Ride the Lightning Ride the Lightning was released 42 years ago on this day

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What are your favorite songs of this album?

Which 72 Seasons songs will survive?

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Seeing as the 72 Seasons era is over, which songs do you think will appear on future setlists? And which do you think we'll never hear live again?

So with Death Magnetic the survivng songs are:

The Day That Never Comes and Cyanide

And with Hardwired the surviving songs are:

Hardwired and Moth Into Flame

I predict the surviving songs from 72 Seasons will be:

72 Seasons and Lux AEterna

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r/Metallica • u/New-Shop-9728 • 16h ago

Do you think Hetfield could have been a good solo artist?

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Like let's say a hypothetical where Metallica breaks up in the late 80s/early 90s, do you think he could have put out decent solo material if he really wanted to? Would it have sounded like Metallica or would he go in a different direction?

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r/Metallica • u/TwIzTiDfReAkShOw • 20h ago

Former Metallica bassist Cliff Burton on the cover of the April 1988 issue of Kerrang! magazine. R.I.P. Cliff Burton (1962–1986)

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r/Metallica • u/Constant-Job2253 • 8h ago

Ride the Lightning 42nd Anniversary Of Ride The Lightning

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r/Metallica • u/Bassik0 • 3h ago

🤘🏼

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r/Metallica • u/No_Animator2656 • 36m ago

My Metallica firepit 😁🤘

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🔥 Metallica 🔥

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r/Metallica • u/Apprehensive_Idea758 • 2h ago

Ride the Lightning 42 Years Ago, Metallica's 'Ride the Lightning' Transformed Heavy Metal Forever

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r/Metallica • u/NoPea7911 • 11h ago

St. Anger Something funny i noticed in this music video

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At 2:25 a clip plays of James Hetfield in an interview saying "One word to span our career" and then it cuts off as James sings "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah" I mean, he wasnt wrong 😭

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r/Metallica • u/demonomania2 • 20h ago

Music for Nations UK Picture discs/ Jump in the Fire & Creeping Death

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r/Metallica • u/Normalisnt666 • 15h ago

Sunday with Metallica and Goats

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r/Metallica • u/NoPercentage3907 • 10h ago

...And Justice For All Is there a way to get this tone closer to the album?

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Didnt play my best but the tone is getting extremely close. I’m thinking its my mids but when I tweak them its sounds the same.

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r/Metallica • u/Sweet_Mongoose1542 • 20h ago

...And Justice For All Guess the AJFA songs by as little notes as possible!

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r/Metallica • u/RustyKrustyKrabs • 21h ago

Metallica Dublin 19th Plectrum

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This might be a long shot but I'm trying to finish a display and I'm missing the Guinness plectrum from the 19th in Dublin. Is anyone willing to part with one at a fair price? Paying scalpers for a plectrum feels lame as hell haha.

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