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Wed & today (Friday) celebrates the release of 2 ICONIC albums from METALLICA. "Wednesday was the 29th anniversary release of "Kill 'Em All" and today is the 28th anniversary of the release of "Ride The Lighting." Being from San Francisco and in high school going to metal shows at early age, these albums were important to me. It symbolized how far the San Francisco Underground Metal scene had come. METALLICA was on their way to being the most important Metal band of their time.

I remembering buying "Kill 'Em All" at the Record Exchange at Walnut Creek in 1983 and sort of being disappointed that it sounded nothing like the demos with Dave Mustaine. That all soon changed when I played the hell out of my vinyl copy. Later that year, I saw the band open up for RAVEN at the Stone and play their record release at the same venue and debut material that would become "Ride The Lightning."

The second disc, I bought at the Record Vault in SF in 84 after the entire day of high school and just being blown away how much they've progressed with the production compared to "Kill 'Em All." I was floored by "Fight Fire With Fire," the title track and "For Whom The Bell Tolls." definitely they reached the next level.





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