VINYL FORMAT. Limited to 1,000 copies world-wide. Kill 'Em All may have revitalized heavy metal's underground, but Ride the Lightning was even more stunning, exhibiting staggering musical growth and boldly charting new directions that would affect heavy metal for years to come. Incredibly ambitious for a one-year-later sophomore effort, Ride the Lightning finds Metallica aggressively expanding their compositional technique and range of expression. Every track tries something new, and every musical exp   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. REISSUE. Insound Staff Pick - 2008! One of the defining albums of thrash metal, Master of Puppets is arguably Metallica's best album (as well as their last with bassist Cliff Burton). Focusing on the concept of power and abuses thereof, this is a collection of complex, intelligent music, played at about a hundred miles an hour. Not that these are short songs; this eight-song album clocks in at over an hour, which makes it all the more impressive that not one moment on this recording is    [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Limited to 1,000 copies world-wide. The true birth of thrash. On Kill 'Em All, Metallica fuses the intricate riffing of New Wave of British Heavy Metal bands like Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and Diamond Head with the velocity of Mot÷rhead and hardcore punk. Ex-member Dave Mustaine co-wrote four of the original ten tracks, but the material all sounds of a piece. And actually, anyone who worked backward through the band's catalog might not fully appreciate the impact of Kill 'Em All when i   [ read more ]

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Even though Master of Puppets didn't take as gigantic a leap forward as Ride the Lightning, it was the band's greatest achievement, hailed as a masterpiece by critics far outside heavy metal's core audience. It was also a substantial hit, reaching the Top 30 and selling three million copies despite absolutely nonexistent airplay. Instead of a radical reinvention, Master of Puppets is a refinement of past innovations. In fact, it's possible to compare Ride the Lightning and {^Master of Puppets   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. DELUXE REISSUE. Insound Staff Pick - 2008! One of the defining albums of thrash metal, Master of Puppets is arguably Metallica's best album (as well as their last with bassist Cliff Burton). Focusing on the concept of power and abuses thereof, this is a collection of complex, intelligent music, played at about a hundred miles an hour. Not that these are short songs; this eight-song album clocks in at over an hour, which makes it all the more impressive that not one moment on this record   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Deluxe 2xLP Edition Limited to 5,000 copies world-wide. The true birth of thrash. On Kill 'Em All, Metallica fuses the intricate riffing of New Wave of British Heavy Metal bands like Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and Diamond Head with the velocity of Mot÷rhead and hardcore punk. Ex-member Dave Mustaine co-wrote four of the original ten tracks, but the material all sounds of a piece. And actually, anyone who worked backward through the band's catalog might not fully appreciate the impact of   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. And Justice For All Metallica's fourth studio album was the trash metal band's commercial breakthrough. It went platinum within nine weeks and today is certified eight times platinum in the U.S. making the album Metallica's second biggest seller bested only by the self titled album that followed. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Kill em All, the debut album from Metallica, and in anticipation of the band's ninth studio album later this year- Warner Bros. Records are reissuing    [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. 4xLP 180-gram 45 RPM version! And Justice For All Metallica's fourth studio album was the trash metal band's commercial breakthrough. It went platinum within nine weeks and today is certified eight times platinum in the U.S. making the album Metallica's second biggest seller bested only by the self titled album that followed. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Kill em All, the debut album from Metallica, and in anticipation of the band's ninth studio album later this year- Warne   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Just as U2 re-embraced their essential U2-ness post-Pop, this album is Metallica becoming Metallica again - specifically, the epic, speed-obsessed version from the band's template-setting trilogy of mid-Eighties albums: Master of Puppets, Ride the Lightning and, especially, the progged-out And Justice for All. That much is clear from the 90-second mark of Death Magnetic's first track, "That Was Just Your Life," where the band unleashes a barrage of James Hetfield's    [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. The self titled Metallica [aka the Black Album], the band's fifth studio album, became one of the biggest selling albums in history. Though a step away from the thrash metal the band pioneered, the album was nevertheless heavier than anything the band had yet recorded. The Black Album is now be reissued as a standard Vinyl edition in honor of the 25th anniversary of Kill em All Metallica's debut album.

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VINYL FORMAT. The self titled Metallica [aka the Black Album], the band's fifth studio album, became one of the biggest selling albums in history. Though a step away from the thrash metal the band pioneered, the album was nevertheless heavier than anything the band had yet recorded. The Black Album is now be reissued as a deluxe Vinyl edition in honor of the 25th anniversary of Kill em All Metallica's debut album. The deluxe vinyl package includes four 45 rpm 180 gram heavyweight black    [ read more ]

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The true birth of thrash. On Kill 'Em All, Metallica fuses the intricate riffing of New Wave of British Heavy Metal bands like Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and Diamond Head with the velocity of Mot÷rhead and hardcore punk. James Hetfield's highly technical rhythm guitar style drives most of the album, setting new standards of power, precision, and stamina. But really, the rest of the band is just as dexterous, playing with tightly controlled fury even at the most ridiculously fas   [ read more ]

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