Kill 'Em All is the debut studio album by the American heavy metal band
Metallica, released on July 25, 1983, by the independent record label
Megaforce Records. It is a groundbreaking album for thrash metal, which
fuses riffs of the new wave of British heavy metal with hardcore punk
tempos. Its musical approach and lyrics, markedly different from rock's
mainstream of the early Eighties, inspired other thrash metal bands. The
album did not enter the Billboard 200 until 1986, when it peaked at
number 155, following Metallica's commercial success with its third
studio album Master of Puppets; the 1988 Elektra reissue peaked at
number 120. Kill 'Em All was critically praised at the time of its
release and was ranked at number 35 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest
Metal Albums of All Time list. It was certified 3× Platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of America in 1999 for shipping three
million copies in the United States. The album generated two singles:
"Whiplash" and "Jump in the Fire". Metallica promoted the album on
the
Kill 'Em All for One tour with Raven in the United States.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_%27Em_All>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1261:
Alexios Strategopoulos led the Nicaean forces of Michael VIII
Palaiologos to recapture Constantinople, re-establish the Byzantine
Empire, and end the Latin Empire.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexios_Strategopoulos>
1893:
The Corinth Canal, which bisects the narrow Isthmus of Corinth,
was formally opened, connecting the Gulf of Corinth with the Aegean
Sea's Saronic Gulf.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinth_Canal>
1965:
Bob Dylan, who had previously been known for folk music, gave a
controversial performance at the Newport Folk Festival, playing songs
with an electric guitar.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Dylan_controversy>
1976:
In a classic example of pareidolia, the Viking 1 spacecraft
took a photo of what appeared to be a face on Mars.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cydonia_(region_of_Mars)>
2007:
Pratibha Patil was sworn in as the first female President of
India.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
praziquantel:
An anthelmintic medication used to treat a number of types of parasitic
worm infections, including clonorchiasis, cysticercosis,
opisthorchiasis, schistosomiasis, and tapeworm infections.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/praziquantel>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The only index by which to judge a government or a way of life is
by the quality of the people it acts upon. No matter how noble the
objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens
human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion — it is an evil
government.
--Eric Hoffer
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Eric_Hoffer>