He wrote a ton. Thats how they write. James and Kirk comebup w riffs. Then they sift and put em together kinda jam it and add/amend. Kirk has alot. James is the down pick riff guy. Kirk is more ethereal in his riffs.
As someone once said, "People often talk about what a great rhythm guitar player James Hetfield is, but at live shows, the rhythm guitar you often hear the loudest is Kirk's meaning Kirk is playing all those same riffs in the same way and getting none of the praise for it."
@@SgtZaqq for the current tour that's true, but kirks guitar used to be way louder in live mixes, especially during the big 4 concert, on the dvd you could hardly hear james' guitar at all over kirks.
@@Alex_Alx only the main riff was by jason, i think he's talking more the reversed harmony intro? its hard to know what riffs lars writes and what riffs are just tweaked by lars for the song.
Kirk is fucking awesome and is a balancing force in the band. James lays the foundation, Lars and Cliff/Jason/Rob build the house, Kirk paints that sucker. A fucking masterpiece.
Oh snap. Ohh you did not. Don't be coming in here with that mouth. That poop mouth. JK he's definitely got a feel for memorable riffs/solos. He gets a lot of crap these days, but a major reason they're such a melodic band and not just another shred-fest metal act is because of Kirk. He gets the job done.
He is back contributing riffs again and a lot on 72 seasons the writing credits are on wiki check it out. Nice to see him back bringing riffs after his absence on the Hardwired record. Kirk is awesome
My favorite 3: 1. Damage Inc. bridge (it's too good) 2. My Apocalypse bridge 3. Creeping Death bridge. Whenever I play Creeping Death on guitar, I will loop that shit
Kirky-baby, what happened? You were on such a roll on Ride and Puppets, then you wrote some of the greatest solos in the history of the band, then you kinda... Just turned into a piece of furniture. You serve your purpose, you tie a room together, but you became that weird couch everybody got in the 90s but never really got rid of, so you just keep moving it around the house, just kinda holding down the fort... Maybe guests come over and sit on it at Thanksgiving when the good seats are taken. I don't know where I'm going with this analogy.
Kirk may not be responsible for a lot of Metallica's riffs, but the ones he has written are some of their most legendary riffs.
Enter sandman is their biggest song
He wrote a ton. Thats how they write. James and Kirk comebup w riffs. Then they sift and put em together kinda jam it and add/amend. Kirk has alot. James is the down pick riff guy. Kirk is more ethereal in his riffs.
Holy shit, is this for real?! Kirk wrote some of the band's best work! Holy crap, the guy doesn't get NOWHERE NEARLY enough respect or praise!!!
As someone once said, "People often talk about what a great rhythm guitar player James Hetfield is, but at live shows, the rhythm guitar you often hear the loudest is Kirk's meaning Kirk is playing all those same riffs in the same way and getting none of the praise for it."
Everyone like a kirk hammett riff just as much as a hetfield solo both rare but amazing!
Kirk's guitar is usually much quieter on live recordings.
@@selfoblivionalex6262 great way of putting it
@@SgtZaqq for the current tour that's true, but kirks guitar used to be way louder in live mixes, especially during the big 4 concert, on the dvd you could hardly hear james' guitar at all over kirks.
At Paris’ show number 1, kirk rythm was quieter than james Rythm. I was like 2/3 James 1/3 kirk
He wrote these riffs but often Lars arranged them and made them epic, he really is very very good at his role
I think lars only arranged for entersandman only..you can hear all kirk riff in his demo tape.
@@miezan8092 the opening riff of Ride the lightning, Blackened written by Lars also
@@MadMaXCOD-pi4dy Blackened is by Newsted.
@@miezan8092 Lars Arranged pretty much all their songs, dude. Enter Sandman is one example out of Many.
@@Alex_Alx only the main riff was by jason, i think he's talking more the reversed harmony intro? its hard to know what riffs lars writes and what riffs are just tweaked by lars for the song.
Kirk “The bridge builder” Hammett
Wahahaha, that one was too good! 😂
I like it..
Hahhaa the king of BRIDGES
Bruh, Kirk looked like he was 12 in the Ride the Lightning Era LOL.
Jus add 8 yrs
Also the main riff of ''Trapped under ice'' is from an Exodus song called ''Impaler'',that Kirk wrote.
Kirk is fucking awesome and is a balancing force in the band. James lays the foundation, Lars and Cliff/Jason/Rob build the house, Kirk paints that sucker.
A fucking masterpiece.
Thought you were going to say "and Lars takes the credit"😂
Creeping death is the most iconic moment in metal when they play it live
By just making the damage inc bridge riff, that makes Kirk the best guitar player in Metallica history….change my mind
Oh snap. Ohh you did not. Don't be coming in here with that mouth. That poop mouth. JK he's definitely got a feel for memorable riffs/solos. He gets a lot of crap these days, but a major reason they're such a melodic band and not just another shred-fest metal act is because of Kirk. He gets the job done.
That is definitely the best riff ever created
RIFFMASTER
Kirk could make a parallel band, and be the Rhythm Guitar player, he is a great riff writer.
He could name it something related to leaving. Departure? Farewell?
Oh! Exodus!
@@counterfit5 Haha, cleaver. But I meant not leaving Metallica, being in two bands, Metallica and the new band at the same time.
1:59 I never realized how incredible this is until right now. Wow.
creepin death riff was his first he ever wrote for metallica....he should write more.
He is back contributing riffs again and a lot on 72 seasons the writing credits are on wiki check it out. Nice to see him back bringing riffs after his absence on the Hardwired record. Kirk is awesome
@@Shawner1000 i do like kirk...seems down to earth type guy...
Imagine writing your first major riff for a band and it's literally one of the greatest riffs of all time
Also the main riff of Trapped Under Ice is the bridge riff from Exodus's early song Impaler, which Kirk wrote.
kirk also wrote the main riff from trapped under ice while he was on exodus
Kirk with all the best Bridge Riffs
My favorite 3:
1. Damage Inc. bridge (it's too good)
2. My Apocalypse bridge
3. Creeping Death bridge. Whenever I play Creeping Death on guitar, I will loop that shit
If Hammett was the lead frontman of his own band I think he would be far better then Dave with a lot more material under his belt.
He kinda was with Exodus.
No way, Kirk wrote the black Sabbath title track, i never knew that!
I heard he also wrote many Slayer solos as well!
Kirk is the man
My Apocalypse is so Slayer.
Battery is credited to Hetfield/Ulrich. There’s no Kirk’s riff in the song.
His riff counts more as a lead interlude and you don't get credit for solo writing so he got no credit
#2 is my favorite Metallica riff - ever.
I think a fun game for fans to play would be to listen to Metallica riffs and try and guess whether it was written by James or Kirk.
Killer Riffs - Kirk is one of my Heroes 🤘🤘
Of Wolf and Man is my favorite
4horsmen is a kirk's riff from exodus days
2:52 I hear the vocals
Kirky-baby, what happened? You were on such a roll on Ride and Puppets, then you wrote some of the greatest solos in the history of the band, then you kinda... Just turned into a piece of furniture. You serve your purpose, you tie a room together, but you became that weird couch everybody got in the 90s but never really got rid of, so you just keep moving it around the house, just kinda holding down the fort... Maybe guests come over and sit on it at Thanksgiving when the good seats are taken. I don't know where I'm going with this analogy.
😓
That is actually brilliant. Love Kirk though!
@@Metallicafan.kirkhammet I'm sorry!!
@@TheBallsbreakers I wouldn't trade that whacky sonuvabitch for the world. He's a huge part of Metallica's success.
what are you on? shut up and pound sand sheeesh 😬💀
You missed the riff pre-verse in master of puppets, that one is kirks also
He wrote the entirety of trapped under ice actually and through the never.
He also wrote chorus and harmony of fade to black
Harmony part was written by Cliff. Unless you are talking about that onde after first chorus
@@Ryu_AkeNo Kirk wrote the melodic outro riff and cliff added harmonies on top
2:40 That one sounds like Slayer !
Sounds more like exodus than slayer, the song strike of the beast
Slayer ripped off the this riff from metallica..go check it out
@@thrashmetal00 In what song is it ?
@@Owen_plays_music1049 Repentless , 2:24 mark
Kirk has zero writing credits for Battery....
listen to kirks solo work on youtube, its beautiful
Еще Кирк написал "hero of the day"
He has no writting credits in Battery and Damage Inc ??
Why is Chuck Schuldiner in the thumbnail? lol
Not sure about King nothing... 🤔 There's a demo where James plays the Bass line and the riff
Also, there are some interviews where Jason said that's a James riff
100% Kirk
Many people say that Kirk took to metallica, a lot of Gary Holt riffs, when they played together in exodus, i don't know is its true or not
Not true in the slightest
None of his slow melodic riffs? The stuff with such great feel I consider to be his best.
those riffs are thrash.. exodus vibe. ofcourse
Some of these are wrong.. he didn't write anything on Battery, Trapped Under Ice is supposed to be the verse riff, King Nothing's intro was Hetfield
he wrote the bridge and trapped under ice wrote the main riff and bridge
Jason confirmed King Nothing one is James's.
i like king nothing
And he wrote Black Sabbath when he was 9.
When did I say he wrote Black sabbath?
@@Ryu_Ake lol
And Purple haze
Paul Mahoney's mom wrote too big to fail on my Johnson when we were done..thanks Paul's mom.
@@andyoc dude, let's get off of moms; I got off of yours.
"А я еще раз напомню, что Кирк Хэммет написал 0 (ноль) песен в составе группы Металлика" 😄
Привнес света в англоязычные темные массы 😀