Master Of Puppets - Metallica

Master of Puppets is a landmark metal album, and not one that's particularly accessible to the general public. Their 1991 hit "Metallica," also known as the Black Album, managed to reach this more accessible level leading to its number one spot and successful single releases, while their later albums had their success largely based on the Black Album. Puppets has many elements of fast, heavy thrash metal, but it's the interesting diversity of styles incorporated into songs that makes the album so appealing to me. Whether it's an acoustic introduction, a slow and lengthy solo section or a deep instrumental I find it has much more longevity than some of the ...  Read the complete review

This album is THE classic metal album from the 80s. At a time when bands such as Kiss, Poison, Van Halen and other limp wristed rockers were dominating the metal charts, along came Metallica with this, their third album...and blasted the competition away with a display of such strength and power that the world of heavy metal would never be the same again. Many have tried to immitate, but none have found the sheer class which is Metallica and none have even come close to matching this album for power. Master Of Puppets opens, perhaps surprisingly, with an accoustic number, but on 38 seconds we are introduced to what the album is really about. 'Battery' ...  Read the complete review

Master of Puppets is, in my opinion, not quite as good as The Black Album (Metallica's self-titled album), but it's still an absolute classic of the genre, and certainly one of the best metal albums ever written. In many ways the clout they established from this album allowed them to graduate to greater pastures, such as the aforementioned Black Album - it is a definite sign of progress, of a band working towards their magnum opus, and it is utterly fantastic. The first song on the album is Battery, in what has now become a classic for the band and something of a live staple song (as I realised when I saw Metallica at Sonisphere and everyone went NUTS when it ...  Read the complete review

The album Master of Puppets is the third studio album by America's highest selling Metal band. It was released March 3rd 1986 and has since sold over 6 million copies in the USA alone. It is also the last album to be recorded with bassist Cliff Burton before a fatal bus accident while touring for the album. The album is considered one of the greatest thrash metal albums of all time and is considered a classic by critics and the band alike. The songs mainly focus on losing control and the intensity of the riffs really shows this. Lead vocals/ guitar: James Hetfield Drums: Lars Ulrich Bass: Cliff Burton Lead guitar: Kirk ...  Read the complete review

Master of Puppets by Metallica is in my opinion the best album that they have released. I bought this album for £10 from Virgin and thought it was a resonable price but now you can get it for £6 from Amazon which really is a very good deal. The album contains just 8 tracks but you must not forget that these songs are 5 minutes and longer so I felt it was justifiably so. The album was released in March 1986 and has now become 6x Platinum, proving its success and popularity! The album itself is very much heavy metal and if you have not heard of Metallica before they are a very famous heavy metal band. Within the album there are some great hits such as ...  Read the complete review