Metallica, Ride the Lightning

Ride The Lightning is an absolutely legendary album. It's the best metallica album ever! Includes everything that make Metallica great.

Ride The Lightning signifies an unnusually early peak for Metallica, as this album is slightly better than its follower Master Of Puppets.

1. Fight Fire With Fire (4:44) - Has a nice guitar intro before blasting into heavy thrash. 4/5

2. Ride The Lightning (6:36) - The album titled song is thrashy and heavy with great lyrics. 4/5

3. For Whom The Bell Tolls (4:52) - Best song of the album. Great intro, riffs, solos and lyrics. 5/5

4. Fade To Black (6:52) - Followed by the 2nd best song of the album. The suicide anthem, very emotional. 5/5

5. Trapped Under Ice (4:02) - This song is heavy and fast, but lacks any real essence, especially after F2B. 3/5

6. Escape (4:24) - A solid song with a nice catchy tune about prison escape. 4/5

7. Creeping Death (6:36) - The 3rd best song of the album and it is very good. A true metal thrash song. 5/5

8. The Call Of Ktulu (8:53) - Is an instrumental epic which is great listening from the beginning. Good ending for the album. 4/5

Best songs: For Whom The Bell Tolls, Fade To Black, Creeping Death

Worst songs: Escape, Trapped Under Ice