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Description
Occasionally one album can be pinpointed as the turning point in a musical genre. KILL 'EM ALL is one such album and, boy, did the heavy metal genre need a transfusion of new blood. Herein trad metal was stripped of its late-70s pomposity and reduced to its base element of brutal sonic force. The rhythm section of Burton and Ulrich do a masterful job, as does rhythm guitar ace and vocalist James Hetfield, on a set that owes a debt to punk as much as to Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. The phantasmagorical allusions are still there in the lyrics, as are some long-winded guitar solos, but otherwise KILL 'EM ALL promised a creative rebirth for hard rock.
Product Details
- Artist
- Metallica
- Media Content Format
- Album
- Label / Studio
- PHI
- Number of Discs
- 1
- Recording Environment
- Studio
- Media Format
- Audio CD
- Original year of release
- 1983
- Year of release
- 1989
- Run Time (minutes)
- 51
- CD WOW! Sales Rank
- #1231
- SPARS Code
- AAD
- Catalog Number
- 8381422
- Cast & Crew
- Metallica (Music Performer)
- Paul Curcio (Producer)
- Chris Bubacz (Sound Engineer)
Press Reviews
4 stars out of 5 - "...Reaffirms their status as the pre-eminent metal band of the modern era....combining the power of classic rock with the raw speed and DIY attitude of punk. Thrash metal had arrived... Q (Summer/01, p.127)
Ranked #35 in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Albums of the '80s" survey. Rolling Stone (11/89)
Tracklisting
Disc 1:
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Hit the Lights
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The Four Horsemen
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Motorbreath
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Jump in the Fire
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(Anesthesia) - Pulling Teeth
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Whiplash
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Phantom Lord
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No Remorse
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Seek & Destroy
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Metal Militia
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