Metallica - Ride the Lightning

Yesterday (July 27th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of Ride the Lightning, the second studio album from Metallica. This multi-Platinum seller went to number 87 in the UK, number 78 in Switzerland, number 40 in Norway, number 38 in Australia, number 32 in New Zealand, number 22 in Sweden and number 9 in Finland. Here in the US, it spent fifty weeks on the Billboard Album chart and peaked at number 100.

Metallica - Kill 'Em All

Today (July 25th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of Kill 'Em All, the full-length debut album from California-based heavy metal rockers Metallica. Recorded in Rochester NY (my old college stomping grounds) a few months earlier in 1983, it eventually went on to achieve multi-Platinum sales status. Chart-wise, it went to number 246 in Japan, number 129 in Austria, number 120 on the US Billboard Hot 200 (in 1988), number 66 in Ireland, number 65 in Switzerland, number 55 in Australia, number 28 in Sweden and number 12 in Finland (in 2007).