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It's very proggy, but I don't regard that as a negative. Metallica are ascendant at this point in their career and they took this opportunity to make a Serious Metal Record. Thrash juggernauts ("Damage Inc.", "Battery", "Master of Puppets"), mid tempo chuggers ("The Thing That Should Not Be"), and even a proggy instrumental ("Orion") reveal a band at the peak of their powers. "For Whom the Bell Tolls", "Ride the Lightning", "Creeping Death", and the criminally underrated "Trapped Under Ice" make this album mandatory.Īn undeniably great album whose stature is diminished only by the fact that it is the follow up to "Ride the Lightning." Metallica are trading in on their considerable strengths and laying down analogues of each of the great tracks on RTL. There aren't any filler tracks and the classic jams abound. They have not surpassed the unstoppable brilliance of this record. This album not only belongs in every metal collection, it belongs in any serious rock music collection. The one absolutely essential, stone cold classic in the canon. "Seek and Destroy", "Hit the Lights", "Whiplash" and the eternal anthem, "Metal Militia" make this album absolutely essential for headbangers everywhere. And the tunes practically DEMAND that you throw the goat and bang your head. James Hetfield's vocals can only be described as a rabid, feral bark. The only record in the catalog to which I would assign the label "Thrash" without hesitation. Righteously ass kicking blood and guts heavy metal. I've gone through the entire Metallica catalog and here are my personal ratings and comments.