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Ride the Lightning

Metallica · 1984 · Thrash Metal

The blueprint album before the masterpiece.

MUSIKORE Score9.3 / 10
songwriting
9.4
riffs
9.5
vocals
8.9
production
8.8
drums
9.1
influence
9.4
legacy
9.4
Release
1984-07-27
Label
Megaforce
Producer
Flemming Rasmussen

Review

Ride the Lightning is where Metallica learned restraint. Fade to Black opened a door the band never closed, and The Call of Ktulu proved thrash could be composed rather than merely played.

Track list

  1. 01Fight Fire with Fire
  2. 02Ride the Lightning
  3. 03For Whom the Bell Tolls
  4. 04Fade to Black
  5. 05Trapped Under Ice
  6. 06Escape
  7. 07Creeping Death
  8. 08The Call of Ktulu

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