![]() ![]() It's very heavy and melodic, with intricate shredding. This is One of my favorite Metallica songs, although it's certainly not among their most popular songs.Ĭreeping Death is about a rebellion of the ancient Hebrews against a Pharoah. It starts off with a catchy melody and then thrashes with a lyrical theme that all of us metalheads can relate to. ![]() Some of Kirk Hammetts guitar Riffs on this song outshine those by Eddie Riffs or The late Fade to Black Rhoads(Ex- Ozzy Osbourne).Įscape is about standing up for your rights. The speed of this song is comparable to the songs on Kill'Em All, but it's better than any song on that album. It's marked with ferocious thrashing and some of the sharpest shredding known to metal. Trapped Under Ice is about someOne who is freezing to death. Then it ends with some melodic guitar rhythms. It starts off light, but has some very crunchy bass hooks. I've included a video of this song, that shows the late and great Cliff Burton playing his bass, so check it out.įade to Black is a metal ballad, with a dark theme of suicide. Kirk Hammett provides some catchy guitar hooks in this song. Then it transcends into some heavy thrashing and grinding. There is an interlude of Cliff's heavy bass playing and Kirk's fine guitar Riffs.įor Whom the Bell Tolls is about soldiers who risk their Lives in battle. Ride the Lightning is about someOne who is facing an execution in an electric chair. Then suddenly the song explodes into One of the most intense thrash metal songs ever known. Now days, they administer a lethal injection.įight Fire With Fire starts off with an innocent sounding acoustic lead, this was supposed to portray the calm and peaceful day in Hiroshima, before that city was nuked. The electric chair was an older way of executing murderers. The album art depicts an electric chair with bolts of lightning hitting it. Although Dave Mustaine( Megadeth) has been credited with some of the song writing on 2 of these songs( Ride the Lightning and The Call Of Ktulu). With this album, they had 4 equally contributing members to help with the song writing. So they had Kirk Hammett and Cliff Burton help them to diversify their song writing. They knew that they had to switch up their musical patterns, so that their music wouldn't sound boring or repetitive. This album kicks ass and has sold over 5 million copies in the USA alOne. Could Metallica match their blockbuster debut album? They damn sure did and arguably topped it. ![]()
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