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In a new interview in the latest issue of Rolling Stone, Metallica lead guitarist Kirk Hammett discusses the band's finances. Discussing the band's upcoming Orion Music + More festival, Hammett tells writer David Fricke: "Whenever we go on these kinds of endeavors, it's never to make money," laughed the guitar deity ...

There's always been a dichotomy to heavy metal. While the music is supposed to be hard and fast and primal enough for beer-drinking dudes in parking lots to understand, it's often technical and ponderous -- progressive, as they say. Episode 10 of Vh1's 'Metal Evolution' series focuses on progressive metal, and in our exclusive sneak peek, founding King Crimson drummer Michael Giles talks about whe

Metallica's Kirk Hammett knows a thing or three about guitars. The guitarist, who has the distinction of never having had a guitar fall off of his person during a performance, is now selling leather guitar straps on his website, which you can view here...