{"product_id":"metallica-ride-the-lightning-vinyl-lp","title":"METALLICA: Ride The Lightning Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eBefore the black album made them unavoidable, before the haircuts and the therapy sessions, Metallica made Ride The Lightning and basically ended the argument about what heavy metal could be. Released in 1984 when James Hetfield was 21 years old, this is the record where the riffs got smarter, the songs got longer, and the band figured out that thrash metal didn't have to be stupid to be brutal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the galloping dread of \"Fight Fire With Fire\" to the acoustic grief of \"Fade to Black,\" this is Metallica operating at a kind of creative urgency they spent the next four decades chasing. The title track still sounds like it was recorded inside a storm. \"Creeping Death\" is a crowd ritual disguised as a song. If you're only going to own one Metallica record on vinyl, it probably shouldn't be the black album. This 2016 pressing does the original recording justice, loud and uncompressed the way it was always meant to be heard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVinyl LP. Thrash metal, speed metal, heavy metal. USA. Originally released 1984, this pressing 2016. Available at ALT CVLT, Frankston, Victoria.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFans of: Slayer, Megadeth, Exodus, Diamond Head, early Anthrax.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Global Disrupt Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45552652222655,"sku":"858978005059","price":68.66,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/3633\/0175\/files\/original_5d62f61a-5694-4aaa-96af-2ec50197df99.jpg?v=1777127629","url":"https:\/\/www.alt-cvlt.com.au\/products\/metallica-ride-the-lightning-vinyl-lp","provider":"ALT CVLT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}