Master Of Puppets - Metallica > Reviews

Advantages: Amazing Thrash Metal Album, Well Produced For The Era
Disadvantages: May Not Apeal To Fans Of Metallica's Later Releases, i.e Load, Re-Load, St. Anger

This album is definatley one of my all time favourites. The album kicks off with the acoustic guitar intro in 'Battery' that soon changes when the Mesa Amplifiers blast and change the track into pure energy. The next track on the album is 'Master Of Puppets', This has the distinctive intro that you instantly know, again another very energetic song, however it has a very nice melodic breakdown with guitar harmonies int he middle of the track. 'The ... Read review

Advantages: Classic 80's METAL at its best
Disadvantages: low end prodoction to todays standerds

...in another form today but Master of Puppets is held dearly in the hearts of Metallica accross the globe. Track listing is as follows: 1. Battery 2. Master of Puppets 3. The Thing That Should Not Be 4. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) 5. Disposable Heroes 6. Leper Messiah 7. Orion (Instrumental) 8. Damage, Inc The album track list has many classics that are STILL played today such as BATTERY, MASTER OF PUPPETS and THE THING THAT SHOULD NOT ... Read review

Advantages: Metal Legends best album ever
Disadvantages: Overplayed throughout the metal community

...we get the title track Master of Puppets. I've heard a few different meanings for the lyrics of this one, yet the most obvious is it's link to drugs. Heroin most likely. It describes the effects of being totally controlled by the addiction. Hmm should i really be promoting this album... ?? most definately as it rocks harder than.. er.. um.. a rock? Probably the other ultimate track on this album would be Orion. An instrumental like none other. ... Read review

Advantages: Great Music beats lyrics tunes
Disadvantages: None

...vary. The main song Master of Puppets is about a struggle and the problems with drug depression personifying the drugs as a living master, while Disposable Heroes is about young soldiers moulded and how they try to fight against authority. A metal classic. ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent tracks.
Disadvantages: Lyrics not the best.

This album represents the pinnacle of Metallica's musical creativity. Forget their recent 'commercialised' watered down version of metal (it's good but not metal). This album has so many fresh ideas from the excellent title track to the awesome instrumental 'Orion' Lyrically it is fairly standard heavy metal with a few thought provoking tracks, but it's the music that really gets you going so to speak. 'The thing that should not be' is one of ... Read review

Advantages: Welcome Home. Hardcore in its heyday.
Disadvantages: Unlike the more recent Metallica stuff. Metallica vs Napster.

...Rocks!” as their summary of Master of Puppets. In this case and I imagine that this is a rare instance, it is rather difficult to add any worthwhile extra comments. Master of Puppets falls firmly between Metallica’s hardcore roots and this more recent phase of turning out more melodious and MTV friendly tunes. As a result of this, on the album you will find tracks that start off as the mean to go on – with violent thumping of the guitar. You ... Read review

Advantages: Full in your face metal extravaganza
Disadvantages: Only eight tracks

Master of puppets is definately the best thing that Metallica has ever done. Unfortunately this was the last album that Cliff Burton played bass on before his tragic death. The album has but eight tracks but stil manages to push your stereos speakers for over an hour. All the tracks are consistantly amazingly high quality metal and there is not one flaw to the album whatsoever. The album is definately a must have for any fans of classic metal music. ... Read review

Advantages: The best metal album ever!
Disadvantages: Cliff's last album. R.I.P.

...example of thrash metal ever), Master of Puppets (epic, and every second is worth listening to again and again), Sanitarium (just damn good) and Damage Inc. (aggressive and has great bass playing). But this album is worth buying for Cliff Burton's bass solo in Orion alone. BUY IT! ... Read review

Advantages: Master of Puppets
Disadvantages: costs alot

Metallica’s third album follows Ride the Lightening rather more than Kill ‘em All, fortunately for Metallica. The album opens with the gentle opening of the heavy song, Battery. This shows flashbacks of the former, thrash metal, Metallica. The bass of Cliff Burton is fantastic throughout the album, a fitting tribute, just before his death. The song of quite thrashy, not the best, but a great opener. This is followed by the title ... Read review