![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Listening back through modern ears, it's almost like revisiting those first three Ramones records-you know this music shaped the world you live in, but since so many artists have added extra levels of intensity since then, there's no way to re-create the sensation of how revolutionary the music was during its time. In other words, once Metallica stepped up the pace, everyone else followed suit. You could even argue that other bands were bound to reach the same threshold of tempo and attack because the early-'80s metal underground was collectively headed in the same direction anyway-i.e: getting faster and heavier and building on the work of Motörhead, Venom, Mercyful Fate, and others.īut the fact is, several key participants in thrash metal's first wave freely admit that Kill 'Em All gave them a framework for the sound they had all been searching for. You can split hairs about the key role played by fellow ground-floor pioneers Slayer and Exodus, and point out that Anthrax and Voivod had also already formed by the time Kill 'Em All was released. Metallica's 1983 debut Kill 'Em All more or less singlehandedly launched thrash metal and established the template for every other speed- or extremity-oriented metal band on earth that's been active since. Without belaboring the point, some albums change the course of music so profoundly that it's hard to imagine what the world was like before their arrival. ![]()
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