The bass is audible but could be a bit louder. The drums sound pretty amazing except for the fact that the bass drum doesn’t exist except for when he hits a crash but it’s not a big deal. The production on RTL is still very raw but it is a step up. Starting with the production, it’s probably a little better than the debut. While their debut is still my favorite, their second album is still godly among the beginnings of thrash metal. While the alcoholism was still there, “Ride the Lightning” shows more maturity in their writing styles. “Kill Em’ All” was pretty much straight alcoholic thrash metal. “Ride the Lightning” displays excellent song writing but doesn’t leave out the thrash Metallica was so good at making. Unfamiliar at the time when I was around 12 years old, I decided I would take a listen and I am forever changed because of it. And found out that, WOAH, Metallica was one of the founders of a genre called thrash metal. The Black Album was it for me until I decided to do some digging. Metallica will always have a special place in my heart as the band that got me into metal. The most ambitious song is a dense instrumental, "The Call Of Ktulu," that starts with a single arpeggiated guitar and slowly adds layer upon layer, building in intensity until it all comes crashing down nine minutes later. It's also Hetfield's first attempt at singing in tune. "Fade To Black" is a ballad (!) that builds to an instrumental coda featuring the guitar melodies that the band would later base their sound around. "Ride The Lightning" is a slow (by Metallica's standards) dirge about the futility of war. The set starts out with two tunes that would have been right at home on KILL 'EM ALL, but the next two are slower and more involved. The riffs and arrangements are more intricate, the lyrics are more intelligent and biting and James Hetfield's growl is meaner. Metallica turned the metal world on its ear with their debut album, KILL 'EM ALL and then blew its mind with the follow-up, RIDE THE LIGHTNING. Recorded at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark in Spring 1984. Metallica: James Hetfield (vocals, guitar) Kirk Hammett (guitar) Cliff Burton (bass) Lars Ulrich (drums).
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