Ride the Lightning
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Ride the Lightning is Metallica’s influential 1984 thrash metal album known for its complex compositions, darker themes, and role in defining the band’s early sound.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Metallica album
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studio album ⓘ thrash metal album ⓘ |
| artist | Metallica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coverArtBy | Adolfo “Hardin” Murillo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| featuresMusician |
Cliff Burton
NERFINISHED
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James Hetfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Kirk Hammett NERFINISHED ⓘ Lars Ulrich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
heavy metal
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thrash metal ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Creeping Death
NERFINISHED
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Escape NERFINISHED ⓘ Fade to Black NERFINISHED ⓘ Fight Fire with Fire NERFINISHED ⓘ For Whom the Bell Tolls NERFINISHED ⓘ Ride the Lightning (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Call of Ktulu NERFINISHED ⓘ Trapped Under Ice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | thrash metal ⓘ |
| labelCatalogNumber | Megaforce MRI 769 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| labelDebutFor | Elektra Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 47:26 ⓘ |
| nextWork | Master of Puppets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Creeping Death
NERFINISHED
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Fade to Black NERFINISHED ⓘ For Whom the Bell Tolls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Metallica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousWork | Kill ’Em All NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Flemming Rasmussen
NERFINISHED
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Metallica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rankedOn | lists of greatest metal albums ⓘ |
| recordedIn |
Copenhagen
NERFINISHED
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Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweet Silence Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod |
1984-02
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1984-03 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Elektra Records
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Megaforce Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Music for Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1984-07-27 ⓘ |
| theme |
death
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existential anxiety ⓘ injustice ⓘ suicide ⓘ war ⓘ |
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