ROOTS Salutes 40 Years of Ride the Lightning | on SiriusXM Liquid Metal
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Celebrating 40 years since the release of Metallica’s Ride the Lightning, we break apart the familiar record with a track-by-track playback of demo tracks, live versions, and tributes by Vader, Abbath, Hatebreed, and more. Travel back to 1984 and experience this breakthrough in underground metal history —only on Roots!
Where were you in ’84 when the lightning began to strike? Comments open below!
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PLAYLIST:
METALLICA – “Blitzkrieg” from CREEPING DEATH EP
VADER – “Fight Fire with Fire” from NECROPOLIS
METALLICA – “Ride the Lightning” from METAL HAMMER 1985
CLIFF BURTON – “For Whom the Bell Tolls (excerpt)” from RTL BASS
METALLICA w/SFSO – “For Whom the Bell Tolls” from S&M
DARKNESS – “Fade to Black” from DIAS DE OBSCURIDAD
ABBATH – “Trapped Under Ice” from DREAD REAVER
HATEBREED – “Escape” from FOR THE LIONS
EXODUS – “Dying By His Hand (excerpt)” from KIRK HAMMETT 1983 TAPES
METALLICA – “Creeping Death” from SEATTLE 1989
METALLICA – “When Hell Freezes Over” from RIDE THE LIGHTNING STUDIO DEMO
METALLICA BRIAN TATLER – “Am I Evil” from OSLO NORWAY JUNE 2024
Roots is Sound of the Beast author Ian Christe’s heavy metal history show on Sirius XM Liquid Metal channel 40. Since June 2004, each weekly show has examined another subgenre, band, movement, country, or theme. The show is available on-demand online from SiriusXM.com.
