Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield give the inside scoop on some classic Metallica tunes in a brilliant interview with Guitar World.

I don’t know about you, but I love hearing the stories behind classic music, and this doesn’t disappoint – guitar-heads will love the chatter about hot-rodded Marshall amps, and any self-respecting Metallica fan will want to hear Hetfield talking about how they converted Dave Mustaine’s Mechanix into their classic Four Horsemen.

Kirk Hammett admits to having been ‘inspired’ by a lick from Ice-T’s Power album for Enter Sandman:

You know how the guitar solo plays out, and then there’s a lead guitar break that leads into a breakdown? I think the time has come to tell where I actually got that lick. It’s from ‘Magic Man’ by Heart, but I didn’t get it from Heart’s version; I got it from a cut off Ice-T’s Power album, where he used it as a sample. I was listening to Power a lot while we were recording Metallica, so I kept on hearing that lick. I thought, I have to snake this! I did change it around a little bit, though.

Check out the Guitar World interview for what is undeniably an essential Metallica article.