Metallica’s second album Ride The Lightning turns 40 on July 27 – this is how they made one of metal’s greatest records ...

The post Metallica Took a Quantum Leap on Ride the Lightning appeared first on Consequence.. Metallica released their sophomore album, Ride the Lighting, 40 years ago today.Read our retrospective ...

The ads, posters and flats were designed to promote the band's 10 studio albums, as well as various live records, covers collections, home videos and singles, dating from 1984's Ride the Lighting ...

L ars Ulrich was only 19 when Metallica released their speed limit–defying debut, Kill ‘Em All, in 1983.On each successive album, the metal musicians waited for the mainstream to come to them ...

As part of this Metallica-themed Festival season, Epic has added a new mode: The Battle Stage.In this new mode, 16 players all play through the same four musical tracks in a big battle concert ...

Becoming Metallica When their original music wasn’t working out, four Spokane musicians assumed new personalities: Lars, James, Cliff and Kirk.

Elektra Records signed Metallica on Sept. 12 and re-released Ride the Lightning on Nov. 19. Four days later, they released a 12-inch for “Creeping Death,” which featured covers of “Am I Evil ...

Metallica tours its Virginia vinyl pressing plant The band got a full tour, from front lobby to back storage. To stream WUSA9 on your phone, you need the WUSA9 app.

Origins of Ride the Lightning. As said earlier, Ride The Lightning saw a number of evolutions for Metallica. The album was the last to feature songwriting credits from Dave Mustaine—who went on ...

Metallica, little did they know, were well on their way to superstardom. James Hetfield , Kirk Hammett , Cliff Burton and Lars Ulrich shared their second creation with the world on July 27, 1984.