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Thrashback Thursday: “Hit The Lights” By Metallica
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I found myself the other day trying to explain to my kids the immense impact that Metallica had on the metal underground when they first burst onto the scene in 1982. That’s right kids; Metallica was an underground (and cutting edge) band once upon a time. Their debut album
Kill ‘Em All did exactly as it’s title promised. It was a manifesto… a declaration… Metallica were about to take over the world and indeed kill ’em all.

For the next eight years, through endless touring, tragedy and triumph, and four albums that would become the very pillars upon which modern metal is built, Metallica would rule at the forefront of the metal underground. There is no way to describe to someone who wasn’t there the amount of reverence that we metalheads held for this band during those years. And then came the black album and Metallica was no longer the metal world’s underground darlings. But that’s a story for another Thursday.

Here is the shot heard ’round the world, “Hit The Lights” the opening track of Metallica’s landmark debut album Kill ‘Em All.

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2 Comments »

  1. I’ve been a hardcore, never say die fan since I first heard Creeping Death, when Ride the Lightning came out. Ya know what? I still loved ’em when the black album came out. Look what happened to Van Hagar. Bands grow. They mature. We can’t stay 21 forever.

    Comment by Semper Fido — January 16, 2015 @ 8:15 am

  2. And then came Load/Reload/St. Anger and I quit listening to them. They cut their hair, unleashed Lars’ idiotic Napster attacks and lost the respect of many fans. They sold out and became…boring.

    Comment by tommy_walker — January 16, 2015 @ 4:30 pm

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