Metallica: Ride The Lightning - CD

“Ride the Lightning“ is the second studio album of the thrash metal band Metallica. It is often celebrated by fans as a classic of the thrash metal genre, and is a connecting bridge between the albums “Kill ' Em All“ and “Master of Puppets“, shifting thrash metal from its debut to a progressive and more developed area on the album Master of Puppets and. And Justice for All.

“Ride the Lightning“ features the insane speed of Kill ' Em All in the song as “Trapped Under Ice“, but also includes longer, more symphonically tuned songs like the final 9-minute instrumental “The Call of Ktulu“.
The album is also referred to as the first of Metallica' s “unofficial trilogy“ albums, which shows a certain similarity in concept. The “trilogy“ is considered to be mainly instrumental compositions that make metal more serious and are also Metallica' s most respected works.

Ride the Lightning placed 3rd in the list compiled on metal-rules.com and in the Top 100 Metal Albums of All Time rankings.

Metallica was founded in 1981 by drummer Lars Ulrich together with guitarist / singer James Hetfield, and in more than thirty years of existence it has become one of the most influential and commercially successful bands. She has sold over 110 million albums, played in front of millions of fans, and was the first to perform on all seven continents in less than a year, entering the Guinness Book of Records . This happened in 2013, when the first and so far last band played in Antarctica. Metallica has received several Grammy and MTV Video Music Awards, has become the third best-selling performer since the beginning of sales monitoring, has been inducted into the Rock' n' roll Hall of Fame and, along with Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax , The big four trashmetal.

Playlist

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Fight Fire With Fire / Ride The Lightning / For Whom The Bell Tolls / Fade To Black / Trapped Under Ice / Escape / Creeping Death / The Call Of Ktulu