Kill 'Em All is American thrash metal band Metallica's debut album, released on July 25, 1983 on Megaforce Records. It was recorded in only two weeks on a small budget. Only 1500 copies were initially printed.ImpactReleased in 1983, the record's release set the band on the path to "world domination," as drummer Lars Ulrich would put it in the following year. As stated in Metallica: In Their Own WordsAccording to some music critics the album is acclaimed for combining high-tempo (discoun