Rolling Stone (11/89) - Ranked #35 in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Albums of the '80s" survey.
Q (Summer/01, p.127) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Reaffirms their status as the pre-eminent metal band of the modern era....combining the power of classic rock with the raw speed and DIY attitude of punk. Thrash metal had arrived..."
Uncut - "KILL EM ALL would change the shape of things to come with its exhilarating fusion of American hardcore and British heavy metal at its most bruising."
Pitchfork (Website) - "Metallica's 1983 debut KILL 'EM ALL more or less singlehandedly launched thrash metal and established the template for every other speed- or extremity-oriented metal band on earth that's been active since."
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