Kill: Em All Metallica Album

July 25, 1983 Label: Megaforce Records Producer: Paul Curcio, with assistance from a then-unknown Jon Zazula

Raw, unpolished, and breakneck. James Hetfield’s bark was pure street aggression. Lars Ulrich’s drumming—often criticized—had a punkish, reckless energy that fit the chaos. Cliff Burton’s bass? Not just root notes. His wah-pedal solos (“(Anesthesia)—Pulling Teeth”) rewrote what a bassist could do in metal. kill em all metallica album

Forty years on, Kill ’Em All still sounds like a mugging. It’s the sound of four kids who didn’t know they couldn’t do it—so they did. July 25, 1983 Label: Megaforce Records Producer: Paul