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Metallica - Master of Puppets Audio CD

A fair review of the Metallica "Master of Puppets" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Metallica reviews here, or go back to the Metallica tabs.

Metallica Band: Metallica
Title: Master of Puppets
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Release Date: 2009-01-06
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Battery 2: Master of Puppets 3: Thing That Should Not Be 4: Welcome Home (Sanitarium) 5: Disposable Heroes 6: Leper Messiah 7: Orion [Instrumental] 8: Damage, Inc.

PURCHASED MASTER OF PUPPETS
OVER ALL I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THE OVERALL PURCHASE OF THE CD AND THE QUICK DESPATCH FROM WHERE I PURCHASED IT FROM. AS EXPECTED THE CD WAS DELIVERED ON THE PREDICTED DAY WHICH WAS GREAT AND THE CD WAS NEW AND UNOPEND AS WAS PROMISED. GREAT JOB!!!!
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One of the best albums of all time
First-off I've been a Metallica fan since I was roughly 9 years old (I am 30 now). I started out reading the one-star reviews on this site first, and I have to tell you that I cannot understand them. So it's safe for me to say that they really really suck now. I mean seriously everything after And Justice For All, (when they switched producers from Flemming Rasmussen to Bob Rock) is just a downward spiral of suckiness. They are old and not doing anything good with their music and need to stop making music.
Now with that said I want to review the album. There is not one bad song on here - not one song that you could say was "filler". Some of the best musicianship ever! I am a guitar player for over 19 years now and I have to say that I grew up playing those riffs, and they are still fun to play, and they still sound amazing. This is one of the most influental albums of all time. Yes, I know there is better guitar work out there (I am an avid fan of players like: Satriani, Vai, E. Johnson, Jason Becker, Marty Friedman, Jeff Loomis, Yngwie, Petrucci, and other virtuosos, but this is when Kirk Hammett was at his best. The tightness of them all playing together, the imagery, just beautiful (albeit morbid), but you didn't just listen to the songs - you entered them and watched them unfold like dreams or stories. This is one of the albums that will always be a classic and will NEVER die. As for all the people who are saying things like "metal is poison and makes you suicidal" those people should not comment on albums like this. It would be the same if I commented on Gangsta Rap. Obviously these people have never heard of Norwegian Black Metal - that really is (mostly - admit it) Satanic. Master of Puppets = not Satanic - not poisonous. If they took the time to hear the intricacies of the music they would see that it is nothing short of great classical music not unlike Beethoven, Bach, or Paganini. In short - this album is a definitive masterpiece, and at the risk of sounding "poisoned & suicidal" I think that the naysayers should just go back to listening to Taylor Swift, Hannah Montana, and Jonas Brothers - we don't need you trying to join the Metal Militia. You will never understand, and we don't care - cause your music sucks - just like your pathetic, insignificant lives, and we don't care if you die. Go be suicidal to Miley Cyrus - in your unintelligent whorish Lady Gaga lives.


Metallica-Master Of Puppets- Best Metallica Album ever.Classic!
This was Metallica At it's Zenith, The Best Album. I remember this being my first experience with Metallica, After of Course Seeing the Music Video "ONE" as A Kid, Which was one of my Favorite if not Favorite Song ever. My First Album I Had of Them Back in 93/94/95' I had the Cassette Tape*Later my Brother got the Cd I Introduced him to it*, I would listen to Master OF Puppets, Songs are heavy hitting, Realizing now some had social type message that I might not like. "Solider boy, made of Clay. . "(anti-War?) Favorite Being Leper Messiah, a Great song. all songs on here are awesome. Before And Justice For all(which Had "One" Beautiful song) and last album with Cliff Burton(R. I. P. ) Sadly. A good Start for Metallica, Although I am fond of "For Whom The Bells Toll".


Overrated
This is where it all started to fall apart, compared to other albums like Fistful Of Metal, Bonded By Blood, Killing is my Business, Show No Mercy this album sucks. This album fails when compared to the real Metallica and Kill Em All.


Master Piece
Lars Ulrich oftens credits that Cliff had an understanding of time signature, syncopation, and melody that the rest didn't. Cliff Burton's influence in the band is very evident on this album. This knowledge heavily influenced the band and progressed over Cliff's short but important tenure in the band. Due primarily to the fact that Cliff was the only band member to take formal lessons and study music theory during a short stint in college positively affected the orchestrations on this album. This is why many people consider Cliff so important to Metallica's history.

Each song on the album is technically amazing. The melodies on the middle section of "Orion" are beautiful and create a serene mood. The melancholy words and chord progressions of "Sanitarium" remind me of RP McMurphy in "One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest". "Master of Puppets" menacing intro of percussive staccato guitar breaks set the stage for the theme of a person controlled/enslaved by substance abuse. I wonder if that song is a call to Dave Mustanie to clean up? Every song on this album is unique and has something to say about our culture. "Leper Messaih", "Damge Inc. ", "Battery", "Disposable Heros" each song deals with some heavy subject matter and backs it up with some crazy rhythms, melodies, chord progressions, and motifs that Metallica don't or can't continue anymore.

Every time I pick this album up to play it I feel like I am holding a legend in my hands. Metallica really peaked with this album and the only thing that ever came close, though in a completely different way, was the Black album. They still haven't replicated the passion, anger, and pure artistry that Cliff brought out of them on this album.
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