Average Rating: (4.6 out of 5 stars)
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An awesome album
When stood up against Metallica's other albums, I view this one as the weakling that sits in the corner that has great potential. In fact, this album is just purely amazing, and in my opinion, their second best. The acoustic intro seemed slightly childish when I first heard it, and holds nothing to the Battery intro, but it grew on me. Anyway, it just serves as a distraction for what's coming. Fight Fire With Fire is mad crazy with shredding guitars and deathly black lyrics. Not one of their greater first tracks, but still a favorite. Ride The Lightning's riff does not seem very impressive to me, but it is an absolutely amazing concept song that's up there almost near One (but still falls very short). For Whom The Bell Tolls is a great war commentary. Fade To Black is one of Metallica's most heartfelt songs, and one of their best. Trapped Under Ice is a sensational metaphorical headbanger. Escape doesn't have one of my favorite riffs but has some great anti-authority lyrics. Creeping Death is one of Metallica's greatest concept songs ever as well, written in the pint of view of Moses' last plague that kills the first born son...who else would write about that? The Call Of Ktulu is a beautiful instrumental. It gets a bit boring halfway through, but there's a really great solo, and ends the album very nicely.
Submitted by DarkTemplar04J (Oxford, MA) 
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ZZZZZZZZTTT----POW
Very electrifying, although "Kill 'Em All" is their best, this one definately rocks. Ask my neighbors, they hate it. HAHAHAHAHA!
Submitted by livemiasey (Texas)
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Pretty Good But...
This album isn't bad, considering i'm a big metal freak. It starts with the crunching Fight fire with Fire and the title track. Then the best song on the album For Whom the Bell Tolls. And a signature song in their catalog in Fade to Black. Other than the 1st 4 songs the rest isn't so impressive. If they had a halfway decent singer (James is terrible) they would've been a much better band to listen to.
Submitted by Matthew Peters (London, KY)
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Landmark Thrash Release
Of course, "Kill Em All" was Metallica's debut, and an amazing one it was. However, this album is an improvement both in overall atmosphere and lyrically. While the song structures are noticeably more concise than the predecessor, Mustaine's solos are sometimes missed. However, this album offers a much smoother, more triumphant delivery. The songwriting, lyrics, and singing have shown tremendous growth, and will culminate on their masterpiece, "Master Of Puppets".
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Classic Metal
Better produced than "Kill'em All", and alot more melodic. A more epic sound than before with better lyrics. Definitely a Metal Masterpiece. These Metal pioneers are surely the Masters of Metal.
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