Kill 'Em All (studio album) by Metallica
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Kill 'Em All is ranked 5th best out of 30 albums by Metallica on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Metallica is Master Of Puppets which is ranked number 97 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 12,832.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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50/100  | 36 hours ago | Invader666 | | 67/100 |
75/100 | 06/03/2025 05:46 | Skippyrocks | | 65/100 |
85/100 | 06/02/2025 01:14 | stareaterogni0n | | 78/100 |
80/100 | 05/29/2025 12:27 | Svelte8 | | 73/100 |
90/100 | 05/17/2025 09:00 | Matoro | | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.5/100, a mean average of 77.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.
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A classic thrash metal debut album that introduced the world to Metallica and redefined the heavy metal scene in the 1980’s. It also has sold over 4 million copies in America alone despite only being on the US Billboard 200 albums chart for 22 weeks.
My favorite record. There is not one dull moment on this album, and every song is fantastic. It's fast, it's heavy, and it's catchy.
100/100; 5 Stars.
Good metal debut album, but not as good as Metallica would become.
Strangel 04/09/2023 03:22
Raw as all hell ?
This album is incredibly strong for a debut. Lyrics aren't as great as on later records, but it is compensated with raw, almost punk attitude of this album. On songs like The Four Horsemen, Jump In The Fire, Seek & Destroy you can easily see their potential.
Amazing for a debut, but Metallica would go on to produce much better material.
An essential album, this is where it all started, both for Metallica and for thrash metal. Their next albums showed that there was room for improvement, especially when it comes to lyrics, the vocals are also questionable. On the other hand, the speed, power, energy and aggression here are second to none(Ride the Lightning comes close though). Overall, 70/100.
One of the best debuts ever. 'Four Horsemen' being great trash prog. 'Jump in the Fire' a brilliant basic metal riff that you can't help but not play air guitar to. Newcomers who overtook all others in the shortest ever period and completely left them in there wake.
UofTBlues 12/22/2019 00:18
Greatest debut thrash metal album. My favorite Metallica release.
jeremy9 10/28/2019 13:11
A timeless album
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