# Get in the Halloween spirit by having Kirk Hammett read you Edgar Allen Poe, soundtracked by a Metallica song

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/get-in-the-halloween-spirit-by-having-kirk-hammett-read-you-edgar-allen-poe-soundtracked-by-a-metallica-song/
- Published: 2026-10-27T16:27:44+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T05:06:54+00:00
- Original publisher: Louder
- Original article: https://www.loudersound.com/news/metallica-kirk-hammett-reads-edgar-allen-poe-the-raven-2026
- Topics: Entertainment, Horror, Music

## Key points

- Kirk Hammett reads Poe’s *The Raven* with Metallica’s “Inamorata”.
- The performance pairs the 1845 poem with a 2023 Metallica song.
- Hammett has a long-standing interest in horror films and culture.

## Summary

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has marked Halloween by reading Edgar Allan Poe’s 1845 poem *The Raven*, accompanied by the band’s song “Inamorata”. The performance brings together his interest in horror with a Gothic literary classic and a track from Metallica’s 2023 album *72 Seasons*.

Hammett, 63, has long celebrated horror through guitars decorated with film characters and a Ouija board design, and through his Fear FestEvil convention, held from 2014 to 2015. He has spoken about being frightened by *The Texas Chain Saw Massacre* and *The Exorcist* as a child. A Metallica member since 1983, he is performing with the band at a Las Vegas Sphere residency scheduled to include a Halloween-night show.

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