i highly recommend this album.
ride the lightning*
for whom the bell tolls*
fade to black*
trapped under ice
escape
creeping death*
the call of ktulu*
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| dont let the classical guitar-ish style intro to 'fight fire with fire' fool you, ride the lightning packs a heavy metal whollop. While not as ambitious and the subsequent master of puppets, this album is undoubtedly one of their best. Thematically, it explores death and dying from myriad points of view: nuclear war (fight fire with fire), electric chair exocution (title track) and drowning (trapped under ice). Interestingly, the best track on the album is probably 'fade to black', a slower, more introspective song about suicide. There is also 'creeping death', about the exodus of the slaves from egypt, which remains a fan favourite at concerts. An excellent mix of rapid fire guitar riffs, rip-roaring solos, and james hetfields trademark growl, this is thrash metal at its finest. i highly recommend this album. |
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| Track List | ||||||||||
| 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* |
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| *songs of the album | ||||||||||