It would have its moment.”Īdds the site: True to its title, “Portals” is a collection of gateways to musical and psychic destinations. I had been sitting outside messing around with a flamenco acoustic guitar I’d just bought, and it flowed out in the moment. I knew I wanted to do something with it, even though it came out spontaneously. “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. “The music for ‘High Plains Drifter’ initially came from a flamenco piece I had written,” he continues. The song, Kirk explains, “was not meant to be specifically music for that film, but it was once it was written, I immediately thought it conveyed the same sentiment as the film, so the piece was christened accordingly. “Featuring contributions from Edwin Outwater, Jon Theodore of QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, members of the LA Philharmonic and more, ‘High Plains Drifter’ shares a unique inspirational relationship with the 1973 cinematic classic of the same name. Hammett shares today the track “High Plains Drifter” from his debut EP, “Portals”, arriving April 23 via Blackened Recordings across digital platforms, on CD, and as a Record Store Day-exclusive ocean blue vinyl EP (including a download card), writes Blabbermouth. While the band has been working on new music over the past few years, guitarist Kirk Hammett, a known horror movie enthusiast, wrote and recorded his own solo project. Metallica is one of the busiest bands in the world and even the pandemic hasn’t stopped them from working feverishly.
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