40th anniversary of Metallica's "Kill 'Em All" - June 25th

I loved the stuff when it came out because it was just the plain thing I wanted to hear in Metal: hard, fast, relentless and without any of the melodic junk we'd get from other bands.

When it came down to it, Metallica were giving pretty much what The Stooges had given in their time: unapologetic sonic impact with an undisguised intent to hit as hard as possible. James Hetfield's riffs were taking the role of Ron Asheton's wah and the impact was the same. 

But as time went on, the very repetitive quality of the music wore thin. Tracks are too long and you know they're going to play almost everything four times before anything else happens. Their first three albums are like listening to Haydn or Mozart (or worse, Schubert's Big Fat C Major symphony) with all the repeats. It's a bit of a chore.

So I still like "…And Justice For All" but I no longer care to hear the earlier stuff.

Overkill… that's different. I never got tired of them. 

Well, today’s the anniversary.

My third favorite album of theirs after the two that follow it. Four Horsemen is my favorite track, followed by Hit the Lights. Seek and Destroy is very overrated imo. It’s my third favorite song on the album, but I don’t see how people rank it in their top 10 overall Metallica songs.

Nothing really stands out for me on this album too much.

Except for the song that they have on it, that is basically their e l p song. Their song on this album, that is actually like a song by that band.

What?