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Metallica Guitarist Loves Dragonforce

posted Aug 1, 2006 at 1:57 PM by MindSlavor.  (19 Comments)

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Steve Baltin of AOL Music recently asked METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett which new guitarists have impressed him of late.

"I really like this absurd band called DRAGONFORCE," Kirk said. "Those are the fastest guitar players I think I've ever seen. They're like Yngwie [Malmsteen] on steroids. No, they're like Barry Bonds on guitar. It's amazing. I saw one video and I swear to God the guy must've played 75,000 notes."

As for some of the other music Hammett's been digging, he said, "I like MUSE, MARS VOLTA, TRIVIUM, THE SWORD. I think WOLFMOTHER is fun. THE BLACK KEYS. And I've been listening to HANK WILLIAMS, because you've just got to. It's as heavy as ROBERT JOHNSON or BOB DYLAN."

What was the last concert he saw? "Must've been our own show on YouTube. I was watching our Moscow show from 1991 and thinking, 'Damn, we were good that night. What happened?'"

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19 Comments on "Metallica Guitarist Loves Dragonforce"

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1. Opeth Suck!!! writes:

Did he himself say just say that they went down hill? "what happened?" That's pretty cool that he admits it! lol

# Aug 1, 2006 @ 2:44 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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2. RememberMetal? writes:

To answer Hammetts question: Aging....

# Aug 1, 2006 @ 2:54 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. Thrash Banger writes:

Dragonforce, DAMN RIGHT!!!!!

# Aug 1, 2006 @ 5:53 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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4. DAMAGE INC writes:

Wow I didnt know Wolfmother was that big outside of Australia. . .big rap for those guys. Muse is just f***in awesome. Id have to agree with Kirk about Dragonforce, saw them live here in Aus, they blew the joint apart. Was damn good sh**

# Aug 1, 2006 @ 9:22 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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5. Stephen writes:

"Metallica Guitarist Loves Dragonforce"

And if you're at all interested in that, you'll love this headline:

"Metalunderground regular Stephen loves Dream Theater"

I had to go there. Headlines like that piss me off. But really, Metallica's great stuff. And I'm interested in finding out more about Dragonforce. Anyone know any good songs by those guys?

# Aug 1, 2006 @ 9:24 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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6. Vayne Theories writes:

I dont get why that headline pisses you off, if you were famous people would give a f*** what you like, but until you become a famous metal god, just enjoy the articles :)

# Aug 1, 2006 @ 9:27 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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7. metalmayhem writes:

no stephen b/c there are none....however, their guitarists are very, very good.

# Aug 1, 2006 @ 9:31 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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8. psythe writes:

Definitely good to see Wolfmother getting some "props", they're a great band. Huge in Aus, though I too had no idea that they were even heard of outside down under yet. I hope they don't do a Devolved and move to L.A. or something.

# Aug 1, 2006 @ 10:10 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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9. Vayne Theories writes:

They just recently started getting recognition I think with that song Woman. However I cannot fully confirm this. Although Dragonfoce isnt my style, they are too getting rave reviews

# Aug 1, 2006 @ 11:30 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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10. Opeth Suck!!! writes:

Vayne Theories that comment towards Stephan is awesome! That gave me a good laugh AND it's true! lol

# Aug 2, 2006 @ 1:15 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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11. M0uRnInG_StAr writes:

They play wolf mother on the radio down here in miami ..... their pretty good .... and dragon force and dream theater are both really great bands.

# Aug 2, 2006 @ 6:27 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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12. Vayne Theories writes:

Ty, Ty. I strive for the honesty of it all

# Aug 2, 2006 @ 6:38 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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13. Xplayer writes:

Wolfmother are cool, bot DragonForce..MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!! Those guys really know how to play the f*** out of a guitar. Trust me after listening to "Through the Fire and Flames" and watching them perform on the mainstage at Ozzfest, U will seriously be blown the f*** away. Lol, I didn't know Asians can play a mean series of riffs and solos. That was impressive

# Aug 2, 2006 @ 7:04 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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14. american football is a sport enjoyed only by retards writes:

metalmayhem go fudge yourself. You talk c**p. Stephen - Valley of the damned, Black fire and Revelations from Valley of the damned (1st CD), Fields of despair, Dawn over a new world and Once in a life time from Sonic firestorm (2nd CD) are my favourites. Only heard Through the fire and flames from the latest CD (Inhuman rampage) and really liked it.
Hoped that helped.

# Aug 5, 2006 @ 12:58 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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15. Dragonforce Rules writes:

All of there songs are awsome! American Football is agreat sport. SAM AND HERMAIN ARE MY HERO!S

# Aug 5, 2006 @ 9:23 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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16. DrunkIrishMetal writes:

Dragonforce cracks me up. Every time I turn it on, I laugh. Not because it's bad, because it's not. The word I'm looking for is.... absurd, maybe? Yeah, that's it. Dragonforce is f***ing absurd. But goddamn can they rip or what?

# Aug 5, 2006 @ 9:57 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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17. psythe writes:

hahah, rip is one thing they definitely CAN do. As for being absurd, I quite enjoy absurdist things. Like that play "Waiting For Godot". Terribly boring to watch, but if you just get the manuscript and give it a bit of an analysing, there's some crazy cool stuff in there. So yeah, absurdism is a pretty rad movement, if you ask me - along with existentialism and some other one I don't remember the name of. But it was cool, anyway.

# Aug 5, 2006 @ 11:39 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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18. willy writes:

i think that these guys are a bunch of f***en clown shoes and that they are the ones who are the ball lickers..........love willy

# Aug 8, 2006 @ 2:17 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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19. Deathroll57 writes:

i dont like dragonforce that much, but i like only one song, dont remember the name really...
tallica should try to make death metal, that would kick ass! something like children of bodom and cannibal corpse...dont you think..?!!
and a big thanks to kirk for making the fastest solos on the f***ing earth!!!!!!!!

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