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Kill 'Em All is the debut studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica, released on July 25, 1983, through the independent label Megaforce Records. After forming in 1981, Metallica began by playing shows in local clubs in Los Angeles.
Metallica started playing locally, releasing their first widely circulated demo, No Life 'til Leather, in 1982. The demo caught the attention of Johny Zazula, who signed Metallica to Megaforce Records. [1] The band released Kill 'Em All in 1983, and the following year they released Ride the Lightning.
This was the first tour played as a band, and it supported their first album, Kill 'Em All. [8] 1984: Seven Dates of Hell: Europe: February 3–12, 1984: 6: Venom (headliner), [3] [9] Metallica played as supporting act for Venom, performing in front of 7,000 people at the Aardschok Festival in Zwolle, Netherlands. [10] 1984: Bang That Head That ...
Metallica: Kill 'Em All: 1983 [2] "Frantic" † James Hetfield Lars Ulrich Kirk Hammett Bob Rock ‡ Metallica: St. Anger: 2003 [11] " The Frayed Ends of Sanity" James Hetfield Lars Ulrich Kirk Hammett: Metallica...And Justice for All: 1988 [6] "Free Speech for the Dumb" [L] Garry Maloney Kevin Morris Tony Roberts Roy Wainwright Discharge ...
The album, along with Kill 'Em All, was reissued in 2016 as a boxed set including demos and live recordings. [51] Many rock publications have ranked Ride the Lightning on their best album lists. The album placed fifth on IGN Music's "Top 25 Metal Albums" list. [52] Spin listed it as a thrash metal essential, declaring it "the thrashiest thrash ...
In AOL Radio's list of the 10 Best Metallica Songs, "Seek & Destroy" was ranked at number 4, [7] and Allmusic's Steve Huey chose the song as an AMG Track Pick from Kill 'Em All. [8] Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the song was placed on the list of post-9/11 inappropriate titles distributed by Clear Channel.
It is Metallica's most widely circulated demo tape. All of the tracks are early recordings of songs that would later appear on the band's debut album Kill 'Em All. The only songs on Kill 'Em All that aren’t on the tape are Cliff Burton's bass solo "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth", "Whiplash", "No Remorse" and "The Four Horsemen" (See notes above ...
"Whiplash" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released as the first single from their debut album, Kill 'Em All, and the band's debut single overall, released on August 8, 1983. [1] The song has been covered a number of times, most notably by Motörhead, whose version won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance. [2]