Metallica

Ride The Lightning

1984 · Thrash · Elektra

US · 9 60396-1

Tracklist

Credits

Producer
Metallica, Flemming Rasmussen, Mark Whitaker
Written by
Cliff Burton, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Dave Mustaine, Kirk Hammett
ThrashSpeed MetalHeavy MetalMegaforce Records, Inc.594 pressings →

Where it leads

Bay Area Thrash Metal

Riffs cut like machine tools, tempos past 200bpm, and a garage circuit that rewrote American metal.

Where to find it

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