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

Even the album’s weakest song, "Escape", would make for a stellar track had it been released by any other band during the time period. Overall, Ride the Lightning features Metallica at their ...

How do y’all feel about “Escape,” the sixth of eight tracks on Metallica’s legendary Ride the Lightning? Well ... they need one more for the album.’ “I was like, ‘You didn’t tell me that…’ So we had ...

There are few things that can upstage Metallica ... lightning bolts lit up the sky just as the band kicked into set closer Master Of Puppets (sadly, not the title track of their second album, Ride ...

Thirty years ago today—on March 18, 1985—Metallica ... The album cover art for Kill ‘Em All showed a sledgehammer lying in a puddle of blood. And the Ride the Lightning cover depicts ...