Metallica / Ride the Lightning (1LP/Remastered)

Ride the Lightning is the sound of four kids who realised speed alone wasn�t enough�so they decided to write about death, war, religion, and nuclear annihilation while still making you bang your head until you black out. Recorded in Copenhagen�s Sweet Silence Studios with Danish producer Flemming Rasmussen, this is Metallica growing up in public at 200 mph. The riffs are sharper, the songs longer, the lyrics suddenly literate and terrifying. James Hetfield�s voice has dropped an octave and gained real menace; Cliff Burton�s bass is now a lead instrument; Kirk Hammett�s solos are melodic lightning bolts; Lars Ulrich finally learned to keep time.