Ride the lightning - Metallica albums at SanitariuM

Band Members:

Cliff Burton - Bass
James Hetfield - Rhythm Guitar/Vocals
Kirk Hammett - Lead Guitar
Lars Ulrich - Drums

Album Credits:

Produced by Metallica
Assisted by Flemming Rasmussen and Mark Whitaker
Engineered by Flemming Rasmussen
Mastered at Masterdisk by Bob Ludwig
Cover Concept: Metallica
Cover Design: Ad Artists
Management: Q Prime

Album Curiosities:

- Ride The Lightning was Metallica's second studio album.
- Released by Elektra on November 16, 1984.
- Recorded at Sweet Silence Studio in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Peaked at #100 in Spring 1985 on Billboard.
- Creeping Death released as single November 23, 1984.
- Call of Ktulu originally known as "When Hell Freezes Over."
- Call of Ktulu inspired by HP Lovecraft stories.
- Fade To Black written as a response to theft of band equipment.
- Creeping Death inspired by the last half of "The Ten Commandments" movie.

Track Listing:

1 - Fight Fire With Fire  4:44
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Burton)
(lyrics) (tabs: bass drums guitar)

2 - Ride the Lightning  6:36
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Burton/Mustaine)
(lyrics) (tabs: bass guitar)

3 - For Whom the Bell Tolls 5:10
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Burton)
(lyrics) (tabs: bass drums guitar)

4 - Fade to Black  6:56
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Burton/Hammett)
(lyrics) (tabs: bass guitar)

5 - Trapped Under Ice  4:30
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
(lyrics) (tabs: bass drums guitar)

6 - Escape  4:23
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
(lyrics) (tabs: bass drums guitar)

7 - Creeping Death  6:36
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Burton/Hammett)
(lyrics) (tabs: bass drums guitar)

8 - The Call of Ktulu  8:52
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Burton/Mustaine)
(instrumental) (tabs: bass guitar)