Bass Week: If you know your Metallica history ... It’s this bass that you can hear on Kill ’Em All and Ride The Lightning, but by the time of Master Of Puppets, he had switched to an Aria ...

As they worked on songs for their second album, Metallica were determined to stay ahead of the pack, and when Ride the Lightning came out on July 27, 1984, they proved that they weren’t just one ...

This new season of the rhythm game adds six new Metallica songs to buy and play, including “Enter Sandman,” “Fuel,” and “Ride The Lighting.” Epic says more songs from the band will be ...

Blistered Earth — now with only a dozen shows under their belt — conjures songs only from Metallica’s early years: Ride the Lighting, Kill ’Em All, Master of Puppets. They want to recreate ...

Metallica were still part of the underground thrash scene in the early '80s when their debut album Kill 'Em All came out, but they really began to establish themselves once Ride the Lightning ...

Metallica’s sophomore album, Ride The Lightning ... rewrote the playing field for what heavy metal could be as an art form. The title track alone is one of the band’s most sophisticated ...

With Ride the Lightning ... trajectory of Metallica’s career, but truly redefined heavy metal music. “For Whom the Bell Tolls” is the sound of heavy metal becoming art.

The heavy metal band recently paid a visit to Munich’s Olympiastadion last night (May 24), where they closed out their show in a rather striking fashion. Metallica’s shows are known for their ...

Metallica played the first of two Nashville ... and the band launched into "Creeping Death," from their 1984 album "Ride the Lighting," as if the crowd needed a reminder they've been around ...