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James Parker
Location: from California
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
February 2, 2009
AMAZING!
First of all I would like to take a moment to say that it's been 22 years since Cliff Burtion died and his bass parts in this song still kick ass! With that said, I'll like to say that, to me THIS is the best Metallica album, EVER. This tab book has really helped me in learning classics, like "Fade to Black" and "Fight Fire With Fire", as they are also my favourite songs from this album.
27 of 43 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
February 21, 2007
If it works for you..
First of all this book is full of minor mistakes as are all the metallica tab books. BEWARE!!!!! Cherry lane sucks! Hal Leonard is the only accurate publishing company, and even they make mistakes from time to time.
23 of 41 people found this review helpful.
james logan
Location: from PA
July 26, 2005
metallica is the greatest !!!!!!!!
im 13 and is one of metallicas heaviest albums and is great for learning amazing riffs and building your speed and timing if you like metallica you should get this book
21 of 40 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Angola,In
April 12, 2005
This is the best!!
I love this it is awsome. I love Fade to Black. It is one of there best songs ever along with Master of Puppets, And the cover of Die Die my Darling.
21 of 39 people found this review helpful.
Ultimate rhythm guitarist
Location: from Alabama
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
March 25, 2005
METALLICA!!!!!!!!!!!
Ride The Lightning is an awsom song/album! Everyone should buy it and the book. It's extremely fast and heavy. 100% METAL!!!!!
22 of 37 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Davis, CA
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
June 9, 2004
Pretty accurate tab
I'm pretty sure this is supposed to be a review about the tab book, not what you think about the band. It is very well tabbed, I was actually expecting a lot worse of a job on the solos. Also, I would love to see a begginer accurately play the ride the lightning solo.... This is not a begginer book.
3 of 8 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Lumberton, NC
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
February 25, 2003
The best I've heard and played
Is one of the best guitar books I have ever played. I love the band like I love the band.
4 of 8 people found this review helpful.
slayer
Location: from san francisco,ca
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
February 19, 2003
a great master piece from mustaine
great book, all tabs or most are well written such as classics such as call, and fight fire with fire.great work by dave mustaine
4 of 9 people found this review helpful.
winter
Location: from il
Difficulty Level:
Beginner
August 26, 2002
great album...although.......
well this is one of metallica's best albums. the early days when they used to make good music... only besides for some good intro solos, kirk as usual beeing sloppy with a toy sound and style that doesnt put up with beeing satriani's student. hetfield doing a nice job(not as good as on "master of puppets" but yet good). too bad they ripped stuff off of mustaine. but then maybe it wouldnt be such a great album otherwise. the sheet book itselfs isnt so clear and written in a confusing way, the lyrics are all mixed up and it seems they tried real hard to save pages....go figure.
4 of 9 people found this review helpful.
Colin.W
Location: from San diego. CA
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
July 10, 2002
metallica are awesome!
hey guys "ride the lightning" is one of metallicas best albums next to "the black album" and "...and justice for all" they help you learn all sorts of heavy-metal riffs. as well as some shreading guitar solos!! this book helped me alot!!
4 of 9 people found this review helpful.
Mark
Location: from Loveland, CO
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
May 26, 2002
Good Book
This is an awesome book with the tablature dead on, but I wish they didn't steal so many songs from Dave Mustaine.
4 of 8 people found this review helpful.
aaronlg
Location: from baltimore, MD
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
December 1, 2001
Ride the Lightning
Though it pales next to "Master of Puppetts," this is a very good guitar album. The complex song structures and super-fast rhythm guitar are both excellent. "Fade to Black" and "Call of Ktulu" are particularly awesome, and there are a few other classics here. However, I have mixed feelings about Kirk Hammett's lead guitar. While learning Metallica solos did wonders for my speed and endurance, I've grown to hate their stiff-yet-sloppy sound, lack of creative techniques, incessant reliance upon rehashed garbage licks, and mindless scale climbing. There are only a few of his solos I still like, such as "Fade to Black."
5 of 8 people found this review helpful.
Jochem
Location: from Holland
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
June 19, 2001
This Rules!!!
I like all the Metallica albums. This is a very good album because you will learn very fast solo's and metal rhythms.
4 of 10 people found this review helpful.
Jon McKinney
Location: from Stafford, England
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
October 15, 2000
Good things, small packages
Though there is only 8 songs, you get some real classics. Fade to black is sheer excellence and Creeping Death paved the way for similar songs such as Master of Puppetts, with its heavy super fast downstroke rhythm. Kirk's solos are tough but not impossible, making this one to look at. you will learn to play some of Metallica's greatest songs.
4 of 9 people found this review helpful.
Jason Kerepesi
Location: from Westport, CT
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
October 5, 2000
Ripping Guitars and pounding drums
The second album from Metallica is a great album that features fast guitar work with some very cool acoustic riffs (Fight Fire with Fire intro, Fade to Black, and Call of Ktulu) Cliff really puts his imput on this album with the classical feel of Ktulu and Fight Fire with Fire, and Kirk's solo work is even more melodic and impressive than the first album after a lesson with Joe Satriani. You can learn these songs easily too with this book. Easy to read and fun to learn. I highly recommend this book and well, all of them. Check out all my reviews. I love em. Great learning tool for a great band.
4 of 9 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from toms river ,nj
Difficulty Level:
Beginner
August 2, 2000
ride the lightning
"One" of metallica heavest albums Other good tab books are, Master of Puppets , ...And Justice for All,Kill 'em all, METALLICA,and Garage Inc.
4 of 8 people found this review helpful.