Ride the Lightning [Vinyl]
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Don't let that classical-guitar-ish opening to "Fight Fire with Fire" fool you--Ride the Lightning packs a heavy-metal wallop. While not as ambitious as the subsequent Master of Puppets, this early Metallica album is indubitably one of their best. Thematically, it explores death and dying from myriad points of view: nuclear war ("Fight Fire with Fire"), electric-chair execution (the title track), and drowning ("Trapped Under Ice"). Interestingly, the best track on this album is probably "Fade to Black," a slower, more introspective song about suicid
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Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
Release date: 15 April 2008
EAN: 0093624988274 UPC: 093624988274
Release date: 15 April 2008
EAN: 0093624988274 UPC: 093624988274
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