{"id":273,"date":"1983-08-01T00:00:29","date_gmt":"1983-08-01T00:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=273"},"modified":"2013-06-01T15:23:46","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T15:23:46","slug":"album-review-metallica-kill-em-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-metallica-kill-em-all\/","title":{"rendered":"METALLICA – Kill \u2019Em All (1983) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

METALLICA
Kill \u2019Em All<\/strong><\/span>
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\nMusic For Nations (1983)<\/span>
Rating: 10\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The debut album by Metallica has been a long time coming, but it’s definitely been worth waiting for as it’s a real killer! Certainly not for the faint hearted, each track is guaranteed for 100% brain destruction!!! Those of you that have heard the band’s demo tapes will be familiar with all the songs with the exception of \u2018Anesthesia – Pulling Teeth\u2019 (Cliff Burton’s bass solo). However, many of the other tracks have been revamped; most notably \u2018The Four Horsemen\u2019 (formerly known as \u2018The Mechanix\u2019). This new version has been extended to well past the seven minute mark and contains one moment of madness when it sounds as though the band are about to break into Lynyrd Skynyrd’s \u2018Sweet Home Alabama\u2019!! The album’s opening cut \u2018Hit The Lights\u2019 is a far superior version than the one that appeared on the first Metal Massacre<\/em> compilation album.<\/p>\n

Metallica deliver their metal with such power, speed and precision that they make a lot of other so called heavy metal bands seem quite tame and feeble. Even the band’s ballad \u2018Motorbreath\u2019 will send a shudder down the spines of many ardent metal fans.<\/p>\n

The final cut on side one \u2018Whiplash’ is the pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance and is destined to become a classic of all heavy metal classics. Side two is equally as excellent as the first with the ultra-fast\u2019n\u2019heavy \u2018Metal Militia\u2019 rounding off 50 minutes of pure frenzied metal mayhem.<\/p>\n

When it’s time to start compiling the top albums of 1983, then Kill \u2019Em All<\/em> will take some beating. It’s certainly one of the most awesome, fastest and heaviest pieces of vinyl I’ve ever heard. I’d urge every heavy metal fan to grab a copy of this album, and if when you’ve heard it you dislike Kill \u2019Em All<\/em> then you can no longer call yourself a heavy metal fan. You just don’t understand what heavy metal is all about. As rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist James Hetfield would say (scream!), “Metal up your fucking ass!!”<\/p>\n

Bernard Doe<\/strong><\/p>\n

Review taken from Metal Forces, Issue 1 (1983)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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