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Metallica - Ride The Lightning (FLAC Format)

Metallica - Ride The Lightning (FLAC Format)

Ride the Lightning is the second album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on July 27, 1984 by Megaforce Records and re-released by Elektra Records on November 19, 1984. Ride the Lightning has sold over 5 million copies in the U.S. alone.

Ride the Lightning is often hailed by fans as a classic of the thrash metal genre and a vital bridge between the band’s albums Kill ‘Em All and Master of Puppets, pushing the thrash metal of the debut into progressive territory more fully-realized on Master of Puppets and …And Justice for All.

Ride the Lightning retains the speed of Kill ‘Em All on songs like “Trapped Under Ice” and “Fight Fire with Fire”, but also contains the first of Metallica’s longer, more symphonically arranged tracks, such as “Fade to Black” and the nearly 9-minute closing instrumental “The Call of Ktulu”.

Ride the Lightning was listed at #3 on a list compiled by metal-rules.com of the Top 100 Metal Albums of All Time and #5 by IGN Music on the Top 25 Metal Albums.

Q (Summer/01, p.127) - 5 stars out of 5 - “Reaffirms their status as the pre-eminent metal band of the modern era….They broke with the conventions of thrash metal to record the genre’s first power ballad in ‘Fade to Black’”.

Kerrang! (p.50) - “[The album included] melody, maturity and musical intelligence. It was these traits which helped them broaden metal’s scope.”

The song “Ride the Lightning” is featured in the Metallica 3-song pack that is downloadable content for the music video game series Rock Band.

“Trapped Under Ice” is featured as a playable track on Guitar Hero World Tour.

“Fight Fire with Fire”, “For Whom the Bell Tolls”, “Fade to Black” and “Creeping Death” are featured as playable tracks on Guitar Hero: Metallica.

“The Call of Ktulu” is named after the short story “The Call of Cthulhu,” by American horror/science fiction author H. P. Lovecraft, whose works were also a direct influence on a later Metallica song, “The Thing That Should Not Be.” The original name of “The Call of Ktulu” as it appeared on the demos was “When Hell Freezes Over.”

In 1999, Ride the Lightning was re-released along with Master of Puppets in a remastered audiophile Gold CD edition mixed by engineer Steve Hoffman.

At the 2001 Grammy Awards, the version of “The Call of Ktulu” found on S&M won for Best Rock Instrumental Performance

Track Listing:

1. Fight Fire with Fire
2. Ride the Lightning
3. For Whom the Bell Tolls
4. Fade to Black
5. Trapped Under Ice
6. Escape
7. Creeping Death
8. Call of Ktulu

File Size: 3 x 95.7 mb, 1 x 32.8 mb
Quality: 955 kbps average rate
All artwork is included

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What are FLAC Formatted Files?

FLAC files are lossless digital audio files, which means they retain all of the quality of the original CD, or other source. Normally the benchmark for a “cd quality” rip is 320 kbps, but with a FLAC encoded song the quality can range anywhere from 800 to 1800 kbps. The quality is basically a mirror image of the original source. File downloads will usually contain the music in one of two formats: either as an image file along with the FLAC file, or with each song seperated individually like you’ll normally see.

If the file contains an image and a FLAC file, simply double click the image file and Nero will launch. Make sure you choose to not have any pause between songs, click “burn”, and the burning process begins.

If the file contains individual songs, then you would simply need to drag the music into Nero and complete the burning process as usual.

I prefer to do the majority of my media burning using Nero. Depending on which version of Nero you use, you might have to install a codec plugin pack in order to use Nero to burn FLAC files. You’ll know wether or not you need the plugin simply by dragging a FLAC song into Nero. If it allows you to do so, then you’re all set. if it says it doesn’t support the format, then you’ll need the plugin pack which you can download below. Don’t change any of the install directories .. it will install right into Nero. Launch Nero after the install and you should be able to add the FLAC media into Nero and continue the burn process as usual.

Hope this info helps!

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