Metal and Punk and such

- Taken at 3:33 PM on March 15, 2008 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu

The album was a major jump from Kill Em All and cemented Metallica as one of the most prodigal and influential metal bands of all time.  The songwriting is unbelievably mature, full of both heaviness and melody.  The album stands the test of time as a true classic.  As with "Master of Puppets", the only way to truly do the album justice is to explore it track by track.

"Fight Fire With Fire" - The classical beauty of Metallica's first-ever acoustic intro leads into the sheer ferocity of one of their fastest and heaviest songs of all-time. James Hetfield's vocals are fiery and aggressive and Kirk Hammett's solos are fast as lightning - get it? "Fight Fire With Fire" gets the album off to an intense start.
Song Rating: 10/10

"Ride the Lightning" - Thus began Metallica's tradition of placing the epic title track in…

John and Bart from The Black Dahlia Murder sit down with a big bag of beef jerky (and TheReaper) and chat about life on the road and off it. And Swedish death metal, of course.

Erik Rutan of Hate Eternal talks about the new album and his producing career.

On the left: Explosion
On the right: Cemetery Gates