One of the best metal albums ever (Master Of Puppets - Metallica)

Member Name: shaneo632

Product:	Master Of Puppets - Metallica
Date:	13/09/09 (11 review reads)
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Advantages: Lots of classics

Disadvantages: None

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 came on). It's utterly frenzied and crazy, and will make any self-respecting metalhead start moving their head without a doubt!

Master of Puppets, however, is the real treat and probably the most famous song on the album. At the chorus it involves James Hetfield shouting "Obey your...MASTER...MASTER!" frequently, and is a great one for getting people into a frenzy. The lyrics are also very clever and devious, and it has an absolutely blistering solo.

One of my favourite songs on the album also is Welcome Home (Sanitarium). It's in many ways an expert exercise in the peak and trough form of music - it rests in soft verses and then explodes into fast and heavy choruses, but then these lines get blurred, and the band just explode into a frenzy. It also allows Lars Ulrich to flex his muscles a bit with some meaty drum parts.

Orion is also another fan favourite - every Metallica fan knows this song. It's a clever melding of excellent lyrics, flawless guitar work, and of course, Lars going absolutely mental on the drums.

It's a seminal metal album without which so many of the classics wouldn't have been made today. This is angry, heavy, desperately chaotic music that stands as one of the best albums of its genre and will stay that way for decades to come, I imagine.

Summary: This is close to perfection