Metallica - Kill 'em All
Critic Score
Based on 6 reviews
1983 Ratings: #30 / 157
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1983 Ratings: #32
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CRITIC REVIEWS

100
AllMusic

Frightening, awe-inspiring, and absolutely relentless, Kill 'Em All is pure destructive power, executed with jaw-dropping levels of scientific precision.

100
Billboard

James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Cliff Burton and Kirk Hammett might have looked like a group of vapid, lank-haired kids, but they would change the face of music forever with “Kill ‘Em All."

86
Pitchfork

Kill 'Em All raised a middle finger in the air while sounding a trumpet of unity for metalheads everywhere with its us-against-the-world mentality.

80
SPIN
These boozing miscreants combined Iron Maiden's virtuosity and thrash's nihilism to create noise rock's new extreme.
60
Rolling Stone
Throughout, Metallica declare their endearingly cute metal intentions over undercooked, if enthusiastic, riff bonanzas.
Tielur
85

This blows any metal debut out of the water. Metallica, right off the bat, knew what they wanted to be. Brute force and heavy. This album showcases some of the best metal songs on a debut album ever. One hell of a good time.

nah_
30

Something tells me I'm not gonna be a big fan of the Metallica discography.

This album was boring. Yeah I said it. I got nothing out of this album, I mean except from maybe, Anesthesia, which shows that Hetfield was probably not the greatest vocalist at this point in his career and that Metallica probably should've stuck to the instrumental stuff instead of the annoying, sickly yelling.

While I do think this album as a whole is good, it's very weak for Metallica, and seems to be a low point, ... read more

RemisReviews
71

THE METAL SUBGENRE CHALLENGE #003 - THRASH METAL
In this challenge, I'll be taking a look at various albums I haven't heard yet from a variety of different Metal subgenres. I'm quite familiar with the genre, but I really want to dive into the specific subgenres and analyze them.

Now, I've heard almost all Metallica albums (MOP is one of my fav albums ever), however, I have never listened to their debut album Kill 'Em All for some reason. So I thought it would be convenient to finally listen to ... read more

70

This album kicked my ass when I was 13, and I used to listen to it a lot during my adolescence. Now 10 years later, it doesn't sound as awesome as it used to and most of the replay value stands in nostalgia. But it's importance cannot be dismissed, it will forever be groundbreaking and avant-guard, sounding better than many many heavy and thrash metal albums that have been up to this very day.

Rocky_Racoon
80

Metal up your ass indeed. That album covers awesome also.

Owenx33
62

✝⛪ ITS THE DEVIL COME HERE CHILDREN DRINK YOUR HOLY WATER (or whatever the fuck they do with holy water)

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Added on: February 2, 2013