Kirk Hammett Joins ‘The Ultimate Metallica Show’ – Playlist + Recap – May 1, 2022

Sunday night was a pretty special night for The Ultimate Metallica Show, as we welcomed The Ripper himself, Mr. Kirk Hammett, to the CYY airwaves.

As part of the 2022 edition of Record Store Day (April 23), Hammett released his first-ever solo release, the four-track instrumental EP Portals. Though it is wildly different than anything he's done with Metallica, it's still Hammett on the six-string, and so you know it features some amazing guitar work.

So of course, we played a couple of tracks from Portals on the show, but we also were lucky enough to have Hammett join us to share some pretty amazing behind-the-scenes tidbits about his solo debut. I have to give a huge nod to my dear friend Matt Wardlaw over at Ultimate Classic Rock who first chatted with Hammett and gave us the scoop; make sure to read his interview, "How Kirk Hammett Revisited His Shredder Roots.".

If you missed the show, don't worry, we have you covered with the full playlist below—and we'll even share the audio clips from Hammett.

The Ultimate Metallica Show — Hour 1

• "The Four Horsemen" — Live at Great Woods Center For the Performing Arts, Mansfield, Massachusetts, July 18, 1998
• "Trapped Under Ice" — Ride the Lightning
• "Turn the Page" — Garage Inc.
• "Fade to Black" — Live at Orange County Fairgrounds, Middletown, New York, June 17, 1994
• Kirk Hammett Joins the Show, Part 1 — How did the songs on Portals take shape?

• "Maiden and the Monster" — Kirk Hammett's Portals EP
• "Harvester of Sorrow" — Live at The Metro, Chicago, Illinois, Sept. 20, 2021
• "Dirty Window" — St. Anger

The Ultimate Metallica Show — Hour 2

• "Moth Into Flame" — Live at Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts, May 19, 2017
• "Whiplash" — Live at Tushino Airfield, Moscow, Russia, Sept. 28, 1991
• "Bleeding Me" — Load
• "Enter Sandman" — Live at Voodoo Music + Arts Experience, New Orleans, Louisiana, Oct. 27, 2012
• Kirk Hammett Joins the Show, Part 2 — Will Portals ever be played live?

• Kirk Hammett Joins the Show, Part 3 — How do the solos on Portals differ with the solos on Metallica records?

• "The Jinn" — Kirk Hammett's Portals EP
• "Wherever I May Roam" — S&M2
• "Hit the Lights" — Kill 'Em All

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Hit me up in the CYY app with any song requests or 'Tallica memories and I'll see if I can sneak them into the show. I'm always ready to chat about Metallica with the CYY family!