Metallica - Ride the Lightning (180g Remaster) Vinyl LP
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Metallica - Ride the Lightning (180g Remaster) Vinyl LP
Heavyweight remaster of Metallica's 1984 thrash metal album
Price $34.00
Format 2xLP 180 gram
Label Blackened Recordings
UPC 858978005059
Color Black
Year 2016 (originally 1984)
Condition
Album Facts
Heavyweight remaster of Metallica's 1984 thrash metal album
Price $34.00
Format 2xLP 180 gram
Label Blackened Recordings
UPC 858978005059
Color Black
Year 2016 (originally 1984)
Condition
Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Digitally remastered edition of the second studio album by Metallica, originally released in 1984. The album was recorded in three weeks with producer Flemming Rasmussen at the Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark. The artwork, based on a concept by the band, depicts an electric chair in the midst of a thunderstorm. The title was taken from a passage in Stephen King's novel The Stand. Although rooted in the thrash metal genre, the album showcased the band's musical maturity and lyrical sophistication. This was partly because bassist Cliff Burton introduced the basics of music theory to the rest of the band and had more input in the songwriting. Instead of relying strictly on fast tempos as on Kill 'Em All, Metallica broadened its approach by employing acoustic guitars, extended instrumentals, and more complex harmonies.
