#kirk von hammett

[klirk-hammurton]

I’m not exactly sure how moodboards work but could you do something kind of dark and horror themed with older Kirk? ❤️

Absolutely!

You had heard rumors of a blood thirsty creature that preyed on young women during the night. It sounded mostly to be nothing but sheer empty hoopla to keep the horror spirit of Halloween alive. But curiosity had finally wrapped its fingers around your better judgments. With your mind decided, you decided to meet this creature for yourself.

The cool, crisp autumn air pricked your skin as you cautiously approached this supposed house of horrors. But house was certainly an understatement as you gawked at the castle sized structure. Chills ran down your spine as you pushed open the doors to immediately be met by an unknown and masculine voice.

"What brings such a beautiful creature like you here? Don't you know that monsters live here?" His voice was alluring, chasing all skepticism away in your body.

"I don't believe in monsters. It's all just a bunch of hocus pocus." You tried to remain as brave as possible, but flinch as the large doors behind you are slammed shut. A piercing pair of golden brown eyes gaze down at you from the staircase.

You quickly step back as he makes his appearance before you. He was far from a monster. Locking eyes with him, you felt like a moth drawn into the flame. He then holds a hand out to you, arching a brow expectantly.

"Don't believe in monsters, you say? Perhaps I can change that, tonight." He gives a coy smile, flashing what appeared to be fangs. Your blood ran cold as you take his hand. "My dear, I can show you a real monster."

[nightisthenotion]

Eerie Von with Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield

[archivetallica]

Kirk Hammett Lockscreens 2/2

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[slashisproblematic]

I suggest we dedicate this whole month to our king of horror 😂

[stuckinthe80s90s-blog]

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“We’re gonna kick ass SO much tonight, you guys are gonna FREAK out.” YOU GUYS, THE SASS IS REAL

[flyinghetfield]

I love that Kirk calls us his "Ghouls and Goblins" for Halloween 🦇

[bigempty]

Source: @bigempty

[rock-bands-bands-bands]

Got to go to the it's Alive! exhibit today. Kirks guitars were of course my favorite😍 It was absolutely amazing and I got plenty of cool stuff (pin, postcard, book w/ signed sleeve) 10/10 highly recommend Mr. Kirk Von Hammett has an amazing collection and the exhibit was pieced together perfectly 😍

[marsbymoonlight]

Kirk with his collections

[klirk-hammurton]

Kirk Von Hammett (pt. 2)

@kirk-dammnitt @langdonsluxiouslocks @violentlyhxppy @your-local-rockstar-simp

[sodalitefully]

A few of my favorite recent-ish Slash photos... 

[howaminotinthestrokesyet]

Wherever They Have Roamed: Kirk Hammett

Kirk Hammett was born on November 18, 1962 in San Francisco, California. His ancestry combines Irish, Scottish, and German from his father’s side, along with Filipino on his mother’s side. As a child, he developed a passion, still strong to this day, for horror movies. He soon became enthralled with his brother’s Frankenstein toy figures after watching a horror movie on television. This led to the young Hammett spending almost all of his milk money on horror magazines. This all changed when he began listening to his brother’s record collection including UFO, Led Zeppelin, and Jimi Hendrix. He soon began selling all his horror magazines in order to buy records leading him to purchasing his first guitar at the age of 15. This first guitar self described by him as quite “unglamorous” was purchased straight out of the Montgomery Ward catalog. Kirk would soon pick up more of a standard Gibson guitar after failing to customize a Fender Stratocaster copy. In high school, he would meet Les Claypool of Primus, who is still a close friend to this day. He even later appeared in a music video for Primus, while Claypool actually auditioned for Metallica as a replacement bassist following the tragic death of Cliff Burton.

In 1979, at the age of 16 he joined the band Exodus named after the Leon Uris novel of the same name. He would remain with them for four years even playing on their 1982 demo. This band is still remembered to this day as highly influential in San Francisco’s early metal thrash scene. In April 1983, Hammett joined Metallica after original guitarist Dave Mustaine was fired by the band. James Hetfield said this of his audition. “The first song we played was "Seek and Destroy", and Kirk pulled off this solo, and it was like ... things are going to be alright!" Hammett has played on every Metallica album since their second one, Ride the Lightning. He has written a number of popular riffs for the band including “Enter Sandman'' and “Creeping Death.” In 1986, bass player Cliff Burton died in a bus accident as he slept in a bunk bed. Before their departure, Hammett had intended on sleeping there, but he lost a bet to Burton. The tragedy of this accident and how close it came to being him still haunts the guitarist to this day. He has said, “You know to this day I just think, it could have been me or it couldn't have been me but ... its never left me to this day."

The guitarist has also studied other forms of music including a period involving blues and jazz music. His contributions to the Load and Reload albums were probably heavily influenced by his interest in those other genres at that time. By the time of Death Magnetic, he chose to stop listening so much to jazz music because he felt it was heavily influencing his own roots in metal. One thing he has said that really helped when listening to other genres was seeing the origins of their own metal riffs within other music. In 2005, he contributed to the song “Trinity” along with guitarist Robert Randolph on an album by Santana. They had met five years earlier at a benefit show, which even led to Metallica inviting Santana to their St. Anger sessions. In 2006, the guitarist embraced popular culture by appearing as himself on an episode of The Simpsons. He has also lent his voice in various ways to Adult Swim shows including Metapocalypse and Space Ghost Coast to Coast. In 2009, Hammett along with other members of Metallica past and present was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

In 2012, Hammett published his first book entitled Too Much Horror Business. This represented a photographic collection of the expansive memorabilia collection on horror films he had purchased over the years. Items included costumes from actors such as Bella Lugosi, movie posters, movie props including one from George A. Romero’s Day of the Dead, and more. The work also includes three conversations focusing on his childhood, the connection to horror comics, and how this was translated into Metallica‘s music. He would write, “This is my gift to all the other horror nerds out there who are just like me. It's (the book) been made with great love for all the many characters and movies which guided me through childhood, into adulthood and which still keep me on track today.” In 2014, the guitarist began his own horror fan festival called Kirk Von Hammett's Fear FestEvil in San Francisco. The convention featured panels, autograph signings, live music, and vendors. Some notable guests included the son of Bella Lugosi, Tom Savini of From Dusk Till Dawn and other George Romero films, Kane Hodder of Friday the 13th fame, Robert Trujillo, Scott Ian of Anthrax, and Slash from Guns N’ Roses. The festival proved to be so successful that Hammett would host a second one the following year in San Jose, California. His love of horror has always held a special place personally as he has talked about his addiction to cocaine during the Damaged Justice tour. Kirk was able to stay away from that lifestyle after reaching the decision that it made him much too depressed. He would even go on to say that his fascination with horror comics helped him in finding a safe alternative to drugs. Lastly on a personal note, Kirk Hammett has been married twice. He has been married to his current wife Lani since 1998 with two children.

[slashisproblematic]

Honestly if Kirk wants to use his millions just to recreate cheesy old horror movies starring him, I say let him have it 😂

[stuckinthe80s90s-blog]

Kirk just recently hit 1 Million followers over on Instagram! 🙌 Congrats, Kirk! 👊😎👊

kirkhammett: My friends and I would like to thank the ONE MILLION of you for following my scary good adventures ...

Photo cred: @rosshalfin

[foundationsoftheslay]

hey guys!

so i hope you actually remember my kirk fic, sabbra cadabra - if you do, thank goodness; another chapter for that is in the works, so no, i didn't abandon it!

but, i just wanted to let you guys in on a little sneak peek of something i'm working on.

i'm doing sort of a spin-off story of sabbra cadabra, and it's a mythical creature au with vampires, witches, werewolves, etc.

yes, i'm including kirk von hammett (that absolute hottie ugh) and i will also make alter egos for all the oc's in the book that im planning on making mythical alter egos for.

but, this au book will not be posted until the sequel for sabbra cadabra (about kirk and leighton's future daughter) is finished, and i'm not sure when that will happen.

i just wanted to let you guys know because i'm really excited about it, and i hope you guys are too! i'm thinking of maybe making the other metallica guys mythical creatures as well, but i'm not sure what they'd be, nor do i really have any name ideas for them. so, maybe help me on that one?

but yeah! there's my last post for the night; im gonna go get some sleep now because tonight hasn't been a great night and it's getting real late and i have school tomorrow so yeah, goodnight and i can't wait to finally write this au story for you guys!

[malinov-kompot]

I think my vampire post was subconsciously about Kirk Von Hammett--

Yeah I felt that don't worry