TOP 10 Worst Kirk Hammett SOLOS

Again, it's just an opinion, don't take it seriously at all.
#metallica #metal

[@METALTOP3]

Solos in Judas kiss and My Apocalypse Very good!

[@igortokarski9517]

I love these solos

[@Ysoserious1]

My Apocalypse is the best song on Magnetic

[@vinceyrankings]

They're not great but still decent in overall really good songs

[@caelmcleish1212]

I love those solos. Death Magnetic had some great licks!

[@METALTOP3]

@@caelmcleish1212 Yeah, Perhaps That Was Just Your Life is one of the best solos

[@Diegodesarmaysangra]

Can't believe that they spend a lot of time recording and 'creating' new songs to find out that those are the 'best' solos that Kirk can come out with.

[@marcinmcula99]

I can't believe someone is getting paid to listen to that and say "that's great Kirk, we'll put it on the album". Bob rock told him his unforgiven solo sucked and he came back with a solo that was good

[@c.f.pedraza4057]

​@@marcinmcula99 lmao, the original solo was trash. 😂

[@matteopiotto8733]

He made Better silos, but he Lost the iPhone where he recorded them 😂😂😂😂

[@METALTOP3]

And the solo if darkness had a son sounds interesting, and certainly more interesting than half the solo on Hardwired... To self-Destruct

[@Goldd__]

i think Moth has a way better solo than darkness, but darkness is cool too

[@kirknarsamma3280]

In the house that Jack built, kirk got rid of guitar and just grabbed 7 wah wahs and ran a marathon with them

[@elidiotto8332]

Are you talking about talkbox solo?

[@FidgetMDCCLXIV]

@@elidiotto8332I think he’s talking about the solo before that one. I think it’s so horrible, just amateurish and the guitars are too reverberated.

[@user-il4ul5js3v]

The talkbox solo is all james not kirk

[@tjcaruthers5593]

I think the guitar solos that Kirk Hammett has done on The Black Album all the way to 72 Seasons were inspired but that inspiration leads to repetitive ideas and confused writing. I think it's Kirk wanting to be edgy and technical while maintaining his signature tone, keeping it in the confines of the song, and doing something different. Being inspired to play or create a solo he is always down for. He needs to do a solo none metal album I think. He needs to maybe not do a metal solo project but one inspired by blues and jazz. This could restart the creativity for metal guitar solos. Different ideas that does work in blues or jazz but can translate to metal also. Maybe even add more delay or more distortion even reverb to the over used wah. What does Kirk like to drink? Wahter. When Kirk isn't performing or surfing what does he like to do? He likes to wahlk on the beach. Why did Kirk's wife get mad at him? He wanted to name thier kid Wahlter Wah Wah Wammy Bar Hammett.

[@waghah2212]

U r right in what u think my friend 100% with ya😆😆

[@HarryJohnkee]

My favourite Kirk's solos are actually from St.Anger lol

[@c.f.pedraza4057]

😂😂😂

[@leonglee9210]

I Disappear is not a bad solo, it sins with his low duration and his simplifying but it's cool, it moves you?

[@ronniebrooks3130]

I'm surprised James let those solos fly..he's such a perfectionist

[@andreviews7101]

The fact that there are no pre Death Magnetic songs (except for I Disappear) included in this list says something. I also find it funny how everyone hates the IDHAS solo even though it's the same type of solo we've been hearing. Shred solos. Now everyone thinks it's illegal for Kirk play those type of solos lol. Hot take: The IDHAS solo is 🔥 imo. It's way too overhated. 😩 You forgot the worst solo tho: EVERY SOLO FROM ST. ANGER!

[@FullMetalEverything]

There are no solos in st anger 💀

[@foreverorion_]

Agreed IDHAS solo is pretty cool.

[@andreviews7101]

@@FullMetalEverything I said that as a joke. I know there's no solos.

[@FullMetalEverything]

@@andreviews7101 ok

[@emerealm3779]

If st anger was re-recorded it would be better than 72 seasons

[@fabril2673]

My Apocalypse solo is amazing, idk what are you talking about and the ending is very creative. Also I don’t think that part from I Disappear is a solo

[@ibrahimefepresents]

dude really made worst kirk hammett solo's list and didn't even put the lux æterna 💀

[@BrandonSampson-ti1ig]

I know right! Worst solo on any single they ever released. I loved it till the solo... it took the steam out of the song imo

[@catsmokingavape8269]

The remastered version of kirks solo on suicide and redemption is 10 times better. I didn’t even know there was that winded extension of it.

[@Xero__AU]

Whenever I hear some of these solos, I always think to myself: "I can't believe this is the same guy that wrote the Ride the Lightning, the Blackened and the Shortest Straw solos". Even after losing his phone, he couldn't come up with more interesting improvised solos, like the one he improvised on The Thing That Should Not Be. At least he wrote SOME 'decent' solos on 72 seasons.

[@diovaniemanalastas2330]

It always depend on the ears of beholder. 😂😂 no hates

[@antoniocenteno1483]

I want to make a couuple of points to add to the video. Good video btw. a) Kirk is dissapointed with Metallica, he just lost the passion, but he still has made amazing solos... just outside of the band, like Trinity with Santana, or the song he did with Exodus and his own slo project, the solos in The Maiden and the monster are so good. b) Modern production HURTS whatever Kirk is playing, if you listen anything done by Metallica but with older production is way more listenable. IDK, maybe thats´me been old. c) The more active Kirk is writting music the better he composes with Metallica, case in point: only one solo in the new album has come under suspicion, the rest came as mildly competent. d) THEY NEED BOB ROCK. Or at least a no-nonsense productor that Kick their asses again to put on some work and cut the crap out of their songs.

[@huntzzio]

they need bob rock and while they’re at it remaster St Anger as bob rocks payment for his crimes

[@anthroposkardia6360]

Bob rock was the one who produced the black album, i recognize is one of the best ib the rock music industry but, buuuut, that is not the legendary trash metal band they used to be

[@mr.zombie3221]

Saying the end of the line as a song is the weakest off dm is absolutely insane lmao

[@gabrielpaiva9070]

It's my favourite DM song.

[@fabril2673]

The second solo in Suicide and Redemption is actually played by James and the first one is played by Kirk. The extended parts on Guitar Hero are by Kirk

[@Ryu_Ake]

James doesnt uses wah pedal bro.

[@kikethrasher2448]

@@Ryu_Akecheck the prémiere of that song and check if James doesn’t play the wah pedal, he does play it.

[@largecert]

no 💀 the first one that actually sounds good is played by james, the wah-filled second one is kirk's and on guitar hero there are 2 versions of the song, with either solo extended

[@oliverafton1444]

The fact that a half of the list are solos i actually like kinda makes it more like it is your opinion-... but you didn't include Devil's Dance solo? That awful slide solo that sounds so ear-piercing? Also, YAAY you put the best Undertale track at the end

[@Leo._...]

Harvester Of Sorrow's solo sucks some stankin ass, it kinda grew on me but objectively it's a bad solo

[@serhiy_serhiy]

3:00 please me tell me why. I realy don't know. Is it lack of practice? Band overall problems and the place Kirk in it?

[@ManMark7]

Great video bro! Murder one solo is the best of the worst in my opinion.

[@fuckzogtube]

Never really liked him much as a guitarrist even though he had some pretty good material in the early days. There's plenty more interesting and inspired heavy metal guitarists in every decade playing better solos. He just seems disinterested for the most part. In my ears, almost every kirk solo plays in my head like filler. Hell, Iron Maiden has been on the road pretty much nonstop and at this point I would assume Dave Murray just wants to be shot if he plays Hallowed be thy name again but the man is still playing some good material.

[@Zoopnigh]

I like the endless wah in end of the line

[@bocko855]

>Clicks on "TOP 10 Worst Kirk Hammett SOLOS" >fucking berdly deltarune plays

[@beserker1912]

I heard that he spent time writing the solos for DM but Lars became the Lead guitarist in the band via Kirk

[@cumber4444]

The issue with the modern solos is definitely the amount of repeated parts, it just gets boring because you hear the same note over and over again.

[@tritotrofo]

Bro you just fucking do every single video so good

[@nuzanuzferatu7900]

Someone killed him since the production of load/reload album

[@vigilanttt619]

i think someone killed metallica as a whole since the production of those two albums

[@nuzanuzferatu7900]

@@vigilanttt619 🤣

[@fedorsolovev7106]

Solo on the end of the line is great! Very catchy, groovy, it is fit the song at the moment. I really wait for this solo, it is so inspiring. Didn’t get your hate about this

[@rodrich3]

Well, at least you clear up the fact that this is just your opinion. It's a critic with the only purpouse to talk trash about someones work. It has no valid argument. Wether you like or not these solos, it's not correct to reffere to someones work saying that it "has lost his inspiration or focus. I didn't like this video at all.

[@Ryu_Ake]

respect your opinion, and that's fine.

[@a77ackeranimations20]

Yeah but sometimes pointing out someone's faults can help them improve. And he's right. His later solos feel dry and uninspired. Kirk went from EVH level guitar playing to Kerry king real quick

[@emerealm3779]

The my apocalypse one was very fitting to the song... very weird to put it on the list...

[@wyzlight2028]

Theres a clip of kirk free styling random solos in the making of "now that were dead" and he played a freaking awesome solo, I cant believe they didnt keep that in the album but instead we got this piece of garbo

[@arkhamsoldier9180]

7:49 this is what I imagine Metallica sounding like to people who don't like their music

[@vikvegas8593]

It kind of depends on the style and pace of the song the solo fits. Like in I Disappear it fits. If he played a super fast solo on it like on One it just wouldn't fit the song.

[@Ryu_Ake]

The problem was never being too slow, it's just lack of something actually enjoyable, at least for me.

[@vikvegas8593]

@@Ryu_Ake I agree now, in your later examples some of the solo's do sound shit.

[@tritotrofo]

4:41 smooth

[@mattyj6135]

murder one is supposed to sound like a slot machine bro

[@gabrielpaiva9070]

Doesn't make it good.

[@skullcrusher_1]

With the exception of a few most of modern day Kirk hammett solos feel very improvised but not that good. Like I honestly do think he thinks he's a far better lead than he actually is. Nothing is really all that memorable

[@dogemaster9676]

i don’t think it’s entirely kirk’s fault. metallica hasn’t done anything new since 2003.

[@noeditbookreviews]

For me, the worst one in Lux aeterna. It sounds like kirk doing a parody of his own style.

[@hypnovertigo7200]

I love the end of the My Apocalypse solo, sounds like the song is on drugs for half a second. Now That We're Dead is also a fun one. But many of the others you mentioned I agree with. Murder One and Darkness Had A Son would be my vote. God I love the The End of the Line solo, so chaotic and a sonic mass of audible guitar masturbation. Suicide and Redemption is great too. Judas Kiss though? Felt

[@romansereda1658]

Question: Do you Play Gitarre?

[@Ryu_Ake]

Bass.

[@Uncreative789]

@@Ryu_AkeBASSED

[@BrandonSampson-ti1ig]

I am a guitarist and feel like garage inc. Still had an epic feeling to kirks leads even if they were not his but after garage... he got lazier and sloppier. Not one solo after that era has given me chills or sounded like more than my 14 year old self writing solos after getting a wah and learning the minor pentatonic. Seriously compare lux aeterna to any solo from shy of devils dance and i can almost 100% guarantee it will sound like trash. They can still write good songs and harmonies but the solos take me out of the song experience now like it was an afterthought or out of place. Just my feelings but kirk was the reason i picked up a guitar and still love him and metallica. Legend by all accounts regardless.

[@benbenben279]

One of the most irritating ones is the 2nd solo in Shortest Straw because it’s randomly out of key and no one talks about it

[@Ryu_Ake]

We could include harvester of sorrow, escape etc.

[@FidgetMDCCLXIV]

Escape? How?

[@rythmdestroyer]

Wow! 5, 4 and 1 are horrible!

[@gabrielpaiva9070]

Agree.

[@user-lr3kr8hj6e]

Murder One solo simulating slot machine sounds.

[@andrepalmeira6086]

I agree except all the Death Magnetic ones, in fact is my favorite album, perfect in all senses for me

[@emerealm3779]

Definitely underrated but saying it's perfect is just 😬 The closest they got to perfection was 'One'

[@andrepalmeira6086]

@@emerealm3779 Can't argue with that! One is just on a level of it's own, a masterpiece! But in terms of global album, yes i kinda consider Death Magnetic perfect (my opinion of course)

[@emerealm3779]

@andrepalmeira6086 And justice for all had better songs, death magnetic was more consistent. Hard to say which is better, but One, Blackened, And Justice for all, to live is to die, and dyers eve are all top tier songs so at least the album I slightly better because Death Magnetic only really has 3 songs that come close in quality

[@BlackForesterTeamFreiburg]

nothing bad at all.. why a great Band is not allowed to make Progressions on their Music style ??

[@julesc8895]

cause if it ain’t the 80s they don’t like it

[@Ryu_Ake]

@@julesc8895 based on what? I will repeat what I always say: I don't hate Load/Reload era. It is really underrated, there are good material there, and the only solos that I actually dislike on this is Devil Dance one. My problem with him is during the 2000s until Hardwired. I think he improved in 72 Seasons, except for IDHAS and some other random stuff.

[@heartsthekitteh6239]

Some of their best recent solos. Gotta say, awful take.

[@friedchickenlover420]

buddy tried to hide dave

[@fabioharuo756]

Where's Lux Aeterna?

[@erank0623]

The drumming is terrible and the solo is hilariously bad in Manunkind yet i still like the song. I really like James's vocal performance and the riff

[@ILOVEKIRKHAMMETT911]

I love kirk hammett 🗣🔊🔥

[@foreverorion_]

Judas Kiss solo slaps tho idc

[@KING7CANTONA]

Some of these are pretty solid , I like the simple Hendrixy I disappear

[@emanuelemazzoni782]

Not only do these solos suck from the point of view of note choice, above all they are played terribly. Bending and vibrato are the essence of the electric guitar.

[@ianearl1554]

Let’s hear you solo

[@derduuude4695]

My Apocalypse is one of the GREATEST solos of the modern era!

[@mrSmoky111]

I didn't know he'd gotten THIS bad

[@blackendez]

Murder one and if darkness had a son solos are good af

[@sasasasaturno666]

Fuck yeah, Murder One solo is supposed to sound like one of this casino machines lmao ppl hate on it a lot

[@Ibetrippinfrfr]

The problem isn’t Kirk. The problem is James and Lars dictating what should be played and done. Especially their newest production but it’s understandable why they do it but still doesn’t justify it for Kirk or for their fans. They still make AJFA songs but in a more plastic tasting way if that makes sense. It’s too clean. His portals EP was amazing. But oh well. Get that check Kirk.

[@itzdrew3290]

I like how he says “what the hell is this?” almost as if he could play it better

[@nyctophobia9803]

Skill does not equal sound quality, if the lick sounds like shit, it doesn’t matter how hard it is

[@a77ackeranimations20]

He probably could, a slow solo that sounds good/makes sense is better than a hard to play shitty solo

[@itzdrew3290]

@@a77ackeranimations20 I get that it just seems that people love to criticize Metallica online in any way possible

[@a77ackeranimations20]

@@itzdrew3290 to be fair there are a lot of things they do that deserve criticism

[@buckbreaker5185]

I know about 10 players irl who are better than Kirk and I havea small circle

[@ardeleansvengali4437]

I don't like to come across harsh or as a hater but it's really difficult not to seem like that. I just want to preface by saying, it's not Kirk's fault he has all the fame and success, he just wanted to play music and then he and the band got extremely lucky. However, I just need to say it and it's as simple as this, not one single Kirk Hammet solo is good, literally none of them. You can name any you want, they are all littered with Poorly bent notes, horrible touch and intonation on kirks part, slop, thin whiny tone, regurgitated and cliche blues licks. If you were to ask the "Best" guitarists in the world, the ones who have a phenomenal ear and can hear the smallest errors in anyones playing, Guthrie Govan, Marco Sfogli, Matteo Mancuso, etc. They would all tell you it's intolerable to listen to Kirk's playing. I understand that the average music listener doesn't have a trained ear and can't hear what I'm hearing because it takes many years of playing to develop it. Just understand it's very frustrating to see the level of success he has achieved with his very below average level on guitar. I say this humbly and without suggesting I am the greatest by any means, it's just something that I had to get off my chest.

[@shokasen8584]

i respect it but u did my apocalypse so so wrong

[@a77ackeranimations20]

Nah My Apocalypse is great

[@MetalheadCurt]

I still stand by the fact that Murder One is his worst solo. I can FEEL how sloppy that solo is, it’s painful. As a whole that song sucked, and that’s a shame, because it’s supposed to be a tribute to Lemmy. Like, damn, they made a better tribute to Layne Staley ffs (Rebel Of Babylon).

[@jems2081]

I disappear is actually a james hetfield solo

[@Ryu_Ake]

Played by Kirk in the recording

[@gabrielpaiva9070]

I actually think the Now That We're Dead solo is pretty cool. I kinda liked Murder One, but I agree the solo is horrible. The If Darkness Had A Son and ManUNkind one too. (The song ManUNKind as a whole is pretty bad) Great video, either way. Nice idea using your microphone. You have a cool voice.

[@Ryu_Ake]

Its an AI voice Forgot to say that, but thanks for the opinion

[@gabrielpaiva9070]

​​@@Ryu_AkeDon't worry, it's cool anyway. :)

[@dhdh2343]

Absolutely. Great solo. Black Sabbath vibe

[@gabrielpaiva9070]

​@@dhdh2343You mean Now That We're Dead one, right?

[@dhdh2343]

@@gabrielpaiva9070 Yes

[@dandavidson1704]

Kill ‘em all and ride the lighting solos were very good, master and justice sloghtly worse, black album sloghtly worse and so forth. After st anger is 90% garbage solos ngl. Sounds like Kirk stopped trying

[@Ryu_Ake]

Master was the best phase for Kirk imo

[@murk4552]

AJFA has his best all around performances ​@@Ryu_Ake The Black Album has his best texture and tones to me (best use of wah, too imho).

[@RockinrollArmanafsar]

For whom the bell tolls?

[@Ryu_Ake]

Basic doesnt means bad

[@docvader82]

I've been a Metallica fan for years, but akork has gotten lazy and sloppy. This whole business of Lars supervising and Kirk being allowed to do them by the seat or his pants is ridiculous. I LOVE the fact that James' so on S&R dusts Kirks. Generally speaking, Death Magnetic has the last Kirk solos I really like. I love My Apocalypse, but you're right; that's a weird ending. Murder One sucks, period. But that solo? He has no feel for the tone of the song. I could just imagine the Bob Rock cringe from the early Unforgiven solos. He's been downhill since the Black albim. Satriani and others assisted him on the early albims. Bob Rock coached the hell outta him on TBA. When has he ever been completely on his own. Some of his riffs that made some songs is his only saving Grace.

[@emerealm3779]

Manunkind is only confusing to you because all the lyrics are based on biblical scriptures

[@MisterPoppy-sc1sj]

Good solos here

[@robotstonka7118]

Terrible solos, I fully agree with your choice!!🫣

[@UnbrokenFlame]

Before i watch, definitely end of the line. Maybe, Manunkind

[@The-Biggest-D]

The end of the lines solo is just a kerry king solo

[@huntzzio]

I think ManUNkind’s solo should have been on Confusion instead, to make that track better live up to its name. 😂

[@FidgetMDCCLXIV]

Confusion itself is up there

[@hudrod.]

murder one is actually pretty good but the solo sold the somg

[@Bonesy_001]

Everything u said about murder one I strongly disagree with

[@Wheresthepepsibismol]

Lately since like 2008 or so Kirks solos have been getting worse he lost all the passion in Metallica

[@SEV7V]

if this mf doesn't like the solo in "now that we're dead" then he must hate the entire Justice album lol

[@huntzzio]

Hardwireds solo isn’t bad, it’s just uninspired. It fits well

[@marcinmcula99]

I don't know why they even bother with guitar solos anymore. The new solos are worthless and forgettable. I can't imagine anyone listening to those and being like "that's awesome, I wanna learn that on guitar"

[@sammisaywhat911]

TRUE. this thread is nothing but a bunch of cope. dude must have dementia to play this bad

[@wsh.4502]

I think he had better solos until he started painting his nails)))

[@DianeRowe-er6vj]

Kirk doesn't , has NEVER played a bad solo!! Let us hear how this guy can play guitar?!

[@DavidMairs]

The Judis Kiss is a GREAT song and so is the solo and the solo to My Apocalypse is great and I Disappear is a sheite song. I agree with Murder 1 btw but na...totally don't agree with u

[@voidangel23]

my apocalypse solo is amazing

[@gabrielpaiva9070]

He said that what bothers is the ending of the solo, not the solo itself.

[@voidangel23]

@@gabrielpaiva9070 i can agree lol

[@voidangel23]

@@gabrielpaiva9070 also w pfp

[@twisted_reed8900]

Well... uhhhh.... motorbreath wasn't played by Kirk first you know.... so it really isn't HIS solo.

[@Ryu_Ake]

The point was, short songs doesnt mean the solo is always sloppy

[@twisted_reed8900]

@RyuAkefu Oh no, that's not really what I meant! I was joking about how Dave was in the band beforehand and played it. Yeah, it's not really the best.

[@weddingvideographerireland]

All these solos are great.

[@FullMetalEverything]

It's just his opinion

[@vinceyrankings]

GOOD POINT on If Darkness! Finally someone who has the same opinion! I really despise that solo and the song is just not good, it's not terrible but still really bad. Sure, a song can be HEAVY but that doesn't mean it's good. Thing, Harvester, Wild Things, Don't tread on me are HEAVY but they're good bcs of the other elements such as main riff, lyrics, solo.

[@adrianmanriquez7233]

😅 if this guy ever play guitar he will see that's he was wrong

[@predeterminedmeat5024]

These solos are pretty easy though.

[@ThePrusa1987]

Yes, "Murder One" is definitely one of the worst Metallica songs, not just because of the solo, obviously, but how bad it's written as a whole - it's an insult to Lemmy rather than a tribute; boring, awful, uninspired, pathetic even. I don't know how they could write awesome songs like, for example, "Disposable Heroes" when they were in their early 20's, and then started to write trash like this in their 50's (there are a lot of shitty songs before "Murder One" from 1996 onward as well, ofc). It's like a painter would paint really good looking paintings in their young age and then started smearing shit on the painting canvas when they get older and call it "art" instead of evolving as an artist and actually care about the quality of their work. I don't get it, I just don't. 🤔

[@HeavyMetalShredder]

3:46 i cried XDDDD and 4:23 as well XDD

[@Monday057k]

Y todos son despues del black album xd

[@Ryu_Ake]

There are some solos before black album that were pretty bad too. Harvester of sorrow for example

[@marsbluetang]

Kill 'em all : good Ride the lightning : good Master of puppets : good ...and justice for all : good Black album : :| Load & Reload : :/ St anger : bad Death magnetic : good (idc) Hardwired : bad 72 seasons : bad "I have spoken"

[@tritotrofo]

Bro black album solos just slaps ass

[@a77ackeranimations20]

90s era had some great solos

[@tritotrofo]

@@a77ackeranimations20 agree

[@a77ackeranimations20]

I changed my mind, 90s is pretty mid

[@ronniebrooks3130]

Most of the solos are the same lick over and over..

[@lalfaksanga4416]

It fucking matches with the fooking song what your listening bro?..stop fucking hating..the only thing is kirk hammet can't stretch like everybody..but it doesn't matter his solos are iconic..its not about playing fast and crazy skills ..its about how you make beautifull solo..do you understand?

[@lucasortiz6293]

Para mi el solo de end of the line es muy bueno, todo frenetico sin sentido y raro, después hay uno que otro que tampoco concuerdo como el de my apocalipse y el de now that we are dead, los demas si son pura mierda jajaj

[@nonamebrotha]

The Enter Sandman solo is absolute dog water too.

[@LioFuzz]

In the realm of Metallica, it sounds fitting. If you're looking for bands with legendary solos that stand out on their own, Megadeth would be a standout choice. Some bands shine through their general formula, while others find success with distinctive approaches, such as sarcastic or noisy solos, which may be more valued than technical virtuosity in certain genres. It's crucial to recognize that each band has its unique identity, where certain elements, even if not technically virtuosic, are irreplaceable and fundamental to their distinctive sound.

[@beast99dp26]

Is this voice an AI

[@Ryu_Ake]

Yeah, I stopped with that months ago

[@YEAH340]

This list is terrible, i disappear and all of those Death Magnetic songs should not be on here