Track Listing
1. Hit the Lights
2. Four Horsemen, The
3. Motorbreath
4. Jump in the Fire
5. (Anesthesia)-Pulling Teeth
6. Whiplash
7. Phantom Lord
8. No Remorse
9. Seek and Destroy
10. Metal Militia

Details
Playing Time:	51 min.
Producer:	Paul Curcio
Distributor:	WEA (distr)
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	AAD

Album Notes
Metallica: James Hetfield (vocals, guitar); Kirk Hammett (guitar); Cliff Burton (bass); Lars Ulrich (drums).
Originally released on Megaforce.
Occasionally one album can be pinpointed as the turning point in a musical genre. KILL 'EM ALL is one such album and, boy, did the heavy metal genre need a transfusion of new blood. Herein trad metal was stripped of its late-70s pomposity and reduced to its base element of brutal sonic force. The rhythm section of Burton and Ulrich do a masterful job, as does rhythm guitar ace and vocalist James Hetfield, on a set that owes a debt to punk as much as to Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. The phantasmagorical allusions are still there in the lyrics, as are some long-winded guitar solos, but otherwise KILL 'EM ALL promised a creative rebirth for hard rock.

Editorial Reviews
Ranked #35 in Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Albums of the '80s survey.
Rolling Stone Magazine (11/01/1989)

4 stars out of 5 - ...Reaffirms their status as the pre-eminent metal band of the modern era....combining the power of classic rock with the raw speed and DIY attitude of punk. Thrash metal had arrived...
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