Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled!
Render every male sterile who passes its portals, whether it be an almshouse, insane asylum, institute for the feeble minded, reformatory or prison. - Harry Clay Sharp

Kirk Hammett

Metallica's replacement guitar player for Dave Mustaine.

Kirk Hammett
Birth 1962-11-18
Hammett giving the devil horns with a knowing look on his face - Cover of Guitar World April, 2009Hammett giving the devil horns with a knowing look on his face - Cover of Guitar World April, 2009
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2009-05-04
Different symbols, like the all-seeing eye or the rose, will trigger different things in your psyche or unconscious. All this stuff is influential on some level and has an impact on the person surveying it, whether on a quantum level or a more overt level. I'm really interested in that sort of thing.
2009-05-04
Basically, for this guitar, I gave the artist Mark Ryden a list of topics, and I said, "Translate these ideas into your vision and paint it onto the guitar." There's a bee, which is symbolic of knowledge; the raven, symbolizing secret knowledge; and then the all-seeing eye, symbolic of universal knowledge. Caduceus symbolizes the tree of life, but if you notice it also resembles a DNA strand. Then there's the hand from heaven, the Rosicrucian rose and my astrological sign, Scorpio, as well as assorted skulls and a yin-yang. It's full of numerology, astrology, occult and religious symbolism.
Kirk Hammett April 2009 interview with Guitar World magazine admits occult ties.
Started 2009-05-04Ended 2009-05-04
In April 2009 issue of Guitar World magazine Kirk talks about his new guitar with occult art work by Mark Ryden on it. He states how the occult images on the guitar gives him power over his audience, and how he thinks “musicians are magicians” before stopping – realizing that he is giving away to much information about his belief system and the satanic symbols on his guitar.
Images on the guitar:
Female Demon with Kabbalah symbols and stars on it
Bee
Raven
All Seeing Eye (Egyptian/Satan)
Caduceus With 2nd all seeing eye on top
Yin-Yang (Tao)
Rosicrucian rose (Freemason)
Skull
Scorpio
Sun God
Crescent Moon
Dragon (Satan)
“Hand From Heaven” as he calls it instead of the hand of God
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