whats the best way to get a sound like metallicas, i love the sound in kirks solos

i saw greenday, foo fighters, metallica , bryan adams, RATM, Tenacious D, the killers and im going to see metallica again im march

hi guys, just found this site and looks like it could be very usefull, being playing for about a year but only started takin it serious the last few months, love bands like metallica, airbourne, ac/dc, G&R etc