Song · Metallica
“Trapped Under Ice” by Metallica
From the album Ride the Lightning (1984)
“Trapped Under Ice” by Metallica appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1990 and 2002. It was first released in 1984 on the album Ride the Lightning. Its best result is #573 on the KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,559 hard rock song of all time.
"Trapped Under Ice" comes from Ride the Lightning, the second Metallica album, which Megaforce put out in July 1984, and it carries a new name in the writing credits: Kirk Hammett, sharing the music with James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. Ride the Lightning was the first Metallica record with Hammett's songwriting on it and the last with any from Dave Mustaine, the lead guitarist he replaced, and it's where the band's thrash started growing smarter and more ambitious.
Hetfield wrote the words and sings them while playing guitar alongside Hammett, with Cliff Burton on bass and Ulrich on drums. They cut it with Flemming Rasmussen at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, where the whole album was knocked out in three weeks; since Megaforce couldn't cover the costs, Music for Nations, the band's label in Europe, footed the bill.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 945 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
| 2002 | 573 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
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