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Sep 20, 2022 · Louder. The story behind Metallica's Kill 'Em All album artwork. By TeamRock. last updated 20 September 2022. Learn how the band originally wanted a machete rising out of a toilet until cooler heads prevailed. James Hetfield unboxes the deluxe reissue of Metallica's 1983 debut.
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Kill 'Em All is the debut studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica, released on July 25, 1983, through the independent label Megaforce Records. After forming in 1981, Metallica began by playing shows in local clubs in Los Angeles.
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Jan 28, 2019 · The next thing you know the album was called Kill 'Em All ." Zazula had enlisted photographer Gary L. Heard to do the front cover of the album as well as the band portrait on the back, and Metallica informed Heard of their new title as soon as they arrived at his studio.
- Kill ’Em All (1983) Infamously, Metallica’s debut album was supposed to be called Metal Up Your Ass. The band had long had the phrase emblazoned on their concert posters, and there was even cover artwork by Stephen Gorman, depicting a knife rising out of a toilet, ready to go.
- Ride The Lightning (1984) While Kill ’Em All was a phrase from Cliff Burton’s mouth, the name Ride The Lightning was Kirk Hammett’s brainchild. The guitarist was reading The Stand by Stephen King while Metallica were recording their debut and the phrase (slang for execution by electric chair) stuck with him.
- Master Of Puppets (1986) By mid-1985, Metallica were truly on the up and up, so they were able to commission the art for their then-upcoming third album from Don Brautigam: an acrylic painter who’d worked with Chuck Berry, James Brown and Stephen King.
- …And Justice For All (1988) (and The $5.98 EP: Garage Days Re-Revisited (1987)) Far and away Metallica’s most political statement, …And Justice For All visualises the social commentaries of its title track and One with that cover art.
Dec 9, 2023 · The title 'Kill 'Em All' was our way of getting back to the distributors, who were trying to censor us." The new album title spawned new artwork, which was done by Gary Heard who had previously ...
Jul 19, 2019 · Written By HYPERVIOLET. Metallica Kill 'Em All Full Album 1983. Watch on. Metallica swept onto the musical landscape with debut album Kill 'Em All in 1983, emphatically burning their music into the ears and souls of a musical climate that was becoming increasingly stale. Independent label Megaforce Records had signed the then unknown band on ...
