| 2001 - Metallic Assault : A Tribute To Metallica / Released : 2001 / Label : Big Eye Music / Metallic Assault : A Tribute to Metallica is a tribute album to thrash metal band Metallica. The album features Metallica covers played not by formal bands, but collaborations between musicians from several bands. Songs from Kill 'Em All all the way to Metallica, with the exception of ...And Justice For All are featured. / Original Album : Ride the Lightning / Released : July 27, 1984 / Recorded : February 20-March 14, 1984 at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark / Label : Megaforce, Music for Nations, Elektra, Vertigo / Producer : Metallica, Flemming Rasmussen, Mark Whitaker / Ride the Lightning is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released on July 27, 1984 through the independent record label Megaforce Records. The album was certified gold by the RIAA on November 5, 1987 and was most recently certified 5x platinum on June 9, 2003.Ride the Lightning contains the speed of Kill 'Em All on songs like "Trapped Under Ice" and "Fight Fire with Fire", but also contains the first of Metallica's longer, more intricate tracks, such as "Fade to Black" and the nearly 9-minute closing instrumental "The Call of Ktulu". It was the last Metallica album to credit former lead guitarist Dave Mustaine with co-writing any songs.The album was listed at number 3 on a list compiled by metal-rules.com of the Top 100 Metal Albums of All Time and #5 by IGN ... |
