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Ride the Lightning vs. Master of Puppets

The Best Metallica Album People will have their own opinions about which is the best Metallica album. For the most part, people gravitate towards Master of Puppets followed by Ride the Lightning. Listing ...And Justice For All, Kill 'Em All, or the Black Album as your favorite typically leaves you the odd person out. I personally believe that Ride the Lightning is better than Master of Puppets. The musical leap from Kill 'Em All to Ride the Lightning is staggering. Metallica went from a straight ahead and fun loving thrash band to quite the sophisticated progressive band. They did this without losing an ounce of power. Hell, they gained power. On the other hand, Master of Puppets is really just a refinement of everything accomplished in Ride the Lightning. There wasn't much in the way of musical innovation. There's also a thick atmosphere that permeates Ride the Lightning as the lyrics focus on the fear of death and dying. Master of Puppets focuses more o...

Luna Desierto Paloma

En un desierto donde jamas nascen las flores y las arenas queman las criaturas debajo el sol ardiente. Alli es donde enterre los huesos de mis pajaros. Donde logre dejar todas sus plumas debajo las piedras, los montes, y la tierra seca. Aqui no corre el agua y la vida es escasa. Por eso estoy seguro que las alas jamas veran la luz del dia. Pero cuando visita la luna desde su reino en las estrellas, El viento trae las nubes desde lejos Un rayo parte el cielo. La lluvia cae mientras un suspiro surge de las arenas. Y con alas blancas, la paloma se levanta hacia el cielo para so&ntildear al lado de la luna.

Celtic Frost - Monotheist

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Celtic Frost - Monotheist When I first heard the song "A Dying God Coming Into Human Flesh", I hated it. It was slow, dreary, and the riffs where simple and monotonous. On top of that, the lyrics where cliche. They sing about depression and feeling cold about it. GHEY. Over time, for some reason I learned to love it. Every weakness pointed out earlier morphed into a strength. But there was a strength that I totally missed at first: the songwriting. If there's is one thing Celtic Frost where the masters of is piecing together a powerful song from mindlessly simple components. There are no verses or choruses in this song. They don't even repeat any riffs. The song marches forward from one section to another; from one mood another. As the transitions occur, the tension slowly builds, until it is torn open by power chords that pierce your ears like an agonizing nervous breakdown. Then, just as suddenly as the attack emerged, it fades away to a period of empty ca...