Metallica’s Kirk Hammett announces debut solo EP of “soundtracks to the movies in your mind”

Metallica legend Kirk Hammett has announced details of his debut solo EP, Portals.

Made up of four instrumental tracks – Maiden And The Monster, The Jinn, High Plains Drifter and The Incantation – recorded across the world (Los Angeles, Paris and Oahu are three locations mentioned in the press release), the record features Kirk plus Edwin Outwater and members of the LA Philharmonic, drummers Jon Theodore and Abraham Laboriel, Greg Fidelman on bass, Blake Neely and Bob Rock.

“This music was created with what I describe as an Audio-Cinematic approach," teases Kirk. "They’re soundtracks to the movies in your mind.”

Portals is due out on April 23 via Metallica's Blackened Recordings.

The artwork looks like this:

Metallica might have a record out in 2022, too, with frontman James Hetfield revealing last May that they had “quite a few songs” written that would hopefully become an album. "Well, hopefully a new album," he said. "Whatever you call it these days – I guess it's an album, a CD, a group of songs, a collection, whatever, a stream or however you get your music now.”

In September drummer Lars Ulrich told SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk: “We’re on that path. I don’t know if it’s cohesive enough to call a record, but we’re dipping our toes.”

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