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Ride The Lightning

Metallica
 
 

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Years Released 1987-2000
Label Elektra Entertainment
Categories Heavy Metal  >  Speed/Thrash Metal
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Metallica: James Hetfield (vocals, guitar); Kirk Hammett (guitar); Cliff Burton (bass); Lars Ulrich (drums).
Recorded at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark in Spring 1984.
Metallica turned the metal world on its ear with their debut album, KILL 'EM ALL and then blew its mind with the follow-up, RIDE THE LIGHTNING. The riffs and arrangements are more intricate, the lyrics are more intelligent and biting and James Hetfield's growl is meaner. The set starts out with two tunes that would have been right at home on KILL 'EM ALL, but the next two are slower and more involved. "Ride The Lightning" is a slow (by Metallica's standards) dirge about the futility of war. "Fade To Black" is a ballad (!) that builds to an instrumental coda featuring the guitar melodies that the band would later base their sound around. It's also Hetfield's first attempt at singing in tune. The most ambitious song is a dense instrumental, "The Call Of Ktulu," that starts with a single arpeggiated guitar and slowly adds layer upon layer, building in intensity until it all comes crashing down nine minutes later.


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song title
1Fight Fire With Fire listen listen
2Ride The Lightning listen listen
3For Whom The Bell Tolls listen listen
4Fade To Black listen listen
5Trapped Under Ice listen listen
6Escape listen listen
7Creeping Death listen listen
8Call Of Ktulu, The listen listen


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Manufacturer's List Price:  $18.98
Producer:  Metallica; Mark Whittaker
Format:  CD
Popularity Rank:  2,007
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