ride the lightning

1. American thrash metal band Metallica's second album, released on July 30, 1984
2. Execution method by electric chair.
3. Using a electric guitar, or any other instrument which has it's sound amplified by electric methods.

1. ride the lightning is the best album, evah!

2. Scott is on death row, he'll be riding the lightning tomorrow.

3. What's with that pussy unplugged crap. How about you plug into a AMP and ride the fucking lightning!

by LucaRochben October 23, 2007

ride the lightning

Ride the Lightning is Metallica's second album. It was released in 1984 and its tracklist is as follows: Fight Fire With Fire, Ride the Lightning, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Fade to Black, Trapped Under Ice, Escape, Creeping Death, and The Call of Ktulu.

Ride the Lightning is one of Metallica's best albums in the opinions of both veteran fans and new fans alike.

by 62Orion86 September 26, 2005

Ride The Lightning

To face or have carried out against you capital punishment by electricution.

Ride The Lightning for that deed for shizzle.

by ben newton December 21, 2006

Ride the lightning

A harsher alternative meaning for "go with the flow."

Going with the flow implies just going with whatever happens.

Since lightning is so fast, deadly, etc., "riding the lightning" denotes a "fuck it all" mentality in which the person is so fed up, that they ultimately concede and just adapt or let themselves go to arbitrary circumstance, no matter how austere or violent it may be.

"I can't take this shit no more..."
"Aww, fuck it all. Just go with flow, ride the lightning..."

by cleon24769 April 23, 2008

Ride the lightning

1. Shot to death on a traffic stop
2. Electrocuted, especially an electric chair execution
3. A song and album by Metallica

Cop(gun drawn): Get out the car!!
Driver: What’s going on?
Cop: What’s going on is you fixin to ride the lightning son
Driver: Uhh...

by Big_bobby April 13, 2021

ride the lightning

pure metal, straight up your ass.

too bad metallica sucks now, they used to be soo goooood.
the metalligod that failed
sad but true

by MetallilbangeR April 5, 2005

Ride the lightning

taking dxm and cocaine at the same time.

I'm took some dxm and coke so I'm about to ride the lightning.

by Swagmoding April 26, 2023