Ride The Lightning is a Metal album by Metallica, originally released in 1984. On Gatefold: 589 pressings tracked, owned by 114 collectors.
Sound DNA
- Metal
- Thrash Metal
- distorted
- aggressive
- primal
About
Containing all of the thrashing speed and rage of Metallica’s debut, <i>Ride the Lightning</i> pours these traits into intricately structured epics grounded in sociopolitical commentary. It opens with the classic melody of “Fight Fire With Fire,” a terrifying look at nuclear armageddon, while “For Whom the Bell Tolls” is a fiercely chugging examination of war with ominous harmonics. But the album’s boldest moment is “Fade to Black,” a bleak ballad from the perspective of a young man contemplating suicide.
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Tracklist
- 1Fight Fire with Fire4:44
- 2Ride the Lightning6:36
- 3For Whom the Bell Tolls5:09
- 4Fade to Black6:57
- 5Trapped Under Ice4:04
- 6Escape4:23
- 7Creeping Death6:35
- 8The Call of Ktulu8:53
Credits
Performers
- Cliff BurtonBASS BASS GUITAR
- Lars UlrichDRUMS
- Kirk HammettLEAD GUITAR GUITAR
- James HetfieldRHYTHM GUITAR VOCALS GUITAR
- Ennio MorriconeCONDUCTOR
114 collectors on Gatefold own this · 589 pressings tracked on Gatefold