Metallica
Master Of Puppets

THE REVIEW

Hello everyone, today I'm doing my first review... I hope you like it. Enjoy reading!

Well, I don't know where to begin, this album is a masterpiece, an album that made history in metal, primarily thrash. And as many know, 1986 is the "golden" year of heavy metal, and many spectacular albums were released. "Master of Puppets" is one of them, and in my opinion, it is the absolute best by Metallica, and without a doubt, it's the heaviest album they've ever made.

The guitarist duo Hetfield/Hammett flaunts heavy and massive riffs and solos, accompanied by Ulrich's furious drumming, who knew how to play back then, not like today when he sounds like he's playing pots and pans. And then there's also Cliff Burton with his driving and catchy bass lines that manage to maintain the rhythm in all the songs (mainly in "Orion").

The album starts with "Battery", which opens with a very haunting acoustic guitar arpeggio that has that "South American" atmosphere making it even more eerie and dark. It's the same introduction used in "Fight Fire with Fire" only more haunting, and then the guitars kick off with violent riffs, giving rise to a song full of energy. The title track is a classic of the album with a catchy chorus, which is somewhat similar to "Creeping Death" but better. This song is still performed in their live shows today. The next "The Thing that Should Not Be" is another gem of the album, where Metallica takes us to the city of R'lyeh where the monstrous god Cthulhu resides. The solo is one of the most beautiful and distorted on the album. "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" is Metallica's second ballad, where the beginning is slow and the pace only picks up in the chorus, and in the finale, it unleashes with fast and melodic solos. "Disposable Heroes" is another gem, highlighting the full sonic power of Metallica, criticizing war as a means of destruction. "Leper Messiah" is a great fast and aggressive song with a good chorus. We've reached the seventh song of the album: "Orion", and it's a simply amazing instrumental in every sense, starting with our Cliff with his slow, precise, and thrilling bass lines, and here you can understand the technique and composition of the Californian quartet, especially the bassist. At the end of the album, as the icing on the cake, there's "Damage Inc.", a track of pure sonic violence that closes the album like the old "Metal Militia".

What else to say about "Master of Puppets"? Well, I don't believe there's anything else, it's a masterpiece in metal and particularly in thrash.

PS: I've seen that there are many reviews of this album, so I didn't think there was anything original to write, but I was tempted... anyway, I hope it's decent.