open 12 to 7 today ! on this date in 1984 ! Ride the Lightning is the second studio alb** by American heavy metal band Metallica. The alb** was released on July 27, 1984 by the independent record label Megaforce Records. The alb** was recorded in a three-week span with producer Flemming Rasmussen at the Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark. The artwork, based on the band's concept, represents an electric chair in the midst of thunders. The alb** t**le was taken from a passage in Stephen King's novel The Stand. Few months after its release, Elektra Records signed Metallica to a multi-year contract and reissued the alb**. It was certified 6× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2012 for shipping six million copies in the United States.
