METALLICA - "RIDE THE LIGHTNING" LP

LULUS:

Headbangers unite. The sticker says something about "HIGHEST SELLING THRASH METAL ALBUM OF ALL TIME" and yeah, cool. But let us instead focus on how just how much damn ass it kicks. I would never recommend bad behaviour, but this record would, and I would recommend this record. Every single track is iconic beyond words - and played with downstrokes. Deal with that for a second. Anyone who says Lars Ulrich is a bad drummer can fight me, the man throws so much titanic swagger into these already enormous compositions and really gives them their soul. Lord knows he sucks now, but at some point in time he was clearly a total champ and devotee of world-shaking metal and heaviness. It's easy a quarter-way through the 21st century to take for granted the songs on Ride The Lightning, but the creativity and sheer ferocity is just out of this world. My suggestion is as follows; grow your hair, listen to this record, open two cans of beer, smash them together and pour them down yourself. When the time comes to flip to Side B, do it again.