Master of Puppets

Energiegeladen, kompromisslos und wegweisend: Mit „Master of Puppets“ lieferten Metallica 1986 ein Thrash-Metal-Meisterwerk ab, das bis heute als eines der einflussreichsten Alben des Genres gilt. Die acht Tracks strotzen vor technischer Präzision, düsterer Atmosphäre und musikalischer Wucht.

Herausragend ist der Titeltrack „Master of Puppets“, ein kreatives Epos voller Dynamik, das mit komplexen Riffs, abrupten Tempowechseln und gesellschaftskritischen Texten beeindruckt. Auch Songs wie „Battery“ und „Welcome Home (Sanitarium)“ zeigen die Band auf dem Höhepunkt ihres Schaffens.

Pasta of Muppets

Master of puppets goes hard and is giving Doom soundtrack.
Solid album, felt more cohesive than other Metallica albums on here, even if I knew less tracks.
Highlights: master of puppets, battery

I was really excited to listen to this but I was a bit let down to be honest. I think it's just been massively overhyped

Good album? Yes. But not as life changing as people make out

Honestly I enjoyed the music but the songs were too long for me personally. Master of Puppets is a great song but I'm more of an Enter Sandman fan

3 ⭐️

*Master of Puppets is an all time song but the rest of the album was a little bit of a slog to get through.
*The guitar solos are excellent, but its often just mid-tempo rock chugging along in between the interesting parts.

Nor this

Not a big Metallica fan, enjoyed Enter Sandman & Unforgiven early 90s but that that was the extent of it. This album was great really enjoyed it, going to listen to more Metallica!

Maybe it should be a 4 instead idk. It's good but I'm not sure about it overall.

I never really enjoyed Metallica early on - I think I was too young and, basically, they were too scary. Angry music, big angular fonts, black - lots and lots of black. I liked my rock to be more jangly, more indie

Clearly, I was an idiot.

'Pounding out aggression turns into obsession.' I think that line articulates well my trouble w/ metal: it's obsessive to the point of being compulsively neat rather than chaotically heavy. Formula reigns - even the occasional shift mid song is too much an anticipated variation. I don't doubt that this record is as influential as it's reported to be, and for that reason I respect it, but Hetfield is not my kind of gruff (I'd take Lemmy), and the messaging is politically upright yet brims w/ cliché: 'Welcome to where time stands still / No one leaves and no one will.' Succinctly, it doesn't give me the energy or the remnants of a shattered beauty I know it gifts others. Wallace Stevens insists that the supremest poetry 'must change.' This doesn't change enuf.

As soon as the title track kicks in, the nostalgia hits way too hard for me! 🤘🤘🤘🤘

Багато годин було проведено з цим альбомом ще зі шкільних часів і здається був момент, коли я вмів грати на гітарі всі основні ріффи звідси.
Я насправді люблю всю металіку до сеінт енгер (включно) і більшості з альбомів поставив би високі оцінки. А тут й поготів.

Metallica is an interesting band for me because while I love their melodic / doom laden intros and meanderings, I am not so enamoured of the punk parts to their songs. I appreciate this is thrash metal and, in this genre, they are one of the best, especially on this album where the musical structure is more complex, I enjoyed this, certainly more than their eponymous album so 4 stars is it’s due.

It’s been way too long since I’ve listened to this one. The Black Album will always be my sentimental favourite since it was my introduction to Metal but this one for me is their best album. The title track speaks for itself but the likes of Battery and Welcome Home (Sanitarium) are absolute classics as well.

Top Track - Master of Puppets, cliche choice but justified.

Leider nicht meine Art Metall, quietsche quietsche Gitarre, nerv nicht. Manche Momente aber noch gut.

great, that i finally spend some time with metallica, but not really my thing. first songs are super energetic, but the sound gets quickly old for me.

Metallica trifft nicht meinen Geschmack. Es gibt ein paar sehr schöne Balladen der Band, die mir wirklich gut gefallen. Abseits davon, in ihrem Hauptgeschäft, sind sie mir zu anstrengend. Der Drummer gibt alles, es gibt gute Riffs, James Hetfield hat eine markante Stimme und singt auch, dennoch gefällt es mir insgesamt nicht. Werde ich mir so schnell nicht noch mal anhören. 3/5

Although I was never a big fan of Metallica, “Master of Puppets” is undoubtedly the pinnacle of thrash metal. Since it is one of the few "all killer - no filler" albums, I find it difficult to single out individual tracks. Nevertheless, “Master of Puppets” (every serious guitarist has learned this song—including Eddie Muson, of course ;) and “Orion” (every serious bassist... you know) still stand out! It doesn't get any more legendary than this!

Undeniable. Every song rocks just as hard as all the others. Maybe Orion is my highlight. The first time I heard it and realised what was happening was a moment of "woah".

Not my favorite album by them. Not my favorite band, it's quite far from it. I was never a big fan of Metallica, but I can respect them enough to give this album a 5. But yeah, it is a really good album.