Metallica - Ride The Lightning review
| Band: | Metallica |
| Album: | Ride The Lightning |
| Style: | Bay Area thrash metal |
| Release date: | July 27, 1984 |
| Guest review by: | Iced Iñigo |
01. Fight Fire With Fire
02. Ride The Lightning
03. For Whom The Bell Tolls
04. Fade To Black
05. Trapped Under Ice
06. Escape
07. Creeping Death
08. The Call Of Ktulu
With this album Metallica confirm their total control on Thrash Metal and their consolidation like an international band. In this album the band members were fully adapted to each other and make a more mature and considerably better musical album. The lyrics of this album are also better than in the last one, they do not speak now about headbanging, blood, and those things, in "Ride The Lightning" they speak about personal problems like in 'Fade To Black' [inspired by the theft of band's equipment]. Other tracks are inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and the movie 'The Ten Commandments' like 'Creeping Death'.
The CD consists of only 8 tracks, but I can say without a doubt that 6 of them are cult songs for Metal history [all tracks except 'Escape' and 'Trapped Under Ice', which anyway are incredible songs]. Above all the best track of the album and one of the best songs ever is, 'For Whom The Bell Tolls'. What can I say about it, nowadays? Nothing, just listen to it, and let the bells toll for you.
The first ballad released by Metallica appeared in this album, the song is call 'Fade To Black', also Metallica continued their tradition started in their first album of playing an instrumental song, in this case 'The Call of Ktulu'.
On balance: the CD is just incredible and nearly perfect, Metallica shows with this album that it is here to stay, an album that all headbangers should have, on the other hand, this is a good album to start listening to Metallica.
Written by Iced Iñigo | 22.09.2003
Guest review disclaimer:
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
Rating:
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Rating: 10 |
1984. Talk about a band and an album being so far ahead of their time that they would be hallmarks in the history of metal... Ride the Lightning was nothing less than a nuclear bomb dropped in American metal laps. We'd heard Judas Priest and Sabbath, but nothing could have prepared anyone for what was coming full force out of San Francisco in '84. Since Kill 'em All had limited success in the underground, most people still hadn't heard of the Bay area thrashers who were busy forging a new metal scene stateside. With the launch of Ride the Lightning and heavy touring, Metallica were set to take stage as one of the more brutal premier metal acts. Read more ›› |
Rating:
9.2
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Rating: 9.2 |
Metallica's second effort, called Ride The Lightning, was released in 1984. The American band verged it in an international scale, projecting that the real brutality is not merely limited through fast tempos, and other musical procedures can be tested. Ride The Lightning widely presents musical and lyrical progress, with more mature songs than Kill 'Em All. Metallica consciously developed more political and social lyrics; the songs are not about metal music itself, demonic contents or violence anymore. Solos are better-shaped and riffs are impeccable, and most importantly bass lines won't leave any space for critics. Read more ›› |
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| dark awakening Posts: 574  |
I perfectly agree with you! Great review! 
---- Baptized in a lake of acid tears...
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| Taktsekte Your Ad Here! Posts: 2808  |
I corpsevomitnecrofistfucking agree with each and every friggin' word of the review. Mankind has never known, and will never know a better Thrash Metal album than [... falls to his knees, bows  and takes a big breath] almighty RIDE THE LIGHTNING.The best Metal instrumental, The Call of Ktulu, is there. The best Metallica ballad, Fade to Black, is there. The best, most headbangable, most complex Metallica epic, Ride the Lightning, is there. The best song EVER, For Whom the Bell Tolls, is there. If you have not yet listened to the eighth Wonder of the World, aka RIDE THE LIGHTNING, what are you waiting for? Go for it before I shoot you.
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| Dangerboner Lactation Cnslt Posts: 7262  |
This is a great album, but I don't think it's the best thrash album ever.
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| Fane Posts: 292  |
All right! One of best albums what have come from Metallica! This album rocks! (have fighted with sister from this album sometimes  ) And review was incrediable!
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| Xtreme Jax Psycroptipath Posts: 2322  |
This is a great album, one of the best from Metalica. Im in love with 'Fade To Black' and all the other songs are just killer thrash. Id give it a big 9
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| Bulus Posts: 955  |
Written by Taktsekte on 28.07.2006 at 02:40 totally agree with you,  
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| BloodTears ANA-thema Elite Posts: 11835  |
My favourite Metallica album since the first day I listen to it. I think you've said it all.
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| Thrash666 Posts: 217  |
The best album of 1984 and one of the best thrash albums ever!!!!!!!!
---- LONG LIVE THASH!!!!!!!!! R.I.P. "Dimebag" Darrell Abott Drink a "blacktooth" for Dimebag
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this is one of the few albums (that can be count with one arm fingers) that I can listen 24/7. this is just... amazing 
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| matthioso Posts: 354  |
The best album of Metallica and therefore the best album of all times  METALLICA KICKS ASS!!!!!
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| BurbotsRevenge Foetal Butchery Posts: 1603  |
One of the big 4 (kill em all, lightning album, MOP, and the Justice album), one of the best! great album filled with scorching riffs, and mad solos. great album!! 10 out of 10
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| Talvi Posts: 825  |
Trash metal indeed xD
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The strongest Metallica album, 1. Ride-2.Kill-3.Master-4.Justice. Shit, this is great... I also think Fight Fire With Fire is soooo underrated =( anyway all the songs are great: 1. For Whom - 2. Fade(a great ballad) - 3. Fight - 4. Ride - 5. Creeping - 6. Call. Trapped and Escape are, for me, quite similar songs, I do not like them so so much... but they still good 
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| Bitch Boy Posts: 1353  |
I totally agree with your review. The entire album is a masterpiece, even "Trapped Under Ice" and "Escape", we can't consider them to be fillers, and very few albums have no fillers. It may be not Metallica's best but is a really asskicking piece of work.
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| Tod_Engel Posts: 159  |
How come Master of Puppets is considered better than this? I think this album is their best. So many good songs like: For Whom the Bell Tolls, Fight Fire With Fire, Creeping Death, The Call of Ktulu, Fade To Black and their absolutely best song Ride The lightning. It deserves a 10.
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| Warman Erotic Stains Posts: 7695  |
Again a very important release and yes, everybody should own this! 
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| Oskmrgo83 Oskmrgo83 Posts: 226  |
I just know that Fade To Black is my fauvorite Metallica ballad. That song makes me feel 130% adrenalized. I was so disappointed when they didn't play that song in Bogota on 1999. Great album, awesome songs, excellent band.
---- Now it's time to... rock!!!!!
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| +{Jonas}+ I R Serious Cat Posts: 4955  |
Written by Taktsekte on 28.07.2006 at 02:40 Amen.
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