Tracklist :
1. "Battery" (James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich) – 5:10
2. "Master of Puppets" (Hetfield, Ulrich, Cliff Burton, Kirk Hammett) – 8:38
3. "The Thing That Should Not Be" (Hetfield, Ulrich, Burton, Hammett) – 6:32
4. "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" (Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett) – 6:28
5. "Disposable Heroes" (Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett) – 8:14
6. "Leper Messiah" (Hetfield, Ulrich) – 5:38
7. "Orion" (Hetfield, Burton, Ulrich) – 8:12
8. "Damage, Inc." (Hetfield, Ulrich, Burton, Hammett) – 5:08
Description :
Even though Master of Puppets didn't take as gigantic a leap forward as
Ride the Lightning, it was the band's greatest achievement, hailed as a
masterpiece by critics far outside heavy metal's core audience. It was
also a substantial hit, reaching the Top 30 and selling three million
copies despite absolutely nonexistent airplay. Instead of a radical
reinvention, Master of Puppets is a refinement of past innovations. In
fact, it's possible to compare Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets
song for song and note striking similarities between corresponding
track positions on each record (although Lightning's closing
instrumental has been bumped up to next-to-last in Master's running
order). That hint of conservatism is really the only conceivable flaw
here. Though it isn't as startling as Ride the Lightning, Master of
Puppets feels more unified, both thematically and musically. Everything
about it feels blown up to epic proportions (indeed, the songs are much
longer on average), and the band feels more in control of its
direction. You'd never know it by the lyrics, though — in one way or
another, nearly every song on Master of Puppets deals with the fear of
powerlessness. Sometimes they're about hypocritical authority (military
and religious leaders), sometimes primal, uncontrollable human urges
(drugs, insanity, rage), and, in true H.P. Lovecraft fashion, sometimes
monsters. Yet by bookending the album with two slices of thrash mayhem
("Battery" and "Damage, Inc."), the band reigns triumphant through
sheer force — of sound, of will, of malice. The arrangements are thick
and muscular, and the material varies enough in texture and tempo to
hold interest through all its twists and turns. Some critics have
called Master of Puppets the best heavy metal album ever recorded; if
it isn't, it certainly comes close.
Genre: Thrash metal
Year: March 26, 1986
Format: flac
Size: 1,26GB
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