Master of Puppets

This is the fucking thing with 80s metal, man! If each of these songs were like 50% shorter, this would’ve been really solid, but as is they’re not interesting enough to justify how long they make you spend with them.

Metallicas thrash metal masterpiece. Personally I prefer the black album but this hits harder and is a 5 star album.

Metallica was my first favorite band as a kid and will always hold a special place in my heart because of it. I'd personally put Ride the Lightning above this album but both are unimpeachable classics.

Here's my track by track analysis:
1) Definitely doesn't start off how I would have expected, but ultimately "Battery" ends up sounding like a bizarre Duracell commercial.
2) The weird time signature on "Master of Puppets" feels awkward and now I'm agitated. Perhaps that was the intended effect.
3) Did he really just say "death may die" on "The thing that should not be"? Sounds like the soundtrack to a mountain dew fueled dungeons and dragons session.
4) "Welcome Home" kinda sounds like proto grunge during the first half of the song (before they get into the thrashing and soloing). I'm sure the guys in Alice in Chains were listening to this.
5) "Disposable Heroes" is perhaps my favorite track. More straightforward but intense and kind of fun in a way that the other tracks aren't. Almost has a punk energy to it. Kinda reminds me of The Misfits.
6) I think "Leper Messiah" is the blandest track on the album. That double kick pedal really massages the eardrums though.
7) Instrumental metal can work really well! You can showcase more interesting musical structures and techniques without the distraction of the often over-the-top lyrics and/or grating vocal styles common to the genre. Not to say Metallica are guilty of those things, but it's a nice sort of intermission. "Orion" is definitely kinda proggy, but that's not a mark against it in my book.
8) I like the intro to "Damage, Inc." Kinda wish this track was swapped with "Battery" and this track would open the album and "Battery" would close it. This song would be such an intense way to open the album and you could drop F bombs on everyone right off the bat.

Aparte de la canción que da nombre al disco y de la intro de la primera no me ha llamado la atención. Cada vez creo más que esta es una banda sobrevalorada, alguna canción buena en cada disco que he oído y poco más, o es que yo no coincido con su estilo.

Bouncy, fun, silly.