Non-Metalhead Listens to MASTER OF PUPPETS by Metallica and Blindly Reviews it - ANALYSIS + REACTION
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Master of Puppets is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on March 3, 1986, by Elektra Records. Recorded in Denmark at Sweet Silence Studios with producer Flemming Rasmussen, it was the band's last album to feature bassist Cliff Burton, who died in a bus accident in Sweden during the album's promotional tour.
Master of Puppets peaked at number 29 on the Billboard 200 and received widespread acclaim from critics, who praised its music and political lyrics. It is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential metal albums of all time, and is credited with consolidating the American thrash metal scene. It was certified six times platinum by the RIAA in 2003 for shipping six million copies in the United States, and was later certified six times platinum by Music Canada and platinum by the BPI. In 2015, Master of Puppets became the first metal recording to be selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
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Metal reaction is better with live performances. Check out
1.Enter Sandman (live in Moscow)
2. Fade to black (live in moscow)
3. Sad but True( S&M live) sf
4. For whom the Bell Tolls(live in san diego)
5. Nothing else Matters( music video)
Just be yourself... you will have agreements and disagreements either way 🤔 try and have some fun with it 😎
most Metallica fans will tell you to start with Masteer of Puppets & One.
it's about drugs the desire the high the down and realization that this is all a loop that moment of clarity the lyrics are primordial they don't write the music first this isn't pop or rap.
i dont care if you giove it a 1 as a score and you hate it that bar is important and so is understanding that lyrics come first all the music is a layer and expression of the words.
Orion is the perfect representation of their ability to blend classic thrash with classical elements, and any composition nerd will agree that its by far one of their most varied and interesting tracks.
I personally prefer Call of Ktulu. But Orion is amazing too.
Yeah call of Cthulhu and Orion are both amazing masterpieces. I had always liked Metallica when I heard them, but that is when I gained my deep respect for them as a band. Plus learning their songs really took my guitar playing to the next level
They’re both instrumentals fyi if anyone who doesn’t know comes across this comment
I love Orion and I think One is another great example although not an instrumental.
Don’t forget To Live is To Die, Cliff’s final song (put together by the band after his death utilizing parts and ideas he was tossing around near the end).
Nah this is a great song to start off with. This is the song that has been played every concert they have played since this album came out in 1986 the last album that the legendary Bass player Cliff Burton help write.
It makes me sad that just 5 years after that Metallica becomes country-metal or something.
@@G59forlife. More like 10 years, unless you consider the black album "country metal" which, like it or not, doesn't really resemble country at all.
@@erikboris5029 They came back with Hardwired🤷♂️
@@G59forlife. 9 years, but the country-rock (metal) style suits them as well. Really happy they ventured into other areas of music and found newer voices and other styles.
@@erikboris5029 I was thinking about Load.
I guess I got the time wrong my b
If you want to get more into Metallica, I think “one” or “fade to black” would be a perfect next song to listen to, both of them showcase the creative genius of Metallica’s writing and also the sound that they’re all about
One, and fade to black are more mainstream songs. I think disposable heroes is more indicative of what Metallica can do. It's a very complex song.
I'll second that suggestion, but please do the STUDIO version of "One". Most reactors end up reviewing the official music video version, which is laced with lots of clips from an old movie called "Johnny Got His Gun". It's a mighty cool video, but the movie footage can be very distracting to a first-time listener, & takes away from the song itself imo.
@@Pohgrey yeah sure their mainstream, but that doesn’t take away from the greatness of the songs. I know every Metallica song by heart, and these are still the two that I suggest
@@Pohgrey I agree.
Personally I’d also recommend the four horsemen
Almost 40 years later and it still holds up. That album is a masterpiece. I'd put the first four Metallica albums up to just about anyone.
"for whom the bell tolls" whould be great as next song. especially live with cliff burton. just insane how this guy changed to play bass.
I fully 2nd this suggestion! As well as checking out a live version of Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth) to really see Cliff's genius as well.
There are many levels to this song. First off, the first 2 verses are the addiction speaking, the part after the interlude is the addicted person. Third verse is the addiction again. Musically, plays out as the addict needing the fix, interlude is them getting the fix and finishing with them needing the fix again. Brilliant, especially considering they were 22 - 23 years old when they wrote it.
Blows my mind how young they were.
I think this guy would absolutely love Nothing Else Matters. Beautiful song....even Elton John said it was one of the best songs he's ever heard.
It is a great song... even though I don't see it as a great Metallica song, if that makes sense. It came out of leftfield for me coming from them, but also seen it as incredible, too.
@@johndeeregreen4592 It is interesting you say that bc the entire band, except for James who wrote it, lobbied to put it on the album. James thought exactly what you did. He thought it was a good song but not a Metallica song. He thought it wouldn't be appropriate. The band was like, are you nuts?
Elton John actually said more than that, he said it’s one of the greatest songs ever written
Also, hard disagree on people saying live performances are better videos to start with. You can’t hear the full track, the performances are a little more sloppy, Sonics are all off, you don’t get the full picture. They forget that they know how the real song goes and are being wooed by the energy of the performance. Def do records first first context IMO
As a metal head of over 25 years, Metallica being the band that got me into metal and them being my favorite band; I would say your ratings, opinions, assessments, etc. are very fair.
Awesome compliment to get from a longtime fan! Much appreciated.
This is definitely a great song to start with. Its considered one of the greatest metal songs of all time. Great guitars, great lyrics, a beautiful melodic breakdown in the middle and then incredible guitar solo. It has everything.
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A lot of metal has its roots in classical music, but it doesn't necessarily mean it sounds anything like classical music.
It's really hard to separate classical music from metal *because* of Metallica, to a large extent. Cliff Burton was huge into classical music and inserted a lot of classical elements into his songwriting, so any band who takes inspiration from Metallica will inevitably have roots in classical music.
I highly recommend checking out some of the songs performed on S&M; it was a live performance where Metallica played with the San Francisco symphony. My personal recommendations from that concert are Bleeding Me, No Leaf Clover, and Battery.
Getting around copyrights is always a drag, but I personally would prefer you pause the music to avoid the copyright as opposed to skipping ahead. If you end up pausing during a solo or in the middle of a transition, you could always rewind a few seconds to get back in the rhythm of the song. Just my thoughts.
Great reaction, man. Cheers!
An often overlooked aspect of Metallica's music is a lot of their songs are made with crowd engagement in mind. The "Master Master " in Master of Puppets is an immediate crowd callback. Metallica first and foremost is and always be a live band and alll their music is made with that in mind. If you can check out this song live. I highly recommend Seattle 1989 to see what i mean. Great reaction!
I love the story of when they know the song will be huge. It was the first time they ever play it, on a rehearsal on the garage. The kids on the neighbourhood listen they playing, and by the end of the song, they had a few kids at the door of the garage screaming "Master!! Master!!"
Very cool! Your friends were sharp to suggest Metallica. No better band to build your Metal platform to start on. They have so many truly incredible songs.
One dimension of Metal that a studio album cannot convey is the energy of a live performance. You should check out their performance of "Creeping Death" live at Moscow in '91. It's a crowd of 1.5 MILLION people, and absolutely insane how amped up everyone is, including the band themselves.
Im jealous, I wish I could go back to 1986 and listen to this whole album for the first time again. It's a timeless, epic ,iconic masterpiece
Creeping Death and For Whom the Bell Tolls are my faves..both are absolute bangers 🤟
Today: I'm not really a metal fan...
In 12 months: I'm a, massive lover for all things metal! 🤘
And so the journey begins, that always leads to the same destination.
I like your analysis style a lot; the best I've seen in a reaction channel, and I've seen a lot. The thing with metal production for metalheads is it's mostly about the tone of the instruments, how they're mixed, how the album is mastered but not so much about the layers, additional instruments, or effects/samples applied (beyond the standard guitar/bass/drums/vocals).
In other words, good "production quality" to metalheads is generally the perfect balance of raw/punchy instruments that are very well recorded yet not being over-produced. There's an art to EQing a guitar amp and micing the cab so that the chords hit you a certain way, for example, or how a snare drum is recorded so that it punches through the mix with clarity at just the right intensity. I realize too that there's an art to capturing the tones of all instruments in all genres, not just metal, something I'm sure you're well aware of. The slick, over-produced, ultra-polished albums are generally not as highly regarded in the production department by metalheads, although there are subgenres of metal that can benefit from that style.
There's metal with tons of additional instruments like full orchestras, choirs, synthesizers, samples, etc. so in that sense "production" is defined differently. So, there are a couple ways to define "production", whether it be how much layering and post-production was done in the studio vs. how the basic instruments were recorded using specific gear to capture very specific, niche tones.
Great video, really appreciate your open mind to the band and genre
Love your style on how you do your videos. Glad I found your channel 🤘
Much appreciated!
Cool review. To put Metallica in context for that time, speaking as a metalhead and musician who grew up in the 80's, Metallica was different because they (until 1989) had no music videos, and lyrical and content wise they were purely about the music. They were the first band to have the incredible precision in their arrangements and performance, and raised the bar for all young musicians who followed.
I grew up playing classical music on the piano and I’ve been a metalhead most of my life and yes I feel the genre has a lot in common with classical music. It also however gets its roots from blues and punk rock also. I’ve been a huge Metallica fan since the mid 80s and there is not a bad song on this album
Being full blown metal I honestly appreciate the way you guys broke this down into categories I actually learned from your reaction thinkn I knew everything about metal haha clearly I was wrong.. Thanks!!
This song hits you like a rock if you have any addiction that you cant get rid of. It helped me a lot.
Execellent choice of a song and band for getting into metal and reviewing it. To be blunt about the vocals, nobody at the time was doing what James was doing back then, so today it could sound unimpressive considering all the choices of music today and the growth but James was so far ahead of the curve with chant vocals and harmonies the way they’re layered and his sing yell technique that many adopted after the release of this album.
The technicality of the album showed at the time when like today that pop 3 minute tracks were becoming boring and not tasteful (a trend we might see come back again this decade) and these guys were just on something no one had seen previously. The mastery of the writing I believe back then was compared to Mozart and Beethoven because of Cliffs influence from them onto the writing of the album.
I’m so happy to see a dope review after a first time listen
Very well-said! Context like that is very important.
@@TheMusicKingdom also consider the genius of the writing on this album and the two before it if you get a chance to listen to those. When Master of Puppets came out in 1986 the guys in the band were 23-24 years old and lyrically amazing right from the first album, which came out when they were 20-21 years old.
James is very interesting vocalist. One of the main reasons for that is because he never was one. He started singing at the beginning of Metallica because they didn't have a singer
@@TheMusicKingdom If you want some more technical vocals in metal Dio is worth a look.
Your title is hilarious. You're a true hero for doing this review 😆
You have the maturity and knowledge of music to critique wide range of music genres; you come across well.
Much appreciated Mike!
The music tells the story. The opening hard and aggressive music was the want and need for the drug. The middle interlude was the fix of the drug. Finally the drug wore off and the aggression (the need for the drug) came back. Very few bands could and would consider the music to tell a secondary story.
Nice reaction, this was the first metallica song I ever heard back in '86 and I was hooked instantly and been a fan since.. you gotta check this song out live from seattle '89, an epic concert
Actually Master Of Puppets i think most would agree is the perfect song to start with. It has everything Metallica is known for and is one of their best even though it's also one of their most popular
Because a production doesn't have hundreds of layers, it doesn't mean there isn't complex production happening.
In this song there are all sorts of tricks going on - like double or quad tracked guitars - that's why it sounds so full and so wide.
The guitars were tuned down 1/4 step so that the final track could be sped up and have them be in tune, but be faster than they could reliably play it note for note.
And you have to remember this was recorded and mixed fully analogue, to tape.
Every nuance in guitars coming up a few dB for a solo, the increase in floor tom coming out of the interlude and the receding again, etc., was an engineer doing that on a fader real-time as the multitrack tape was bounced to a stereo mix before final mastering. No automation, no plug-ins. All producer and engineer skill.
New subscriber. Great vid. Songs that I think would be perfect for this platform?
- Rush “La Villa Strangiato” Live in Rio.
- Tool “Lateralus”
- Karnivool “Goliath”
Or if you want to take a complete left turn, Aesop Rock’s “Shrunk” off “The Impossible Kid”. A brilliant bit of lyrical literature.
A deep cut from Metallica that few people review is Low Man's Lyric from the Reload album. Vocally more challenging and a different sound than is typical from Metallica. The lyrics are powerful and they even manage to get some extra instrumentation into the song.
I love that song. I'm a fan of both Load and Reload too.
Great review! It's always interesting seeing a non-metalhead's view on metal. Knowing that you really love the interlude part of Master of Puppets I'd suggest listening to the song Fade to Black by them since it's a very beautiful ballad in my opinion. And if you're interested in listening to their more obscure stuff I'd suggest listening to songs off of the records Load and Reload by them because it's more Southern Rock/Metal than their usual Thrash/Groove metal. And speaking about metal bands taking influence from classical music, you should also listen to their S&M albums where they implement orchestra to their songs, they made two songs for the record which are No Leaf Clover and - Human, you should definitely check those as well.
I agree with almost everything you said... but I would point out that they are 1 of the founding thrash metal bands and an influence to vast numbers of musicians in multiple genres. So it's important to remember that their sound is heard in lots of music, but they invented it! Because of that, I would have personally pushed their creativity score up a bit.
You ought to check out Ne Obliviscaris - And Plague Flowers The Kaleidoscope (Live in Colorado 2016). Six of the most incredible musicians you'll ever lay eyes on. Clean singing, harsh vocals, a violin, insane drummer, bassist, two amazing guitar players. Magic made into sound.
honestly first time listen and review I highly respect that score, very very respectable. I like you.
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For Metallica, you should check out Orion. It's an amazing track off the Master of Puppets album. Orion is basically a heavy metal waltz. It becomes more obvious during the interlude.
I'd love for you to break it down music theory wise. Especially since it was Cliff Burton's magnum opus.
Great reaction brother. Now you need to hear some lesser known Metallica masterpieces. Like "Halo on Fire", and "Dyers Eve". And I'd be stoked to hear you review Pantera, my other favorite band. 🤘
Great for having an open mind. I love ALL genres but I'm mainly a rock fan. Good for you for giving all types a try.
Though I am not a fan of editing out parts of songs, thumbs up for the in depth thoughts of the song.
"One" is a good song to start out with too, with or without the music video I love it. The transition from start to finish is simply amazing
Metal is unique in that the lyrics are SO important the music acts as almost 2nd set of vocals. The music tells the story like a narrator
Need to see it live to really appreciate the solos.
About the production, there are like four different versions of each guitar part layered on top of each other to get a richer sound. That's eight different guitar tracks. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong.
Super cool fact while this is cliffs last album full album contribution but his last actual contribution is the poem in their song "to live is to die"
Fade to Black, Unforgiven, Nothing Else Matters. These are arguable three of their greatest songs that don't commercially rise to the level of Master of Puppets but are very well loved by Metallica fans. Much of their early stuff is thrash and may be not as "intricate" (not really the word I'm looking for) verbally or instrumentally as their more mainstream music (it's all a matter of perspective really), but everything they write has meaning, often deep meanings. Likewise, the lyrics in some songs may seem much more poetic than others that are just blunt and in your face. But there is one thing I don't think anyone can deny, the songs are a musical journey but the instrumentation in Metallica's music is a journey than can stand on its own, it is indeed just as much a party of the story as the lyrics.
I think “no leaf clover” is worth catching. It’s a song penned for the S&M album performed live with the San Francisco orchestra
Production wise, this song was recorded tuned down and at a slower tempo. Then sped up to play at its normal key and the drums, vocals and soloes recorded. This was done so the guitars sounded tight and clean.
I frankly more appreciate you being genuine than correct. We don't need you to tell us that Master of Puppets is one of the greatest metal songs of all time. We already know that. What is valuable is your honesty and perspective.
Master of Puppets is a good start to get into metal.
This is the first video of yours I've seen. I love how you go through and break down your thoughts on the song. I would love to see you review/react to "Little piece of heaven" by Avenged Sevenfold.
2:34 - Antonio Vivaldi "Summer" the 3rd movement. Yep, that guy was composing metal in the 17th century. Finnish band called Stratovarius took a big page out of that book. Check out their song "Black Diamond"
I would suggest to you the instrumental song "Orion" from this album, and also the song "No Leaf Clover" which they performed with a symphony orchestra.
Also not going to lie, you have to watch their 1989 Seattle performance of this
The best reaction ever.
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Much appreciated!
If you haven’t checked out Tool, give them a look. Very complex music, so many great songs (if you like the genre) either way you’ll appreciate the playing and arrangements.
Agreed, The Pot seems to be a great intro song for people coming into the Tool world.
I would also suggest Pneuma or Schism
The brilliance of Tool is all members play a solo. The beauty of Tool is that the solos are at the same time, for the entire length of the song.
First 4 albums are the best albums in thrash. Black album is also excellent, but is a transition away from thrash.
Beyond the Black album I became less of a fan but anything Metallica is still good.
I’ll offer you a couple recommendations from those first 5 albums and try to throw in some history/context:
First album/Kill Em All: Four Horseman (top 3 song imo, written in part by guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine. Dave was kicked out of the band in the early 80’s and would go on to form the band Megadeth, who are huge in their own right.) He was replaced by Kirk Hammett who played on their first album and is still their current lead guitarist.
Second album/Ride the Lightning: Creeping Death (my favourite song), For Whom the Bell Tolls (bass intro by the legendary Cliff Burton who passed in 1986 in a bus accident), Fade to Black (song about suicide, connected with a lot of youth who felt like they weren’t heard in the 80’s, a time when mental health wasn’t recognized), Ride the Lightning, Fight Fire with Fire (this song blew my mind when I first heard it, was my introduction to Metallica.)
Third/Master of Puppets: Battery, Orion (again highlights Cliff’s bass), Damage Inc
Fourth/And Justice for All: Blackened (Jason Newsted is introduced as Cliff’s replacement after the accident, he is hazed and is turned down in the mix of Justice significantly, almost to the point where you can’t hear him at all. However he would stay for more than a decade and become a huge part of their success; he was a monster in their live shows), One (powerful lyrics, legendary double bass (Lars Ulrich is the drummer, he and James Hetfield, the singer and majority writer, formed the band and have always ‘been in charge’. Lars is joked a lot about now because he is known to be a sloppy/lazy drummer, but in the 80’s he was perfectly capable and he helped put together some amazing arrangements). Dyers Eve (angriest song, technically crazy, the ‘bang’ to end their thrash era).
Fifth Album/Black: Enter Sandman (most popular song, I don’t like tbh), Nothing Else Matters (also very popular. Beautiful song all around) Wherever I may Roam.
I also recommend you check out their lives shows from 85-91. 85-86 will likely feature Cliff Burton on bass. After that it’s Jason Newsted who, as I mentioned, is an absolute monster live. Seattle ‘89 is probably their best live set. Insane energy. They play faster live.
Hell yeah! Thanks for the super insightful recommendations & context. 🙏🏼
@@TheMusicKingdom no problem, man. Metallica was an absolute game changer for me in music. Funny you mention Michael Jackson, because prior to becoming a Metallica fan he was far and clear my favourite artist. He might still be, but Metallica is a very close second, if not first.
I'm a total metal head, this album introduced me to Metal many many years ago, but I also listen to anything that makes my hair stand on end, and has lots of the feels... Love Michael Jackson, Ill Divo, Lady Gaga. My heart is with Metal and Thrash Metal... Brilliant review though! 🤘🤘♥️
Much appreciated!
I am a long time Metallica fan, so I am a bit biased. And I don't know what area, production, artistic, or composition, but the instrumental composition is also telling the story of addiction, with the heavy parts eliciting the emotions associated with withdrawal/discomfort of addiction and the mellow interlude eliciting the euphoric feeling of the high of using. Maybe that was noticed and just not mentioned or was overlooked, I don't know.
The song is a multiple act opera. The three main acts are - the drugs luring someone in, the "high", the regret. In addition there's sub parts of each. In the "high" there's coming down from the high into the withdrawal. In the regret section, the user is trying to get another fix. In the end, the drugs win.
Don't do drugs.
James is a good singer. He pours his heart into his music.
Lars is an ok drummer. He gets a lot of criticism. He is always having fun playing.
Kirk is a great guitarist, loves being a guitarist and collecting comics.
Rob, the new guy - only 20 years in - loves playing with Metallica.
If Metallica faded to black in 1990 or during St. Anger, MoP wouldn't have gotten as much acclaim. The fact that Metallica kept going, got over the hump, and just keeps going and going, and getting more and more popular. They are great, and they are consistent. After 20 years together, that's impressive of most bands, after 40 years it is beyond impressive. Their Stranger Things collaboration made MoP pop into the charts, peaking higher than ever.
Its like a car. They, and the song, is far more than the sum of the individual parts.
When people try to figure out what key or time signature or scale or whatever and nothing fits. That's one of the great things - these make the listener's brain think about that surprise and it works.
Thanks for the analysis and opinion.
the different sections of the song lyrically and musically relate to stages of drug use, both from the point of view of the drug and from the users point of view, and the emotional differences between them. First you have the drug calling to the user; then you have the user being high (the smooth, comforting part); then you have the user coming down from the high and the regret that follows (the music is much more frantic here); then the drug again telling the user how it has ensnared him. the states of mind that the sections put you in match the emotional ups and downs that drug use brings
Fun fact the sing actually inspired by the effects drugs can have on you “master master where the dreams I’ve been after master master promised only lies” “never ending maze” “now I rule you too” “obey your master”
First thing I thought. After noting it’s importance with the recognition it was shocking to completely miss the lyrics.
Realizing what he is singing about is such a great moment.
That include is there to tell the story.
The high of drugs then the depressed feeling of coming off the high then back to the next high.
Your timing is perfect with some of your comments. "The song is getting a little redundant".. Metallica switches off to something completely different.
"The solo is really cool, is it improvised?"... just a couple notes before they go into the two guitar interlude part of what some may mistakenly refer to as a solo.
Cutting out the lyric "chop your breakfast on a mirror" was disappointing. It's usually the best part of a reaction because that's when people put this story together
1:38, mark are my friends from right to left Chris Knight,.Kevin Knight, Chris Brightwell from the Metallica tribute band Damage Inc. I played with them alot when I was and Axl in a GNR tribute band. They are amazing.
Great reaction - if you loved the interlude... your REALLY need to listen to Orion from this same album - it is absolutely gorgeous! I think you will LOVE it!
Great video! If you want to continue your journey on Metal, a great pick would for sure be Chop Suey! by System of a Down. The song is melodic but still has that juicy metal goodness we all enjoy, and SOAD is a great starting band for new metal heads. If you want something heavier, though, I would recommend Wait and Bleed by Slipknot. While it’s not the band’s biggest hit or heaviest song, it’s a great gateway into the band and shows some of melody in some of their later records while also being pretty heavy.
Thanks for the well thought-out recommendation! 🙏🏼
You Chose wisely. This song is the Magnum Opus of a long and varied career. This song for me is the greatest Metal song of all time. Giving me chills since '91....this song directly told me not to do drugs! The Song takes you on the Journey of a Drug addict....The Thrill...the Chill..then the Ill.....You get the speed...the mellow..and then the Hell..
Master of Puppets was partially played during the movie “Old School” when they picked up my boy “Blue”.
This was my introduction to Metallica when I was 6 or 7, and most peoples introductions as well come from the album, whether it be Battery, the title track, or Welcome Home (Sanitarium), so definitely a good pick to start off with! I would definitely recommend stuff off the And Justice for All album and the infamous Black album. and for deep cuts, songs like Bleeding Me, The Outlaw Torn, Am i Savage?, and My Apocalypse are good songs to touch on!
If you're looking for some obscure deepcuts of metallica you might want to check out The Thing That Should Not Be, No Remorse or Phantom Lord
Appreciate your context research and mentioning this album snd song’s accolades. Here’s what you missed: in 1986 the biggest influencer that covered many genres of popular music was MTV. Metallica did not have a video air on MTV until ‘89 (One)
Similarly, very little radio support for the Metallica outside of late night ‘metal’ shows on rock radio stations. This became iconic purely on merit.
Old School Metallica fans are proud that ‘we’ forced Metallica into the mainstream...it was not forced onto the world
Seems like a very fair rating across the board from a neophyte in the genre and of the band. Obviously I adore the song and the album as a massive metal fan but there are indeed many deeper cuts from Metallica’s vast discography ( my personal favorites ranging from One, Welcome Home, Orion, To Live is To Die, Atlas Rise, The Call of Ktulu, and Fade to Black). Many would argue those particular songs are hardly “deep cuts” but they are among my favorites…
Check out "To live is to die". my fav instrumental which has a lot of classical influence, largely due to the genius of their late bassist Cliff Burton RIP.
Some Metallica Song Recommandations from me: Motorbreath, Fade to Black, Disposable Heroes, Orion, And justice for all, One
The day that never comes, my recommendation.
Blackend, Battery or if you want to see what cliff could do while he was still with us, Anaesthesia/For Whom The Bell Tolls (Live)
Orion, one of the best instrumentals in thrash metal
I suggest you Dyers Eve from their and justice for all album. It has amazing guitars it has great lyrics and a decent solo. It is a very underrated song. Its such a agressive song. Most metallica fans would know it but it is not a track that everybody reacts to.
Honestly listening to master of puppets is a great call. It’s a hugely iconic song in terms of metal for a reason and has a wide range of riffs, leads, harmonies, and song paces. It’s a masterpiece, no pun intended. My personal favorite from the album master of puppets would have to be battery, however, for various reasons. I also highly recommend listening to their first song with a music video, titled One. The track also made it into one of the guitar hero games. You must have heard the song enter sandman at least once in your life as well. Nice video.
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For one of the best, if not THE best and faithful covers of "Master of Puppets" I point you to Liliac's cover from March 2021 which came out before the Stranger Things scene. And ironically the stand in guitar player for that scene is now playing with Liliac as a Touring guitarist as both the band and Aidan (the guitarist) live in Atlanta.
I've been listening to metal since the year it started 😃
Very much enjoyed your review. It's a very fresh opinion without the "anthemic" factor of the song. Very strong argument you made is production, this album was the first not to be recorded in the US, but in Lars' homecountry, as they could get about 5x the studiotime for the same money. Also do not forget this album is about 35 years old. we're still talking Ampex reels and tape trickery. In "Master Of Puppets" the lyrics double back on the music. One can easily sense the emotional states as the song progresses, I's say this is one of the very few songs where the lyrics are in absolute sync with the musical themes. Arguably you could divide Metallica's music in at least two parts; pre- and post "Black Album" , which might be something for you to look at in any next Metallica review. As for metal in general, if you'd like to up the stakes, give Queenrysche (w/Geoff Tate & Chris DeGarmo !) a go, or if you wanna go really progressive Try Dream Theater. With these two you're in the "masters" section of vocal and instrumental perfection and wizardry. Good luck on figuring out those. Keep going in this scene, you'll find a new world and without a doubt the closest family on planet earth.
Well said!
Master of Puppets is a great start for getting a foot in the doorway metal wise.
Amazing song front to back. While I do enjoy the album after more, Its still one of my favorites.
Great video. VERY intricate... and if good metal is anything, it's intricate and nerdy lol. This song is a great stepping on point for "metal" but it kind of is the "thriller" of metallica imo. If you want AMAZING musical compositions check out any of the instrumental tracks from metallica. My favorite song of all time, metal or not is a metallica instrumental called "to live is to die" off the justice album. And in fact that's my favorite album from them. Can't wait to see your metallica reaction 👍
Great recommendation! Yep, totally know what you mean by “the thriller”. Noted!
I think you and Professional Older Brother would enjoy "And Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope" by Ne Obliviscaris. They're a progressive metal band from Australia, and this particular song is studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
Master of puppets is one of the best albums ever made i recommed getting a og 1986-1989cd cd pressing of the album is amazing stand head shoulders over any other version the Dynamics/ frequencies high low end are insane which you lose on every on the streaming services later pressing the loudness wars ect trust me it blow my mind jaw on the floor when i heard it how it ment to sound its a truly magical experience
Michael got many really good songs, and im metal head.. lived trough 80's...
I'm not entirely sure if Metallica has "deep cuts" per se, but some great songs that aren't played to death are Trapped Under Ice, The Frayed Ends of Sanity, and Fixxxer.
Trapped Under Ice is awesome
I recommend listening to Battery, Ride the lighting, or enter sandman. they are all different but each equally metal asf
Some Metallica songs you should check out next are: And Justic for All, Orion, The Thing That Should Not Be (underrated imo), Call of Ktulu, One, Fade to Black, and The Four Horsemen.
Other metal songs you should look at: Cemetery Gates (Pantera), Tornado of Souls (Megadeth), Crooked Cross (Slayer), and Bad Horsie (Steve Vai). These are just some of my favorites that I think you should check out.
Disposable Heroes.
'Nuff said, lol.
Popular opinion is that with the song being about being addicted to drug that the "interlude" is supposed to be the "high" from drugs.
Obscure songs:
Frayed ends of sanity
Harvest of sorrow
No remorse
Fight fire with fire
Creeping death
For whom the bell tolls
Four horsemen
Ride the lightning
Basically any off track from the first 4 albums
Hi. I would like to know your opinion on an underrated band called Death Angel, particularly the album Act III. The songs Discontinued or A room with a view are, in my opinion, great lyrics.
Appreciate you ir work. Greets.