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Muzak · 08-31-2006, 08:49 PM

1. Fight Fire With Fire 04:44
2. Ride The Lightning 06:36
3. For Whom The Bell Tolls 05:06
4. Fade To Black 06:53
5. Trapped Under Ice 04:02
6. Escape 04:22
7. Creeping Death 06:36
8. The Call Of Ktulu 08:55

After their killer face melter thrash album, Kill 'em All, Metallica gain some renounce and had began to prosper as a band. Thus they made their second album of their long career, Ride the Lightning. This was an instant classic as they started to phase away from the normal thrash album and started to tie in some new influences and created a masterpiece of heavy metal and thrash in great ways.

The album started off with Fight Fire with Fire, it has a (about) 40 second intro of a classical sounding riffs with the acoustic guitar, then it just kicks it into gear for a fly forward thrash song that isn't to be reckoned with. It delivers a headbanger's dream of heavy distortion and destructive solos. Then it zooms onward with Ride the Lightning where it goes into more technical, but nevertheless slaps with a overkill of thrashing. Impregnated with some lightning imbued solos, its an amazing song. Then it flows onto For Whom the Bell Tolls, a classic songs on its own and definitely is worthy. It lowers the tempo greatly but still keeps that awesome intensity with well crafted rifting and technical bits. No solos but the powerful vocaling and genius way to use their instruments easily makes up for that. A deep song that stabs deep, it is the perfect way to set up the next song, Fade to Black. A sad low adrenalin song but is still just as strong, with a great emotional lyrics and melodies and the combination of acoustic and electric guitar amplifies the mood into and intensity that has made this song a hit with the fans.
It speeds up to Trapped Under Ice, Escape, and Creeping Death; three awesome thrash songs that build a backbone of the album that will please anyone, especially fans of Kill 'Em All. Fast rifting and bad ass rhythms make these song you never want to skip. The album is concluded with the song The Call Of Ktulu, an instrumental piece that is spectacular. It has you leaving the album with you flowing with pure emotion. No verse nor choruses, plain emotion and it keeps with your own mentality.

A wonderful album, crafted perfectly to be named a classic for any metalhead. A perfect combination of heavy thrashing, and classical influences make this an album you shouldn't even hesitate to pick up.

08-31-2006, 08:49 PM	#6 (permalink)
Muzak Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,050	1. Fight Fire With Fire 04:44 2. Ride The Lightning 06:36 3. For Whom The Bell Tolls 05:06 4. Fade To Black 06:53 5. Trapped Under Ice 04:02 6. Escape 04:22 7. Creeping Death 06:36 8. The Call Of Ktulu 08:55 After their killer face melter thrash album, Kill 'em All, Metallica gain some renounce and had began to prosper as a band. Thus they made their second album of their long career, Ride the Lightning. This was an instant classic as they started to phase away from the normal thrash album and started to tie in some new influences and created a masterpiece of heavy metal and thrash in great ways. The album started off with Fight Fire with Fire, it has a (about) 40 second intro of a classical sounding riffs with the acoustic guitar, then it just kicks it into gear for a fly forward thrash song that isn't to be reckoned with. It delivers a headbanger's dream of heavy distortion and destructive solos. Then it zooms onward with Ride the Lightning where it goes into more technical, but nevertheless slaps with a overkill of thrashing. Impregnated with some lightning imbued solos, its an amazing song. Then it flows onto For Whom the Bell Tolls, a classic songs on its own and definitely is worthy. It lowers the tempo greatly but still keeps that awesome intensity with well crafted rifting and technical bits. No solos but the powerful vocaling and genius way to use their instruments easily makes up for that. A deep song that stabs deep, it is the perfect way to set up the next song, Fade to Black. A sad low adrenalin song but is still just as strong, with a great emotional lyrics and melodies and the combination of acoustic and electric guitar amplifies the mood into and intensity that has made this song a hit with the fans. It speeds up to Trapped Under Ice, Escape, and Creeping Death; three awesome thrash songs that build a backbone of the album that will please anyone, especially fans of Kill 'Em All. Fast rifting and bad ass rhythms make these song you never want to skip. The album is concluded with the song The Call Of Ktulu, an instrumental piece that is spectacular. It has you leaving the album with you flowing with pure emotion. No verse nor choruses, plain emotion and it keeps with your own mentality. A wonderful album, crafted perfectly to be named a classic for any metalhead. A perfect combination of heavy thrashing, and classical influences make this an album you shouldn't even hesitate to pick up.