Back then, I think that I was a lot more open to any new sounds since if I was hearing Metallica‘s Ride The Lightning today and particularly the opening track “Fight Fire With Fire”, I would likely dismiss the entire record as some sort of basic thrash metal album with little to offer in terms of melodies. In fact, I knew nothing about Metallica when my former elementary schoolmate Brian provided me with the three aforementioned albums.
In other words, I listened to the record with no preconceived notions of what a band or label had identified as the lead song or single for the record. I point this out because when I got my “taped” copy of Ride The Lightning, I was not aware of what were the singles for that album. Metallica are now a household name and likely now the most popular heavy metal band in the world but back in 1984, they were a stubborn bunch who refused to release any videos in support of their albums.
However, I have already mentioned this in two prior concert reviews ( Metallica in 2017 and Armored Saint in 2018) so I will reminisce about something else. Funny enough, I was going to start this album review celebrating the 35th year anniversary of the release of Metallica‘s Ride The Lightning record with a tale of how that album along with Armored Saint‘s March of The Saint and W.A.S.P.‘s self-titled debut album were the first “taped” albums that I got in cassette format and records #4 to 7 of my very small hard rock and heavy metal collection back in September 1984.
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