![]() ![]() Hammett, meanwhile, drew from his collection of guitars painted like ancient horror movie posters: a Bela Lugosi Dracula guitar for “Unforgiven,” a Boris Karloff Mummy guitar for “Enter Sandman,” and Lugosi’s White Zombie on “For Whom the Bell Tolls.” “Come on, let’s sing it loud!” Hetfield roared. For “Sad But True,” Hetfield grunted his lyrics while Trujillo unfurled a long bass solo, his braids bouncing to every head-bang. There was the gloom of “King Nothing” (from 1996’s Load album) and the speedier “Disposable Heroes,” with hornets-nest guitars that accelerated to nosebleed pace alongside Ulrich’s thrashing beat. During “Master of Puppets,” fans shouted along during the churning speed metal riff as Hetfield performed from the far left side of the massive festival stage, closing with an ominous laugh. This album is truly a thrash classic and you’re missing out if you don’t have it.They touched on Death Magnetic with the slashing epic “Cyanide,” but the rest of the night stretched further back across the years. And for all you idiots who write Metallica off for selling out, grow up and listen to one of the founders of the genre you say you love so much. This album is killer thrash and is essential to own if you like thrash metal. Cliff really shines on this song as well as “For Whom the Bell Tolls”. The beginning is very creepy and the song is easily as good as or maybe even better than “Orion”. “The Call of Ktulu” is the longest song on here and is an amazing instrumental. The riff in “Creeping Death” is great example of how their writing has improved. Kirk seemed to write his solos more carefully instead of shredding thrash solos on the debut. Song writing has stepped up tremendously on this album. Now it’s not “Fight Fire with Fire” speed but it is still pretty fast. ![]() The other speedy song on here is “Creeping Death”. “Trapped Under Ice” is another full speed thrasher from beginning to end that has some awesome gang vocals. “Ride the Lightning” is a pretty mid-paced song that turns into pure thrash during the solo. “Fight Fire with Fire” is arguably their fastest song. It’s not as fast as their debut but it still gets the job done. They are not as high as “Kill Em’ All” but still maintain that angry James Hetfield that I love.Īs far as speed goes, this album still delivers. I don’t see how anyone could not like his early vocals. The bass is audible but could be a bit louder. The drums sound pretty amazing except for the fact that the bass drum doesn’t exist except for when he hits a crash but it’s not a big deal. The production on RTL is still very raw but it is a step up. ![]() Starting with the production, it’s probably a little better than the debut. While their debut is still my favorite, their second album is still godly among the beginnings of thrash metal. While the alcoholism was still there, “Ride the Lightning” shows more maturity in their writing styles. “Kill Em’ All” was pretty much straight alcoholic thrash metal. “Ride the Lightning” displays excellent song writing but doesn’t leave out the thrash Metallica was so good at making. Unfamiliar at the time when I was around 12 years old, I decided I would take a listen and I am forever changed because of it. And found out that, WOAH, Metallica was one of the founders of a genre called thrash metal. The Black Album was it for me until I decided to do some digging. Metallica will always have a special place in my heart as the band that got me into metal. 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. It's also Hetfield's first attempt at singing in tune. "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. "Ride The Lightning" is a slow (by Metallica's standards) dirge about the futility of war. 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. The riffs and arrangements are more intricate, the lyrics are more intelligent and biting and James Hetfield's growl is meaner. 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. Recorded at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark in Spring 1984. Metallica: James Hetfield (vocals, guitar) Kirk Hammett (guitar) Cliff Burton (bass) Lars Ulrich (drums).
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