Metallica Ride The Lightning
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Wildcardbitchesss
March 4th 2025


19825 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Iconic intro riff

budgie
March 4th 2025


42369 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

ill join the party and say phantom lord & call of ktulu

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
March 4th 2025


17282 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

fade to black prob

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
March 4th 2025


116772 Comments

Album Rating: 4.9

The year is 1984. I first discover Ride The Lightning in November of the year. It was snowing outside and it was very cold men. I put record on,, It start with medival style music, and then when in calm place? Thunder guitar take control! This is great start for this record men. Lars Ulrich is the drums for this record and at end of song, he is the lightning with bass pedal and snare madness! After this song the name of record is a song and plays well. For Whom The Bell Tolls is up and it deliver best of Metallica riff by Cliff Burton. He play guitar men? hhehehe this is bass! I can believe this. Then best Metallica song is playing,, soft music and guitars. Fade To Black is hitting me hard and it build up with epic solo and chill feeling of depressed. Trapped Under Ice brings energy back to the life here with great open riff by James Hetfield. Escape is starting up and Kirk Hammett is playing on the leads here men. This is song of good structure and deliver a good fade out ending. Here we go men! This moment we wait for! Creeping Death! This song is Metallica well known effort and it is personal favorite of my listens today. This song is about the times of Bible in Christian lore men. I believe this happen and is scary song. The end is no vocals and has great style for close the album up. The Call Of Ktulu is epic! Dave Mustaine has wrote this song when he was playing with the Metallica men,, if you did know. The last riff of song end this record and it is best way to ever end. I have never listen to better ending for any recording and I listen to many metal! This is all I say about Ride The Lightning. Thank for reading and apology for english is not good.

Zac124
March 4th 2025


4072 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Orion is my favourite atm. For Whom the Bell Tolls is a very close second though.

TheSonomaDude
March 4th 2025


10105 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

the t/t main riff is so badass. DEN dundun DYENNN dundundun

Wildcardbitchesss
March 4th 2025


19825 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Top 10 off the dome



1. Fade to Black

2. The Frayed Ends of Sanity

3. Master of Puppets

4. The Shortest Straw

5. Dyers Eve

6. Creeping Death

7. One

8. Ride the Lightning

9. Sanitarium

10. Orion

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
March 4th 2025


116772 Comments

Album Rating: 4.9

For Whom the Bell Tolls will always be my fav.

Wildcardbitchesss
March 4th 2025


19825 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Def would crack my top 20

Egarran
March 4th 2025


36866 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I was going to say that any top 10 would be acceptable but that is a good top 10.

TheSonomaDude
March 4th 2025


10105 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Frayed at 2 is based. It’s prob in my top 10. Years ago i ranked every single Metallica song from fave to least, i gotta find it again lol

TheSonomaDude
March 4th 2025


10105 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Ok so according to that list, my top 10 is:



1. Ride the Lightning

2. Blackened

3. Outlaw Torn

4. Disposable Heroes

5. The Four Horsemen

6. Fade to Black

7. Bleeding Me

8. Frayed Ends of Sanity

9. For Whom the Bell Tolls

10. Fixxxer

Zac124
March 4th 2025


4072 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

1. Orion

2. For Whom the Bell Tolls

3. Dyers Eve

4. Creeping Death

5. One

6. Damage, Inc.

7. Leper Messiah

8. Battery

9. Trapped Under Ice

10. Master of Puppets



Damn, this was a hard top 10 list to make. There are still like 5 songs that I feel like should also be on it lol.

Muzz79
March 4th 2025


3963 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Some good picks here. For me its Orion, Ride the Lightning, Blackened top 3

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
March 4th 2025


17282 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

no order



fade to black



battery



one



sanitarium



seek and destroy



ride the lightning



blackened



sad but true



until it sleeps



all nightmare long



some very painful cuts, wanted to spread it out a little. hm to unforgiven 2.



TheSonomaDude
March 5th 2025


10105 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

until it sleep represent

ShadowRemains
March 6th 2025


28701 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

1. Creeping Death

2. Blackened

3. Fade to Black

4. Sanitarium

5. Master of Puppets

6. Dyers Eve

7. Ride the Lightning

8. Battery

9. One

10. Fight Fire With Fire

PunkerBlast
March 6th 2025


1296 Comments


LEPER Mesiah! Of course I am going to be a dork for non singles. And well carry on.

DePlazz
March 6th 2025


4984 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

fight fire with fire

master of puppets

blackened

frayed ends of sanity

shortest straw

the four horsemen

phantom lord

fade to black

one

the god that failed



Kusangii
March 6th 2025


8512 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

metal



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