The post Metallica Took a Quantum Leap on Ride the Lightning appeared first on Consequence. Despite not being the exact pacing structure that Metallica would employ to great effect on those two ...

As they worked on songs for their second album, Metallica were determined to stay ahead of the pack, and when Ride the Lightning came ... tempo without the aid of computer programs like ProTools ...

Copenhagen is an especially important location for Ride The Lightning, as Metallica decamped to the city in early 1984 to record the album. Drummers Lars Ulrich also grew up in the Danish capital.

Master Of Puppets would be the album that broke Metallica two years later. But Ride The Lightning was the album that made them. Metallica posing for a photo in 1984 Metallica were already way ...

Metallica are currently prepping remastered, deluxe editions of their first two albums, 1983’s Kill ‘Em All and 1984’s Ride the Lightning, which they hope to put out in 2015, but in the ...