Ride The Lightning (Metallica cover) - 25th Anniversary Tribute!

This year is the 25th anniversary of Metallica's Ride The Lightning album. It's almost unreal. I like a lot of new music but there aren't many albums that came out in the last few years that I can realistically look at and think "I'll be listening to this 25 years down the line, and it'll still sound awesome." Say what you will about Metallica, but their earlier works have really stood the test of time...I'll be looking forward to the 25th anniversaries of Puppets and Justice pretty soon. Additionally, this album holds a lot of significance for me because "Fade To Black" really helped me overcome a plateau in my guitar playing - Kirk Hammett may not be the greatest soloist in the world but I wouldn't be anywhere without him. After getting accustomed to CoB style solos it was tricky to relearn the bluesy bend/hammer-on combos that are a key part of Kirk's style, I'm sure I messed them up pretty bad but it's a lot of fun to try anyway. So congratulations again to Metallica on the 25th anniversary of Ride The Lightning - I salute you!