23-01-2022, 15:59
On this day - January 23rd 1984 - Metallica released the single 'Whiplash' from their debut album 'Kill 'Em All'. I remember being at secondary school when I first heard this track - a mate of mine had it playing on his 'cassette walkman' (lol those were the day's 
) and I remember being totally blown away by it when I listened to it. This was the very first Metallica track that I had heard and was just struck by the intense, heavy and raw energy of this track at that time and this was the track that drew my attention to Metallica 
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) and I remember being totally blown away by it when I listened to it. This was the very first Metallica track that I had heard and was just struck by the intense, heavy and raw energy of this track at that time and this was the track that drew my attention to Metallica .