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Kirk Hammett
Kirk Hammett
American guitarist
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Metallica
Metallica
American heavy metal band
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Cliff Burton
Cliff Burton
American heavy metal bassist
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Dave Mustaine
Dave Mustaine
American musician and songwriter
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Jason Newsted
Jason Newsted
American musician
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Ron McGovney
Ron McGovney
American musician
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Robert Trujillo
Robert Trujillo
American Bass Player
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Megadeth
Megadeth
American heavy metal band
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Leather Charm
Leather Charm
American hard rock band
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Michael Schenker
Michael Schenker
German musician
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Echobrain
Echobrain
American alternative rock band
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Armored Saint
Armored Saint
American heavy metal band
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Exodus
Exodus
American thrash metal band
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Andreas Kisser
Andreas Kisser
Brazilian musician
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David Ellefson
David Ellefson
American bass guitarist
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John Petrucci
John Petrucci
American guitarist
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Beatallica
Beatallica
American band
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Dimebag Darrell
Dimebag Darrell
American guitarist
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Kai Hansen
Kai Hansen
German musician
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Anthrax
Anthrax
heavy metal band from USA
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John Bush
John Bush
American heavy metal vocalist
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Pepper Keenan
Pepper Keenan
American guitarist and vocalist
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HellsBelles
HellsBelles
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Malcolm Young
Malcolm Young
Australian guitarist
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Corrosion of Conformity
Corrosion of Conformity
American heavy metal band formed in 1982
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Tony Iommi
Tony Iommi
British guitarist and composer
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James Alan Hetfield (born August 3, 1963) is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the co-founder, lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and primary songwriter for heavy metal band Metallica. He is mainly known for his intricate rhythm playing, but occasionally performs lead guitar duties and solos, both live and in the studio. Hetfield co-founded Metallica in October 1981 after answering an advertisement by drummer Lars Ulrich in the Los Angeles newspaper The Recycler. Metallica has won nine Grammy Awards and released ten studio albums, three live albums, four extended plays and 24 singles.

In 2009, Hetfield was ranked at No. 8 in Joel McIver's book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists and No. 24 by Hit Parader on their list of the 100 Greatest Metal Vocalists of All Time. In Guitar World's poll, Hetfield was placed as the 19th greatest guitarist of all time, as well as being placed second (along with Metallica lead guitarist Kirk Hammett) in The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists poll of the same magazine. Rolling Stone placed him as the 87th greatest guitarist of all time.