⚔Metallica Kill Em All Review⚔

⚔Metallica Kill Em All Review⚔

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Alright so welcome to album review Tuesdays here on the channel and tonight I am reviewing an absolute fucking classic from 1983 with a band I am sure you are all very familiar with unless you have been living under a fucking rock for the last 38 years. Yes folks tonight we are having a look at Metallica-Kill Em’All.

Originally Released in 1983 on Megaforce Records. Now the album I have is the re-issue on Blackened Records which I am totally fine with because it sure as hell isn’t a fucking remaster and all of its raw production is still intact! So before we get into the review im going to give you some history on Metallica.

Metallica was formed by Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield in the fall of 1981. Ulrich (who originally went to the US from Denmark to play tennis) had, during that summer, met Brian Slagel of Metal Blade Records and secured an appearance on an upcoming compilation called Metal Massacre, but had no band. He quickly found Hetfield, who was playing in Leather Charm at the time, and one day in December of 1981, they recorded the rhythm tracks to a remake of a Leather Charm song, "Hit the Lights". Hetfield tracked all guitars and bass on this recording, except for one of the solos, which was performed by guitarist Lloyd Grant in January 1982, and the song appeared on Metal Massacre in February.

Permanent guitarist Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) was brought in in February 1982, and a bassist, Ron McGovney, was found. Ron (who also designed the famous Metallica logo) was James's roommate, and James taught him to play bass, so that the band could play live. This line-up re-recorded "Hit the Lights" for the second pressing of Metal Massacre. The first live show was on March 14th at Radio City Music Hall in Anaheim. James did only vocals, and Dave was the single guitarist.

The band at this point had several rehearsal tapes floating about, but then in response to one of those being pressed to vinyl by Bongus Loadus Records, decided to record their first demo, with the Grant version of Hit the Lights and two covers. This demo was first given out at the March 27th, 1982 gig at the Whisky, when they opened for Saxon. A vocalist named Sammy Dijon, of the band Ruthless, was in for a few rehearsals but no actual gigs (so do not add him to the former members section!).

Two more studio demos were recorded in 1982, one in April and one in July. On April 23rd, 1982, guitarist "Damien Phillips" (real name: Brad Parker) played one gig, before quitting, because Dave wouldn't let him do duelling leads. James took over as second guitarist live from then on. Extensive live gigging occured, including one show at Lars's high school on May 25th at which the final attendance was zero. On May 28th, Jeff Warner was on vocals, but this show seems to have been a glorified rehearsal. He sang only that one gig. Also, Tygers of Pan Tang vocalist Jesse Cox was considered, but he did not accept.

Now the complete lineup was as follows
James Hetfield Vocals, Guitars (rhythm), Songwriting (tracks 1-4, 6-10)
Kirk Hammett Guitars (lead)
Cliff Burton (R.I.P. 1986) Bass, Songwriting (track 5)
Lars Ulrich Drums, Songwriting (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6-10)
Dave Mustaine Songwriting (tracks 2, 4, 7, 10)