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I Disappear
2000 4:26
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Metallica Heavy Metal 2000 E minor
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About I DISAPPEAR

Few Metallica tracks demand as much right-hand aggression as "I Disappear." The song lives on a hard-driving E minor riff that alternates between tight palm-muted chugging on the low strings and explosive open chord hits, so getting that contrast crisp and consistent is the real challenge here. Kirk Hammett's lead work pushes into blues-inflected bends and fast alternate-picked runs that will expose any weakness in your pick control. Because some of the transitions between the chunky rhythm sections and the lead breaks happen quickly, use the Practice Toolbar to loop those spots slowed down until the switches feel automatic. Metallica recorded this for the Mission: Impossible 2 soundtrack in 2000, so the production is dense and the guitar tone sits deep in a wall of sound. Matching that tightness means keeping your muting disciplined throughout, especially on the faster picked passages in E minor where any ringing string will muddy the riff.

  • The song is built around aggressive palm-muted low-string riffing in E minor, so clean muting technique is essential before attempting it at full speed.
  • Kirk Hammett's lead sections include fast alternate-picked runs and bent notes, making pick-hand consistency the key technique to isolate in practice.
  • Using the Practice Toolbar to slow down the transitions between the heavy rhythm riff and the lead breaks will help you lock in the timing before building speed.

How to Play I DISAPPEAR

The song moves through: • KIRK Intro, • KIRK Verse 1, • KIRK Verse 2, • KIRK Chorus 1, • KIRK Verse 3, • KIRK Chorus 2, • KIRK Guitar Solo, • KIRK Interlude, • KIRK Chorus 3, • JAMES Intro, • JAMES Verse 1, • JAMES Verse 2, and more.

Key: E minor · Tempo: 123 BPM

The arrangement runs through 12 distinct sections, and the solo is the steepest jump, so isolate it on its own.

Use the section loop to isolate a passage, drop the speed below 100%, and set the metronome to 123 BPM to build it up to tempo.

Gibson Les Paul Standard
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Gibson Les Paul Standard

Kirk Hammett's vintage 1959 'Greeny' Les Paul Standard delivers warmer, more dynamic PAF-style tones that contrast his EMG-equipped ESP guitars, adding organic sustain to his lead work. This guitar's traditional construction gives his solos a thicker, less compressed character than his signature models.

Gibson Les Paul Custom
Guitar

Gibson Les Paul Custom

While not Hammett's primary choice, the Les Paul Custom shares the Les Paul's warm PAF pickup character and thick body resonance, offering heavier players an alternative to Strat-style designs for achieving Metallica's crushing rhythm tones.

Gibson Explorer
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Gibson Explorer

James Hetfield's early Gibson Explorer established his signature angular shape and thick body tone, delivering the aggressive midrange attack essential to Metallica's crushing rhythm style before his ESP signature models became his primary tool.

Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier
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Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier

Kirk Hammett's Dual Rectifier heads provide the high-gain, midrange-forward aggression that lets his solos cut through Hetfield's scooped rhythm tone, creating definition and clarity in Metallica's dense wall of distortion.

EMG 81
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EMG 81

Hetfield's bridge EMG 81 delivers the hot, compressed output with tight low-end that defines Metallica's palm-muted riffs, the ceramic magnet and active preamp cutting through heavy arrangements with focused, aggressive attack.

EMG 60
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EMG 60

Both guitarists use the neck EMG 60 for warmer, more articulate rhythm tones and smoother lead voicings, balancing the 81's aggression with clearer note definition across Metallica's dense arrangements.

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