r/Metallica • u/Sniperizer Puppet of Masters • 3d ago

Ride the Lightning Flemming Rasmussen. The Tone God behind Metallicas RTL, MOP and AJFA.

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u/0xfleventy5 3d ago

I love all three albums and tones, but Metallica's greatest tones, IMVHO, are on Garage Inc.

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u/Nstalk918 3d ago

I’m glad someone else said this. It’s such a great tone.

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u/Sniperizer Puppet of Masters 3d ago

Garage tone was so unique at that time.

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u/69Centhalfandhalf 3d ago

The Astronomy tone is perfect.

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u/grady0071 3d ago

It’s actually perfection

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u/0xfleventy5 3d ago

Thinking back, I can't think of any other album from any artist that cuts like that. I guess Meshuggah comes to mind.

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u/arandomhead1 3d ago

Hell yeah

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u/insideyourface 3d ago

Amen, hands down