Many fans agree that Metallica's first four albums, released between 1983 and 1988, were their finest. So, we ranked them.

You’d be hard-pressed to find Metallica songs that hit harder than the four that open Ride the Lightning ... which depicts an electric chair in the middle of a midnight thunderstorm.

If you know your Metallica history, you'll know that Jason Newsted and Robert Trujillo aren't the only guys to have filled the bass chair with the thrash metal giants. The first, Ron McGovney, joined ...

Metallica‘s members are all in their 60s ... “Kurt [also] told me that he freaking loved ‘Ride the Lightning,'” Hammett says. “There’s a riff on Bleach that reminds me of ‘Ride ...