MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: Ride the Lightning Turns Thirty-One

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"Wait for the sign to flick the switch of death, it's the beginning of the end." Ride the Lightning was released 31 years ago today. @haraldoimoen 's classic shot of Cliff from the back of the album has a pretty cool story, we blogged about it last year: bit.ly/ridethelightning31 Eventually the photo ended up in MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW, alongside 400 other high-caliber shots from the Bay Area thrash metal epicenter www.murderinthefrontrow.com #Metallica #cliffburton #ridethelightning #murderinthefrontrow #thrash #thrashmetal

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Denim-clad headbangers rejoice, Metallica’s 1984 masterpiece Ride the Lightning turns 31 today. That means the album is far older than the ages of anyone playing on the record, plus it makes this the first anniversary of our 30th anniversary post, detailing how Harald Oimoen’s raging Cliff Burton photo ended up on the album sleeve. Read on!

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Harald Oimoen and Brian Lew’s Bay Area mighty metal history book MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW includes over 400 photos from the crucial early years of Bay Area thrash metal. Get it!