This album was a breath of fresh air.
Some tunes from the debut album still play well.
Especially from one of the few bands that can still deliver LIVE without recordings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPnicm3iYV8
Says who? So AC/DC, Megadeth, and Iron Maiden didn't suit your taste? The only thing Metallica was guilty of was being ahead of its time. Their album was a fish out of water and didn't fit in the 80s rock scene.
Not saying that it sucked or anything, I'm a huge Metallica fan. Just saying that glam rock, punk, and other elements of rock dominated.
I’m on my phone. Otherwise I’d post an image.
Of Beavis and Butthead.
When one thinks of Metallica, one thinks of these guys.
Dave Mustaine was the only Metallica guitarist who ever had the chops to play real thrash metal.
One of my sons has a Metallica cover band. I have seen them a few times when they were local and they are very good. Unfortunately they don’t play close to us too often. I also worked security at Giants stadium for A Metallica concert. Great show but a tough work night.
Caught “Seek and Destroy” on the radio yesterday driving home from eastern Montana. It’s definitely a watch your speed limit song :o).
What’s always interesting to me about Metallica is their willingness to reinvent. I haven’t always agreed with their reinventions but it’s great that they keep changing. Kill Em All is really their only “pure” thrash album. With Lightning they started adding, oddly enough, a lot of prog rock elements, getting longer and more complex while still thrashing away. Then of course they ejected the prog and went pop/thrash for the black album. then they went Nu. Now they’re thrash again, but with some different layers. Prog/ thrash is my favorite era of them, but there’s always something there.
Their first 4 albums were incredible, then they went to shit on the Black Album and never were able to get it back.
Here is an even earlier song (1974) by an unlikely band (Queen) that has been credited as being the “first” thrash metal tune:
“Stone Cold Crazy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8Rfb1Jtmic
Metallica covered this and won a Grammy for it in 1990.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3IrqmsC2rY
James Hetfield and Brian May became friends because of Metallica’s interest in this song.
What may have been bleak for you was garbage sound.
“For those that remember to bleak musical landscape of the early 80’s ...
This album was a breath of fresh air.”
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No, THIS album (1983) was a breath of fresh air:
https://www.amazon.com/Vivaldi-Chamber-Orchestra-Pinchas-Zukerman/dp/B0000025JC
Unfortunately the 80’s were the hair band era which almost killed rock.
Not a metal fan, but respect what they brought to music.
For those of you who are, check out our film “Other Walls 2 Fall” where, among the bands/artists we talked to, we had a group from Tehran who smuggled us footage at risk of their own lives. The film isn’t available in totality, but you can see a good trailer with them in it at www.rockinthewallstudios.com under projects, and if you like it, I can send you a copy of the movie for $10 and shipping.
80s rock suffers from 80s production. I really dig the album and those guys had an awesome bassist, and it is kinda washed out. In general everyone in the 80s had awful bass and tinny drum sound. No matter if the music was good or crappola.
Freegards
When it comes to Metal, the Thrash genre was the best IMHO. I will always favor Megadeth over Metallica, Anthrax and Slayer. Dave Mustaine, while I wouldn’t say he was always conservative has mostly been a patriot, while Metallica is filled with leftist d-bags.
As someone already mentioned, Metallica made 4 solid albums to begin with, although I still really like the Black album, it’s unarguably expertly produced. My favorite Metallica album is ...And Justice For All for the epic-ness of all the songs.
Dave Mustaine owns though, for quality of lyrics, riffs, and not screwing with his sound too much. The Risk album seems like nothing more than an experiment. The ultimate thrash metal album for me is Rust In Peace, but everyone has different tastes.
Yes indeedy. Not a day goes by that I don't think back to exactly where I was standing and what I was doing, when this world-shaking Mega Event happened.
The first time I heard “Whiplash” I knew my musical tastes were forever changed. Kill ‘Em All is still a great album.