Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has released his debut EP ‘Portals’ and dropped a video for the track ‘High Plains Drifter’.
“The music for ‘High Plains Drifter’ initially came from a Flamenco piece I had written,” Kirk says. “It was a two-and-a-half-minute piece, and I really liked it, but it was one of those riffs that would be hard to integrate into Metallica. I knew I wanted to do something with it, even though it came out spontaneously. I had been sitting outside messing around with a Flamenco acoustic guitar I’d just bought, and it flowed out in the moment. I was determined it would have a life. It would have its moment.”
‘Portals’ is described by Kirk as an extended play. The work is inspired by classical music, soundtracks and horror movies.”
Metallica’s last album was ‘Hardwired … to Self-Destruct’ in 2016. Kirk is a founding member of Metallica and has played on all of their albums.
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