{"id":89965,"date":"2022-02-08T11:35:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T16:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=89965"},"modified":"2022-02-08T23:34:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T04:34:28","slug":"kirk-hammett-announces-debut-solo-album-portals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=89965","title":{"rendered":"Kirk Hammett – Announces Debut Solo EP “Portals”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kirk Hammett<\/strong> of METALLICA<\/strong> will make his solo debut with Portals<\/em>, a four-song instrumental EP to be released April 23, 2022 via Blackened Recordings<\/strong> across digital platforms, on CD, and as a Record Store Day Exclusive Ocean Blue Vinyl EP (including a download card).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

True to its title, Portals<\/em> is a collection of gateways to myriad musical and psychic destinations. Recorded in multiple locales ranging from Los Angeles to Paris to Oahu, Portals<\/em> is both the result of musical and metaphysical journeys. An invitation to inner worlds accessible only by music and the psyche it fuels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“This music was created with what I describe as an Audio-Cinematic approach. They\u2019re soundtracks to the movies in your mind.” – Kirk Hammett<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Produced by Kirk, Portals<\/em> is comprised of the songs “Maiden and the Monster” and “The Jinn” on side A, followed by “High Plains Drifter” and “The Incantation” on side B (both co-written with Edwin Outwater<\/strong>, who contributes keyboards and leads the orchestral players from the LA Philharmonic on Portals \u2014 and with whom Kirk had previously collaborated on Metallica’s S&M2 concerts and releases). Other familiar names amongst the Portals<\/em> players include drummers Jon Theodore<\/strong> and Abraham Laboriel<\/strong>, Greg Fidelman<\/strong> on bass, Emmy-winning arranger Blake Neely<\/strong>, and Bob Rock<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Listen to the Latest Attempt to Add the Bass Back to Metallica\u2019s \u201cOne\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/5Xx7G8CdpA<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/zTtF6uI7Ic<\/a><\/p>— MetalSucks (@metalsucks) April 27, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote>