Music: Metallica's Kirk Hammett Announces Debut Solo Release

Metallica's Kirk Hammett Announces Debut Solo Release

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett will release his first solo record, "Portals," on the band's own Blackened Recordings label on April 23.

Hammett's' people' say, "Portals is a collection of gateways to myriad musical and psychic destinations." "Recorded in multiple locales ranging from Los Angeles to Paris to Oahu, Portals is both the result of musical and metaphysical journeys," Hammett's people report. They say it's "An invitation to inner worlds accessible only by music and the psyche it fuels."

Hammett continues, "This music was created with what I describe as an Audio-Cinematic approach. They're soundtracks to the movies in your mind." "Portals" is to be released across digital platforms, on CD, and as a Record Store Day Exclusive Ocean Blue Vinyl EP (including a download card).

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WEEZER announced four albums based on the seasons.

They'll come out on the first day of each season beginning with "Spring" on March 20th. 

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John Frusciante on Why He Was Hesitant to Rejoin Red Hot Chili Peppers

In a recent interview, The Red Hot Chili Pepper talked exclusively about the reveal of their new album, "Unlimited Love," coming out April 1st. It's their first in six years and reunites with axeman John Frusciante, who's been in and out of the band since the late '80s and last appeared on 2006's seven million-selling space odyssey "Stadium Arcadium."

Anthony Kiedis says, "Unlimited Love" has a lot in common with other Frusciante-era classics like 1999's "Californication" and 2002's "By The Way." Frusciante remarks, "Flea had put the idea of rejoining in my head," he continued, "and I was sitting there with the guitar thinking that I hadn't written any rock music in so long. Could I still do that?

It turns out, the song he wrote that day was so good it became the band's first single in five years --" Black Summer." The band says if they are about to enter a new, more "prolific phase" of the band, then "Unlimited Love" is the perfect album to direct it.

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NITA STRAUSS Has No Intention Of Ever Handling Lead Vocals In Her Solo Band: 'Absolutely Not'

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Is Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" the Greatest Love Song of All Time? 

With Valentine's Day coming up, let's talk love songs. Uber surveyed 2,000 people to find which is the best . . . chances are, you probably know a couple who had one of these songs for their wedding. Here are the Top 10:

1. "I Will Always Love You"Whitney Houston

2. "Unchained Melody"The Righteous Brothers

3. "Can't Help Falling in Love"Elvis Presley

4. "My Heart Will Go On"Celine Dion

5. "Your Song"Elton John

6. "Angels"Robbie Williams

7. "I Want to Know What Love Is"Foreigner

8. "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"Aerosmith

9. "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"Frankie Valli

10. "Love Me Tender"Elvis Presley

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