles and the thumbnails are awesome too, well done !
hahaha Kirk has the worst vibrato EVER too!
Average kirk hammett solo
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Enter Sandman solo be like:
Still more memorable than you could ever done 😂
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Blusier less technical hard rock guitarists like Kirk, Slash and John Frusciatne (to name 3 of the most famous ones) don't go out of their way to gratuitously insult shredders, but shred guitar fans are always going out of their way to insult Kirk, Slash, John and others who play a similar style, so he was just defending himself. I highly doubt that Kirk watches bands who have shred guitarists on RUclips and then leaves negative comments the way that all of these idiotic judgmental shred guitar fans do under Metallica videos.
No, the three you named won‘t (like vis a vis most professional guitar players that focus more on technical playing won‘t insult blues players) but the fanbase is definitely doing (the same for some shred fans).
Tho, I would say, reading between the lines Kirk is still trying to downgrade a certain style by thinking Satriani, Malmsteen and Gilbert are the only three guitar players who can play arpeggios with an expression.
Missing tons of guitar players
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Maybe he doesn't think that the players he's missing are on the same level as the three he mentioned, or he's just not aware of most of them. I'm not really either - once you get over 40 or so, a lot of guitarists (and musicians in general) lose interest in checking out all of the latest hot new players. And personally, whenever I do, I'm disappointed. Jeff Loomis and Gutherie Govan don't move me at all and the riffs and solos I've heard from them aren't memorable or soulful. Also, I'm a fan of bands with great songs and vocals, not virtuoso players who's songs are merely vehicles for them to show off all of their chops. When any one of those super-shredders gets in a band with good songs and vocals and composes and plays solos that compliment those songs and take them to a higher level like the 3 players I listed above do, then I'll pay attention to their playing. Otherwise, it's all just pointless displays of chops to me, and that evokes no emotions from me other than boredom and then annoyance.
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I totally get what Kirk is saying - so many shred metal solos sound like exercises. And no, it's not coming from their heart - those type of players are just mindlessly and robotically playing solos based on exercises that they play for hours every day, so it's automatic muscle memory-based playing that's for the most part completely detached from their feelings and emotions.
And you know, when something is coming from the heart? Can we may stop judging music by that, because this term „playing by your heart“ is so extremely loose.
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It's pretty easy for anyone who's in touch with their heart and soul to tell. Also, I know from personal experience - when I was a teenager in the 80's, I used to practice scales, arpeggios and other exercises for 2 to 4 hrs per day because that's what the standard for a hard rock/metal guitarist was back then. Then I got really into Zeppelin and then Guns 'N' Roses and later Jane's Addiction, the Chili Peppers, Soundgarden and AIC and realized all of that technique and chops-oriented style of playing was actually much less musically transcendent than players like Jimmy Page, Slash, Billy Duffy, Dave Navarro, John Frusciante, Jerry Cantrell and so on. And in 1993 a friend of mine who was really into grunge and alternative rock told me "stop just playing scales and trying to shred and play what you feel", and I gradually began to do that, and suddenly it was an epiphany - not only did my lead playing begin to have much more depth and meaning and start to bypass my mind and come straight from my heart and soul out through my instrument (Jimi Hendrix was the Jedi master of playing like that), I also began to write much better riffs and complete songs, because high level songwriting also comes straight from the heart and bypasses the mind. I still practice chromatic exercises and some scales and arpeggios for a half hour a day or so (when I'm playing regularly, that is - I haven't been lately for various reasons), but then I just let loose and play without thinking about theory and technique. Joe Satriani once said "Learn as much theory and technique as you can, and then forget it all when you're playing". Which I think is what Kirk Hammett has been doing on the last 2 Metallica albums, and even going back to the Black Album, Load and Reload. So I say let Kirk be Kirk - it sure seems to be working for him.
@@justin.hombach the people that use the term “playing with heart” when they are trashing on people who play technical solos are usually the people who suck at their instrument. A solo that isn’t melodic but technical isn’t very good. But you can add technique and still have a good solo. These people don’t believe that technique and feeling can exist in one solo, because they can’t play good. They play the same slow pentatonic licks that are simple for 10 minutes and call it “playing from their heart” because they can make faces.
The people who say 'it's all about the FEEL man' are just coping hard
if you practice sweeps and other difficult stuff enough it will eventually start to come out "in the moment" and maybe you'll stop playing so called boomer bends all the time
Kirk uses sweeping during lepper messiah
Yea I mentioned this in my „History of sweeping“ Video. Tho some people say that it is not sweeped
The intro solo to One starts off with a sweep.
I've seen live clips from the 80s and he 100% does not sweep it
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I first learned sweep picking from a Kirk Hammett interview/tutorial in Guitar For The Practicing Musician from 1986 or '87 that gave a few examples of basic major and minor triad arpeggio patterns. He doesn't use the technique often in songs, but he talked about how he uses it in his practice routine.
he even used it for Spit Out The Bone
liked just for the Christian Muenzner shirt
Cristian shirt vs Kirk you are out of your mid let the guy play he is just so lucky to play with James and Lars 😂❤
Ja ja ihr Solo Trolls wie erbärmlich
Video gesehen? :P
Aber echt, ey. Genau das hat Kirk erkannt und Metallica bringt ein Remaster von And Justice for All auf insgesamt 10min gekürzt ohne das nervige Gedudel 🤘🏻
good video.
Kirks just salty and we know it. Instead of salting around he should have admitted that he sucks. How about for the next video: How to solo in the style of Kirk Hammet + a nice solo over Lux aeterna from you Justin Hombach? Instead of telling lets show them
Who is the guitar player he mentions at 10:11 after jeff loomis??
Lil wayne
Marco Sfolgni :) Italian Guitar Player