Master Of Puppets

Nostalgia

AWESOME !!!

Amazing

Now I get this genre. Full of brilliant riffs, clever band interplay (especially on Orion) and thankfully little of the cheesy posturing thrash often is known for. Only slight complaint is that it could've been tighter on some tracks.

3. Not my fave from Metallica.

I think this album is a little overshadowed by And Justice For All. For some good reason, but Master of Puppets has a lot to offer. This was the loudest shit available at the time. That's gotta count for something.

No interest in this

Classic. Perfect.

Brilliant. Soaring solos and vocals. Bangs from start to finish.

It’s very loud for a very long time Which is fine but a bit draining after a while

It's powerful and surprisingly "clean" guitar and drums. Just don't personally enjoy this music and was waiting for it to end. 3

I'm not a huge metal fan but I can dig some Metallica. This has some real heaviness but with musicianship missing from some of the more terrible death and thrash metal. "Master of Puppets" is the albums star and with the pointless and seemingly endless war in Ukraine raging "Disposable Heroes" is as poignant as ever. Orion also was pretty good

Not really into metal but this was just objectively an excellently crafted album. I’d obviously heard of it before but this was my first time actually listening to Metallica, and I was pleasantly surprised. Pretty good!

Was surprisingly disappointing. All the songs sounded the same and none of them sounded good all the way through. Some great guitar broke through a bunch but that was the only part I liked and it was not enough for me to enjoy the album. 2.5 stars

Muy pesado, tiene su jugo pero para darle más puntaje necesito escucharlo un poco más

Master of Puppets is the third album by American heavy metal band Metallica. It received widespread acclaim and is considered one of the greatest metal albums of all time, as well as being a cornerstone of the thrash metal scene. It is certified 6 times platinum in the US and was the first metal album to be added to the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress for being culturally/historically/aesthetically significant. This important thrash metal album is a banger - no question about it. Even if you're not a fan of metal music, Master of Puppets will have you headbanging along to the rocking drums and shocking guitar riffs. It's an awesome album that I think everyone should listen to!

i almost skipped this because i never thought metallica were half as heavy as they were supposed to be but this record kicks ass and i'm not afraid to say i was wrong

Ja ha haft stark antipati mot metallica sen klassiska skivan men dehä va nog banger

My opinion of this album shifts a fair amount, but I think I can confidently say I like about half of it. ”Disposable Heroes” and ”Damage Inc.” Are the songs I really like, and if the rest of the album was as good I would agree with the hype. ”Welcome Home (Sanitarium)” I remember enjoying, Orion and Battery being decent. The other tracks I don’t care too much for, even the classic title track. The songwriting could of course be improved at quite a few places, but the biggest improvement overall would just be removing 2 minutes of runtime from most of the songs. If Metallica would’ve just cut the fat, the resulting album would be much better for it. Basically? Kill ’Em All is their best album

Man ja feelar Metallica e så ass speciellt James Hetfield e så consistently usel på allt från ord till övertygande vocals... master of puppets sången e nog nice tho de e nice riff. Största orsaken att de hä int får en etta är att det är så mycket lättare att stå ut med än S&M.

Noise on steroids

Some real good stuff in there. Totally my style.

Säkert en klassiker men jag gillar ju inte den här typen av musik. Låten Master of puppets är ganska bra.

Man what an album. Electrifying, aggressive and powerful. The drums and guitars just sound awesome in this. The vocals are fantastic as well. What usually turns me away from the metal genre, are the unintelligible screaming vocals. There is almost none of that here. I mean they're still somewhat rough and harsh, but it's a prefect mix between a more melodic and aggressive tone. Definitely gonna listen to this again.

AJ: sooo I’ve listened to Metallica the same way I started with Pearl Jam. I didn’t listen to albums right away besides Ten and The Black Album. I liked a couple tunes on Ride the Lightning before my mom threw it away. But through radio and live albums I heard a lot of both of their popular songs. So hearing Master of Puppets as the second song on an album instead of a car chase montage is really cool. Never knew it was 8+ minutes! Crazy assholes. So heavy, so fast, but so tight. Fuck Lars. 🤘🏻 Cat: pure gasoline. Just epic shit. The guitar harmonies, the time changes, all masterful and legendary.

3.5 i respect what metallica did for the genre and i liked this a lot more than i expected i would. however i would still rather listen to the bands they inspired. a very solid start though.

Super happy to see this pick today.

This was ass

Eh

Good

If you are gonna listen to thrash this is the album for you.

I don't like Metallica. The more driving parts of the songs were enjoyable, however I now think it should be illegal to have more than two guitar solos in an album.

Bombastic, loud, ridiculous, political, anti-war, tasty album.

Sólo por Master of puppets se merece el 5, pero es que además tiene casi todas buenas.

Voces y ruidos. Molesto. Sin ritmo.

just not my taste

2/5

Metallica is pretty cool, but might not be for me

Awesome, no notes.

It’s got energy. The vocals and instrumentals both get tiring to me pretty quickly. Prefer more variety.

Some of the better Metallica but they really just beat you over the head with it.

Sometime during the spring semester of my senior year in high school, my parents found two CD cases tossed into our yard (long story). One of the CDs in the cas was Metallica's Master of Puppets, which I happily kept. I used to listen to the title track pretty regularly, even trying to make it from my house to my job before the track ended (I can't remember if I was ever successful, but at least there were never any negative outcomes from this stunt). However, I don't think I've ever listened to this album in its entirety until today. This album is thrash metal perfection. The lyrics are sharp and poignant, from the criticisms of American militarism on "Disposable Heroes," to the criticisms of the false prophets of evangelicals on "Leper Messiah," this album doesn't pull any punches. Musically, it's exactly what I want from Metallica as well: fast when it needs to be, loud when it needs to be, and yet melodic enough that you realize just how talented these guys are as songwriters. Hetfield's vocals are outstanding here as well, even though he only gets better on later albums. This is a fantastic album, and I'm ashamed that I've owned it for nearly two decades, but never listened to all of it until today.

Very good. The Thing That Should Not Be is my favorite lesser known Metallica song. My only complaint is that the songs eventually blend together toward the end. Still very good.

One of the best metal albums od all time, if not THE best

This album is a masterpiece of thrash metal and most likely edges out "And Justice for All" as my favorite Metallica album. The overall tone is dark and ominous that successfully mixes in-your-face thrash with melodic instrumentation to give the album a generally complex sound. Favorite Song - Orion, Master of Puppets, Welcome Home (Sanitarium) Least Favorite Song - The Thing That Should Not Be This song was very monotonous apart from the solo No Skip Album? - No, I could see myself skipping "The Thing That Should Not Be"

I just don't enjoy this at all. It's like being beaten over the head with a hammer for an hour. Whatever happened to subtlety? To nuance? Understatement? Blech. 2 stars.

I never liked these guys because they were so late to the game and by the time they came out heavy metal was like, two decades in my rear-view mirror. At their best, they’re heavy-metal-on-steroids and at their worst, a parody of heavy metal. That said, I can see why the next generation loved them so much. They definitely know how to throw together high-power riffs, the riff-per-song ratio is way up there and the guitar solos need to be played holding your axe vertical.

Dos clásicos al hilo

Another classic, flawless. Love all the songs on this from start to finish.

That was a slog. I found it really boring.

Metallica - Master of Puppets Album released 3 March 1986 Genre - American Heavy Metal. First thoughts: not my type of music. But a lot of the songs surprised me. Knew of Master of Puppets from Stranger things but starting with Battery and into that was amazing. Some of the songs were a little lengthy which brought it down for me. 4/5

Favorite Song: Welcome Home (Sanatarium) There’s a reason Metallica is famous.

This was great. I've never really listened to Metallica before. It's got elements of rock from that era that I typically don't enjoy, but there's just so many bits that elevate it throughout. From those staccato like shred notes at the end of Battery, to the more operatic moments through out, something in each track stood out and roped me in. Would have been better if it leaned into some Doom, but that's the case for all music, so won't mark it down for that. Fav track: Master of puppets

Held up as a pinnacle of the genre and its not hard to see why. Hetfield's delivery is perfect for the overdramatic, grand guignol lyrics. The band employ an impressive amount of light and shade over the albums runtime, but the shreds and headbangs are where it shines. Not my go-to brand of metal and never will be, but this was a great fun listen and a perfect entry point into one of the genres most indelible bands. Fave track: Master of Puppets

One of the strongest bookends of songs we’ve had - super strong opener and closer, and everything else in between just happens to be pretty enjoyable too. Some great production and chemistry here to land some energetic and politically aggressive headbangers. I never knew I was secretly a fan of thrash metal. Fave track: Battery

listened to again not my favorite genre of metal, but i still respect the hell outta their legacy and this album is an uncontested classic

this album is the posterchild for angry metal.

Classic. Perfect workout music.

I'm not a big metal fan, but this is fun and beautiful. It is an iconic album for a reason.

Classic and way better than the 80's deserved.

This Album was the first one I got to share with my dad. ...And justice for all was the second. This album helped me get into Metal and I'm forever grateful for them.

Brilliant album that offered many Metallica classics!

I enjoyed it more than the last Metallica and got behind a few of the songs. For metal this is pretty good for me.

Pretty good, Master of Puppets (the song) was a banger. Rest is a little average.

You know it’s not bad. It’s really quite good. I’ve played it three times and can enjoy listening to it. What I like: Intros and middle eights. They’ve got a good grasp of rock dynamics and know that if you have 30s of acoustic noodling/slow strumming then the crunching riffs come on even stronger. Twin guitars. Always a sucker for some double-guitar interplay. Bits of this, the best bits, sound a bit like Thin Lizzy. A good thing in my book. It’s not really thrash though is it? If it is its the slowest thrash ever. So there’s actually room for tunes, singing, musicality etc to come through. It is intense. There’s no number about a lady in a red dress to be found anywhere. Doomy lyrics. It was the eighties. Ronnie was joking around with the nuclear football, cruise missiles and the like. Not to mention the height of Thatcherism over here. So lyrics about death, destruction, madness, conscription and cannon doddering and general catastrophe are just fine. And the screaming, roaring delivery really sells it. Riffs. Huge riffs. Riffs from outer space. Riffs carved from the side of Mount Rushmore. If these riffs were an actor they’d be Brian Blessed shouting from the top of a Welsh mountain. What’s not so good. The inessential instrumental. When your other tracks are called things like Leper Messiah, The Thing That Should Not Be or Sanitorium then having an instrumental called Orion rather lets the side down. Like YYZ on Moving Pictures its the heavy metal equivalent of the hip-hop skit. Where’s the screaming? Not that it’s bad, just that it’s not really needed. They could do with an edit button. Most of the tracks clock in at the 6 minute mark which given the sound is everything up to 11 can get a little exhausting.

Kind of disappointing. A lot of long, plodding tracks, which I'm generally not a fan of.

There were moments in songs that I really enjoyed, but generally it was just alright.

Not bad.

This one really set me back. I just couldn't find the energy required to listen to it - not because I was averse to doing so but I usually listen to the albums first thing in the morning and I just couldn't bring myself to do it. Then, each time I tried, I would have to stop and then I couldn't find my place so would have to start again and then the same thing would happen... so I finally have heard the whole thing and I love the effort and the playing is truly extraordinary (and influential) but I'm really not planning on playing this again anytime soon.

A bonafide slap merchant.

Onpahan eteenpäinjyystöä, melkein kolme tähteä mutta puudutti snadisti liikaa

Eihän tätä jaksa kuunnella, mutta nimibiisille annan "objektiivista" tunnustusta melodisesta iskevyydestä ja meemimateriaalista.

Очевидно, легендарная работа Хорошего можно сказать много про неё. Из интересного, слишком она предсказуемой ощущается моментами, даже в работах, которые слышишь впервые. Очень понравилась работа Orion. Звучит сильно мягче и приятнее

классика

Ну вот это то, чего я от Металлики в целом и ожидал всегда. Странно оставлять такой комментарий к их наверное самому классическому альбому?)) Вот здесь нормальные такие рифачки, и записаны они правильно, в сравнении с симфонической версией. В целом, и написать-то даже нечего. Металика и есть Металика, чтобы в ушах звенело (слишком толсто).

- Battery : it sounds like someone is drilling my brain. TrrrTrrrTrrr... - Master Of Puppets : 8 minutes was a bit too long - The Thing That Should Not Be : Not memorable - Welcome Home : Finally something softer but after 2 minutes it sounded like it was Master Of Puppets but with different lyrics - Disposable Heroes : Not memorable - Leper Messiah : Not memorable - Orion : I like it better when they don't sing. Had potential but went downhill when it was supposed to go hard at the end of the song. - Damage, Inc : I'm definitely sick of Metallica

too much Metallica, Welcome Home is good though

A fucking classic. Not my fav Metallica album (Ride is) but man...this is a top 10 album.

Fuck yeah Metallica

Hell yeah. Hard to beat old school thrashy Metallica.

Rips. We all know it rips. Will always rip. 5/5

I’ll never understand why this is the critic’s metal album of choice when all of Maiden’s 80’s albums are leaps better. The big songs are overplayed and overhyped beyond belief and the lesser-known tracks aren’t very acclaimed for a reason, and the album recycles Ride the Lightning’s structure with only slightly better production values. Meh. C

Score for the song "Master of Puppets": 4.5. Score for the rest of the album: 3.

Fuckin fantastic headbanging metal. It's no wonder this is a lot of people's favorite band. Strong vocals, excellent guitar & bass, and perfectly executed percussion. As a side note, I'm glad Master of Puppets was featured on Stranger Things. I hope the younger generations carry on with the meal tradition. I never want it to die. 🤘

Next to Ride the Lightning, this is my favourite Metallica album. Solid from start to finish. Kirk Hammet is a virtuoso on the guitar. His solos and leads are borderline classical.

the more i hear of metallica the more i think they are what would happen if you asked AI to write some metal music. either that's a compliment that they are genre defining or its an insult saying they are generic, either way i don't get it.

What the fuckin' hell is this load of codswallop? A vanity project for virgins. Last picked for the football team and bullied by the cool kids. Metallica are a wet dream on a school trip. They're so angry and, boy, do I not care

Puppet fuckers.

Classic metal album

RIP Eddie. Long live hellfire club. That's the most I know about this album

Almost perfect.

Classic

If not their best album, it's their second best, behind "...And Justice For All"

Groundbreaking...

Metallica was always way too hardcore for me as a kid. Still find it pretty intense for regular listening. All the peaceful interludes and instrumentals are pretty amazing and do attest to the technical chops of the band. Overall, gratuitously performative with advanced skills.

OG, next-level shit when this came out. I love how tight Master is ... so good. This album made me realize there is a lot more to music than Top-40, However, I couldn't get into metal and still can't. It all seems too repetitive and I'm not a fan of the Flying V sound.

I guess I've gone back-and-forth on Metallica a lot. I listened to them a fair bit in the late 2000s, but hadn't touched it in 20 years. Then early in the 1001 journey, I was thinking about how music tastes could change over time, and was curious to go back and listened to some Metallica to see if I felt the same way about it as I used to. At that time I determined that I didn't like it as much as I used to. But then less than a week later the generator gifted us with Anthrax, which was clearly far worse heavy metal. Then we got Megadeth just a few weeks later, and maybe those experiences helped me understand the value of Metallica. A year later we listened to Metallica's self-titled "Black" album, and I forgot to write a review. I think I liked it, but still maybe not the way I used to. But "Master of Puppets" is the Metallica that I was looking for the whole time. This album and "Ride the Lightning" were my favorites. With the black album and their later work, I don't like the way James Hetfield uses his voice as much. Here the vocals are raw and intense, and don't try to be anything else. The drums are pounding, the guitars thrash. "Battery" is great, and then the beginning of the title track is a little lackluster, but by the time the solo half-way through "Master of Puppets" hits the band is firing on all cylinders. From there it's a sprint to the finish. It can all sound too similar at times, but it's broken up by amazing guitar solos, and the whole thing is wrapped up at track 8 before it wears out its welcome. I'll have to go check out "Ride the Lightning" again, and I guess "Metallica" too so I can fill in that missing review.

I mean they’re good but a lot of this starts to all sound the same.

What a … masterful … album! eh, anyone??? That’s a good one. I’m sort of glad I didn’t discover old school Metallica in my younger years. I probably would have burst a neck disk from head banging so much. This music pairs well with a smash room, one of those places you pay to break stuff. Everything about the title track is amazing except the guitar solo at 5:47-5:49, which drives me crazy. I fucking hate the whammy bar, at least I think it’s the whammy bar making that god awful, cheesy “woooo woOOOoo woOOoo” sound. It is a stain on the song, the album, and Metallica’s legacy. Alright maybe not a stain on their legacy, but I can’t not hear “woooo woOOOoo woOOoo” any time I think about this song. I prefer Ride The Lightning to all their albums, which isn’t on the list, but only slightly over Master Of Puppets. This album thrashes in every good way possible.

No thanks. Don't like the guitar sound.- distortion on the riffs. Most songs follow the same format: an intricate, melodic and delicate intro, then just when you begin to think it might be interesting and different, bang! In comes the distorted riff. Boring.

4.5 really, only not giving 5 cos don’t won’t to feel cond

Thrash-terpiece.

GOAT thrash album.

So great! I prefer Ride the Lightning, but this is is still a perfect album.

Compared to The "... And Justice For All" (1 star) I found this better (so 2 stars), some subtle parts I started to like but then, well: same silly music starting again. Just not into metal. This one 2 stars

Do all of the songs sound alike? Maybe, but when that sound is "greatness" who cares?

Master Of Puppets was released in 1986 and improved on the sound of Ride The Lightning. Production and songwriting have been perfected and missteps like Escape have not made the cut like on its predecessor. Even the structure of the album is almost identical. The first track Battery hits right in after a quiet intro. Metallica at its loudest. The title track, as well as Disposable Heroes, with their eight+ minutes, are epic songs in which everything comes together. Hard, fast riffs, a quiet passage with beautiful melodies and a lightning fast solo by Kirk Hammett. The quiet Welcome Home (Sanitarium) is then a ballad with a somewhat harder chorus and beautiful guitar solos that eventually builds to a great climax. The instrumental Orion is another highlight. Atmospheric, chock full of riffs and solos and a real bass solo from Cliff Burton. Burton also opens the album's closer, Damage, Inc. With this sledgehammer blow, the album is closed even more furiously than it opened. Metallica would never reach the level of this album again. Master Of Puppets is still regarded as one of the best and most influential metal albums. The metal album everyone should know.

Seriously? If I could, I'd give it 6 stars.

🤘🤘🤘🤘

Good metal, but it overstays its welcome. If you’re looking for an all time great, I’d recommend something like Sabbath, not this.

This is the Metallica of my youth, and still top tier metal in my book. The lyrics are a little basic and the singing, while very competent, isn't much more than that. The music is impeccable though, and just a good time when I'm in this genre mood. Holds up very well.

I don't like any heavy metal music, so I didn't like this one at all. This isn't passing judgement on the band, however, just my own taste.

I always held them at arms length (put off by the image and merchandise) but I watched a documentary on them that gave me newfound respect and after which I find their music varied and more interesting The musicianship is impressive and at times quite sensitive before ratching up into the hardcore stuff. This is a great album although I prefer the eponymously titled album that came a few years later.

2/8, 25%

Still one of the best metal albums I've heard, and a relisten proves that yet again. Everyone knows "Battery" and the self-titled track, but "Orion" just makes this album even better as an incredible instrumental track.

An amazing album from start to finish, iconic

It was a good album but I still don't need an hour of Metallica. I knew some of the songs and I would listen to those songs again. The songs themselves are all way too long.

If it's too loud, you're too old. I'm too old.

I don’t listen to these guys much anymore, but this is a solid album. Their first four albums are all pretty great. But when I compare these guys to other metal bands, I usually am left unsatisfied. When I DO want to listen to metal, I want to listen to more technical/complex or dark stuff. My favorites rn are Death and Opeth. I also like Megadeth and Judas Priest plenty. My least favorite thing about Metallica is Lars’ drum sound (especially on 'And Justice For All': great songwriting but dear god what a horrible mix). The drum sound is really harsh and piercing in a bad way, but at the same time it sounds so flat. And it's much too loud in the mix in my opinion. I want to be able to hear the guitar and bass without my ears being destroyed by the annoying drum sound. Favorite track: Orion

The guitar in this album is SO good. Such a short album yet great songs!!

As far from ‘my thing’ as it’s possible to be, yet I enjoyed a few of the tracks.

Metallica became a a juggernaut with this album. The opening to Sanitarium is about as good of a front half of an album ever.

I never claimed to be a true metalhead and I think that me liking Metallica's more melodic records proves that.

This is one of my favorite all time best of albums. Almost perfect!

Good tracks here but I'm not a metalhead.

Good

First one I couldn’t play through. It’s just not good.

Loud, obnoxious, and honestly kinda boring

Not sure that I’ve ever sat down and listened to this front to back until today, but I still knew every song. You can’t deny this album’s legendary status. I’d be a fool to dock any stars!

Not a fan of the entire album as a whole but it certainly takes me back to a time when it was one of my faves. Still love Sanitarium as much as ever. Still deserves a 5.

Solid album, some great instrumental work in the longer tracks, and some nice fret wanking on the closer. Highlight: second half of Orion, Welcome Home also a banger.

Not an enjoyable listen. Most of the songs sounded the same. It was very monotone and boring. Most of the lyrics sounded clunky and the vocals too shouty to work. Massively overhyped and i’m very disappointed as I was expecting more.

It's Metallica. Good all the way through.

My top 10 album of all time

Hard hitting kings of thrash are at it again with this pearler of a album. Noise with a message as it hits your eardrums that is so anti war it looks like it is putting bouquets in tank gun barrels while wearing a Tiananmen square t-shirts. A true metal classic and worth multiple listens and is going straight into my metal playlist. Favourite tracks - Master of puppets, Disposable Heroes

Metallica doing their metallica thing. I'm not a fan.

Best album given so far (it may also align with my music tastes more than any of the others lol)

🤘

Much better than the black album.

Wow! What a great debut album from a fresh new band. I just heard their first single, Master of Puppets, on Stranger Things last summer, and it's been getting great exposure on TikTok! So cool to hear their album in its entirety. I like that this album sounds like it was recorded in the late 80s, which is a pretty interesting choice. I get they were going for an ironic thing here so that's pretty cool. All in all a cool album from the young men in MetalLica! Looking forward to hearing their next big single on another Netflix show!

Sonunda harika bir albüm omfg. Zaten arada sırada Metallica dinliyorum; buradan da dinlemediğim bir iki şarkıyı dinlemiş oldum, gayet de memnunum. Tam dinlerken delirmelik şarkılar, aşırı gaz veriyor gerçekten ele geçiriyor insanı. Diyecek laf yok resmen. Ayrıca şu elektro gitar güzel doğru ellerde olunca eriyorum, mükemmel bir alet. solid (9/10) for me

SONUNDA DÜZGÜN BİR SEY GELDİ YA iki haftadır 70ler erkek grupları ve garip garip müzikler dinliyordum, yeter. Gayet güzeldi albüm olarak, aşırı aşırı heavy metal olmaması güzeldi. Gitarlar çok iyiydi, gerçekten güzeldi. Metallica neden bu kadar abartılıyor sorusunun çok çeşitli cevaplarına giriş niteliğinde olabilecek albümlerden biri gibiydi. Genel olarak müzik kalitesi iyiydi. lyricalitesi de iyiydi bence, az ve öz ama aşırı saçma sapan sözler de değildi. Enstrümanlar, gitarlar özellikle *chef's kiss* Master of Puppets : zaten albümün de adı, şarkı da çok güzeldi. Ortalarda bir yerde birden değişen bir gitar solosu vardı, bayıldım. Disposable Heroes : bu da enjoyable bir parçaydı, sanırım bunun en sonunda şarkı bitti sanıp bir anda beş saniye daha gitar çalınca şaşırmıştım ama emin değilim. Overall: 8.5'tan 9/10

The guitar work is cool, but I just do not love metal music. Maybe it's because I listened to it at 8am on a work day, but who knows.

This album has some great riffs and impressive guitar playing but most of the songs sound the same. The album was also dragged out way too long. This could've easily been forty minutes and it would have still had the same effect on me. With other genres I normally wouldn't have a problem with repeated riffs and chord progressions but when I'm listening to thrash or metal I want to be stimulated the entire time and not have to listen to an 8 minute instrumental song and this is coming from a big jazz fan. Every song on here is good and I would enjoy each song on it's own on separate occasions but when listening to this as a project the repetitiveness stands out to me I give this 7.5/10, would probably rate it higher after a relisten but I most likely won't for a good while.

PURO ROOOOCK!!! Me vuelvo loca, no soy de escuchar rock, no lo consumo, pero metallica en este álbum (no conozco otro jajant) centra el rock a mi opinión en su mayor puesto, al ver la duración me hacen muy largas, pero al terminar estas satisfecho con la duración. Musica de la buena diría mi viejo. Esta bueno el juego con la musica, como en Leper Messiah o Master Of Puppets

Such fake emotions. Sanatorium!

My only qualm is that, if you're gonna recommend the studio version of this album, why bother showing multiple live Metallica album before. It took the magic out of the listening experience.

Episch album is episch album. Niet alles is even goed, maar wat goed is, is geweldig!

I literally was complaining about all the psychedelic rock and ask for some metal. boom. I like the album didn't know they had an instrumental to be honest with you

All-time album. No misses. The best track is Master of Puppets. Alright, let's listen to the album now.

4.0

Meh

Blarg. Thrash metal is not my jam. That said, I understand why this is on the list and there's a political edge to this album that I can respect. The title track was my "favorite" of these songs that I generally didn't enjoy. 2/5

I love the band, the album is strong but I am only a fan of individual songs and some specific solos. I am not sure how I feel about the album as a whole. Its great to hear some of Cliff Burton in these songs, and the album has a huge significant value which determined my rating despite not being a huge fan of this album specifically.

The best

The guitar work is amazing. I honestly don't remember much else. I wouldn't put this on in every situation, but it's a good album to pump you up...or wake you up.

Kinda mid besides master of puppets

An all time classic

Pretty much Metallica at their peak, though I slightly prefer RtL. Well produced without being “slick,” and mature without being self-indulgent.

I used to hate Metallica because they seemed so serious and ridiculous but as I've aged I've realised they are actually camp as balls and it's genuinely rather hilarious and I like to think they are in on the joke too. They are genuinely brilliant musicians, and the silliness of it all is good fun. Everything on here would benefit from a trim though. How do you play so fast and still take so long to get to the point?

One of the later Metallica albums I discovered, still can't say why... It's good!

This is Metallica's third album, but one could argue that it was their most prolific and polished up to this point. It matched the tenacity and highs of prior efforts with their major singles, but also had a solid B-side. As a result, this became a more mainstream hit, but also made their sound that much more influential on the growing music of the time. It wasn't just loud music, but melodic and haunting.

This is not my favorite Metallica album as that would be "...and Justice for All" but this is an essential album to listen to, as this is the album that helped continue to bring the thrash metal genre more in to the mainstream. This is the album that helped set up "hardcore" Metallica fans to be disappointed with every 90's release. Even if you don't like thrash metal, this album helps set the precedent for other bands to come.

Top tier

Mosher madness, not a vibe

Mehhh not for me, I like a few Metallica songs but none from this album

I looked up the definition of “Going hard in the paint.” All I found was a picture of this album! Yet another master metalpiece from true pioneers, Metallica! TBz 1. Master Of Puppets 2. Orion 3. The Thing That Should Not Be 4. Battery 5. Leper Messiah 6. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) 7. Damage, Inc. 8. Disposal Heroes Every song a banger, obvious 5!

I’d been looking forward to this album since I’d never listened to it all the way through. I have to admit I’m biased toward the black album because it’s what I grew up with (which I know is heresy to some) but I can still appreciate the importance of this album. It also helps that it rocks and is both fun and heavy unlike sepultura albums. The title track is definitely the best but I also enjoyed Orion a good amount, which probably just shows my black album leanings.

Seems weird that Metallica and thrash metal peaked more than 35 years ago. I would have said almost as weird as the people who think Metallica still have a good album in them, but that latest song, Lux Æterna, was actually pretty good.

CHUG! CHUG CHUG CHUG!

Master! Master!

Damn I liked this a lot more than I expected! Strong guitar gets me every time

Of the big 4 thrash metal, I consider Metallica to be the most accessible, with slower, groovier riffs and memorable structures that appeal to non-metal fans the same way Black Sabbath did a decade prior. The tracks tend to be pretty diverse, showing a lot of what thrash has to offer. Besides the titular track, I wasn't too impressed by the first half's compositions, but I was really swayed in the latter half. Of course, they're all incredibly talented, and the production is clear and appropriate. Battery: A powerful opener representative of the genre with speedy power moments meshing flawlessly with a slower melodic middle section. Not a complex song and doesn't stand out from the genre, but certainly shows what thrash is about and what Metallica can do. Master of Puppets: Their doomy masterpiece that wastes no time getting into the action, full of memorable hooks and moments that keep you on the edge of your seat. The chorus is catchy and has an incredibly build up for anyone to sing to. Nearly 9 minutes and yet every second is exhilarating, composed of several distinct movements and repeating motifs. The Thing that Should Not Be: Probably the darkest and doomiest song, with vocals, bass, and lyrics reminiscent of Black Sabbath. Really awesome squeely guitar solo in the middle section. Other than that, I found most of the song to be forgettable and drawn out. Welcome Home (Sanitarium): A melodic atmospheric proggy piece that reminds me of Rush or later bands like Faith No More or Dream Theater. Pretty forgettable. Disposable Heroes: Fast, loud, and exciting but repeats itself a bit too much, working against its length. If only it were a bit shorter, I'd love it, but it's still one of my favorites. Leper Messiah: Flows well from Disposable Heroes with its speed and power and has a great bass sound. One of the highlights for sure. Orion: A jazzy and groovy instrumental piece that feels classical in its structure at times: my 2nd favorite track. Damage Inc: The fastest and technologically impressive song on the album.

17th January 2023 Listened on the drive to and from Jess in the afternoon. Gym and Liverpool wolves FA Cup. His voice and the band are intertwined, the energy is unrelenting

ok

I guess this is technically impressive but the style leaves me cold, and it all sounds a bit silly and pretty fucking irritating. The band seem like dickheads, to make it even less attractive

Metallica's second best album after "Ride the Lightning" which is excluded from the list for some reason, even though "S&M" is on here! Fuck you Robert Dimery!! This album is nonstop energy - banger after banger. "Battery" is one of the best opening tracks of all time. "Master of Puppets" is a song that I tried to beat on Expert+ difficulty in Beat Saber once and almost died. "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" is my personal favorite on the album. The only "meh" song is probably "Leper Messiah", but it's still three times better than any Metallica song post-Black Album.

I liked Metallica more when I was a teenager. Now it sounds kind of the same most of the time.

I'm a very casual Metallica fan. They're a fun concert, I like their sound, and their playing is tight. Overall, I like this album even though I'm not a speed metal fan and, after a few songs, I can't distinguish this album's songs from one another.

Non-stop, head-banging, floor-shaking, Tinitus-inducing thrash metal! MoP will mark, in my opinion, the penultimate good Metallica album and just about as close to perfection they could get. 4.5/5.

Grew and grew on me. It's not my usual thing but every song seems to get better and better the more you listen to it. It's also so technically brilliant. Loved it.

Best Song: Welcome Home. The guitar riff in the latter half of the song is really quite good. Worst Song: The Thing That Should Not Be. That boring, overly serious trudgery that I expect from Metallica. Overall: Metallica is the plain Cheerios of metal. Not that heavy but not that melodic, not that fast but not that sludgy. They're inoffensive, but certainly metal should aim to do more? It really gets quite boring towards the end of the album.

I like this older Metallica more than the newer stuff, but still can't get into thrash metal too much. I am always impressed by the musicality of these guys, but Kirk and James can absolutely shred and Lars is a pretty great drummer (at least in the faster type stuff). 2.5/5

ugh

Great album. For being an hour long it went by really fast.

Idk I never liked Metallica

I don't enjoy this style of music.

This was an amusing listen. I've generally stayed away from Metallica due to prejudices developed in early high school. I've moved on from this mindset though. I listened to this with an open mind and honest interest. I found myself loving some riffs and large parts of songs; then the guitar twiddling and shallow lyrics would hit my funny bone and I'd laugh out loud. Thanks 1001. I'm glad I've ticked this off the list.

I'm sure Metallica have done some better stuff than this. Just too much chugga-chugga-grr

J’aime Metallica, écouté souvent Master of Puppets, Back to the Front. Le metal me met toujours de bonne humeur, et les prouesses des musiciens (guitare, drums) m’épatent

This is good. Own it.

Still not a huge Metallica fan.

Never have liked Metallica all that much. I guess I understand the appeal, but this didn't change my mind.

5/5 Ich muss nicht viel dazu sagen. Ich glaube das beste Album bis jetzt. Bang bang bang banger

This was an easy 5/5. One of the best/most influential metal bands from the 80s/90s. I've listened to this album so many times. \m/

Great album, classic, a must-listen for metal heads!

A thrash metal classic, but it's not really to my taste. To my mind heavy metal music is, by definition, funny. I therefore prefer my metal bands and albums to acknowledge the overblown ridiculousness of the genre and inject a bit of humour and fun into the music. This is just a bit too earnest and samey for me to really enjoy. Rating: 3/5 Playlist track: Master Of Puppets Date listened: 15/12/22

Total banger.

Classic peak Thrash

Heavy metal is not my jam- 3 stars tbf

Rubbish

The audio engineering is stellar

I've never been a huge fan of Metallica, but I've also never gone out of my way to listen to any of their music. As expected, there is some pretty impressive guitar on this album. I wish a few of the songs sounded a bit more varied. I just can't bring myself to give it a 4. Even so, there was some enjoyable music on this record. My favourite song was Master of Puppets.

This is JUST exactly what I needed to hear today!

Один из лучших метал-релизов, что я когда-либо слушал. Высший пилотаж в плане инструментала, здесь собраны одни из лучших соло не только в карьере металлики, но и в мире метала тоже, антивоенные тексты просто идеально ложатся на эти душераздирающие рёвы гитар и удары молниеносных барабанов. (8.5 - 9)

Well, I didn't expect this to be as hard to decide what to rate as it did. I figured it would either be a case where I only liked Master of Puppets and the rest was boring (I already have had run ins with Battery and Sanitarium and I still think those are boring), but the songs I had never heard are suprisingly good. In an almost cruel twist all the best songs are the long ones, while the shorter ones almost always seem too long. Basically the whole album is high highs, such as the absolute fantastic guitar, and lows such as the honestly very subpar singing, which wouldn't be that big of deal but it usually makes up half of the songs run time (seriously, Orion was a godsend and a nice break before the finale), and for whatever reason the band acts as though it's just as important as the musicality, when obviously the instruments were the most impressive. It does feel far better though then the Metallica output nowadays, where they actually seemed like they cared about the music and not just because they were THE metal band. I'm just all over the place here with thoughts, and I'm gonna smack it right down the middle of the rating system, but my thoughts here feel more conflicted than a star system can really express. All I know is that as this was Cliff Burton's last album, I wish his bass playing showed through more. Throw a bass solo in there, you were willing to back in your debut! It almost feels like they're hiding it in audio remasters, but perhaps my listening apparatus of choice for this album is at fault.

didn't like

I had a good album send me more of this kind of music…

Okay Monday morning, let's rock the fuck out then!! \m/ The title track is the gold standard template for high octane metal. It's that premium shit. The rest of the album keeps up the psychotic pace, there's not a dull moment here. Lyrically, it's so much more intense and interesting than the garden variety "hail satan, we think we're badasses" stuff you heard from a lot of other metal acts at the time. It paved the way for a bold new era of metal. The album art is very compelling too, it meshes seamlessly with the album content in such a satisfying way. Black album is the magnum opus though.

Dobro. Ovo ću poslušati baš, iako mi se ne da slušat uopće glazba slična Metallici i sama ona. // Razumijem, ali ne razumijem. Ne sviđa mi se uopće album i možeš ga slikat.

This album went hard AF with "Master of Puppets" being the obvious best song. 8/10.

One of the very best heavy metal albums of all time.

Arvostava 2. Hyvä albumi. Jos katsoo taajuuskuvaajalla metallia tajuaa miksi älyttömien laji. Brownin kohina... 1/f^0 unainen.. ruskea.. jumalauta! Paskon housuun! Uskomatonta!

Such a great album. Almost perfect

OK. More varied than I expected

It's tempting to refer to this as the sibling of "Ride the Lightning", better sibling even. Not really because it sounds like Lightning 2 but because it sounds like Lightning version 2. Lightning but more complex, more polished, and more epic. But that may only be because of Metallica's conservatism, making the albums follow the same pattern of tracks. Not to mention the overlapping themes. On top of that, the tricks and thrill of Lightning and Puppets are almost the same. Nice headbanging riffs, aggressive vocals, melodic section that catches one off guard, power ballads that ravages like avalanche, epic instrumental track, etc. So which one is better? The epic Lightning in bright blue? Or the wild Puppets in fiery red? I think it doesn't matter, because both equally blew my mind.

- me (a dumbass) at the beginning of this: i thought metallica was metal? then the song gets going like oh okay yeah there it is - just looking ahead at this tracklist this has a lot of 8 minute songs too like girl please don't be as repetitive as Sound of Silver i can't take that again - these songs are all blending together tbh, but i do enjoy some loud music overall impressions, out of all the albums i've gotten so far (this is #14) this is the closest to something i would listen to on the regular, but nothing specific about it really jumped out to me.

Meh. Sabbath did it better.

Muito massa o sonzao

Really good album, very enjoyable

It was thumping, bumping and I couldn’t get enough of it

Прослушано! Хороший альбом, мощно и драйвово.

Instrumental masterpiece but not interesting as an album

Fantastic album, one of the best metal albums. Kirk’s guitar riffs and Cliff’s bass drive this album from start to finish

Classic

Bill Bailey – comedian, muso and winner of the 2020 Strictly Come Dancing trophy loves Metallica. He actually did a Tango to some Metallica song - Enter Sandman. Bill Bailey is a lovely lovely man and very knowledgeable about music so because of him I listened to this as impartially as I could, even though I hate metal. So either it was a day that hell had frozen over or I was a victim of the invasion of the body snatchers but I Didn’t Hate This. Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t particularly like it and I don’t think I’d ever listen to it again voluntarily. But it wasn’t the worst album I’ve listened to for this project. I actually think I might have given it a bigger score if Enter Sandman was on this album. But I could discern music rather than just NOISE. I think I must have gone through a portal into the multiverse.

Un clásico, eso es lo que es

A little too hardcore for my taste, but it's good to listen to something different.

Hva skjer med albumer og bra åpningsspor? Enda ett. Som barn syntes jeg metallica var bandet for de utstøtte, litt teite. Nå kan digge det mer, i hvert fall de låtene som går i heftig tempo.

3.5/5 good but repetitive

On a whole, I do think this is pretty good but it didn’t age as well as I hoped. Perhaps though as a 16 year old when I first listened to this I was more susceptible/impressed by solos and heavier riffs. I find them boring now, and I extend that to the long repetitive riffs which at first sound class but after hearing it a few times they get old quick. Agree with Jamie that this is too long. 20mins shorter with less of the ‘my dad’s harder than your dad’ riffs/solos and this wouldve been a solid 4.5/5! Oh, and another point chalked off for some incredibly 6th form-esque lyrics. If they were playing a festival I was at I’d definitely make the effort to see them. Anyway, once through is enough for me, I served my time back in 2004 with this one. I’m going back to B-52s…

Never listened to a Metallica album, some really good songs but they all had about three too many choruses in them and by the end of a few I was bored. Would definitely listen again mind.

Thoroughly enjoyed it. Master of Puppets was great of course, but also really enjoyed Leper Messiah.

This isn't Metallica's best album but its still pretty high up on my list. Could the album be shorter, yes. Would I want it shorter, hell no!

I've never listened to a Metallica album before.... Not forgiven the Napster debacle. Hard to not do some head banging! Enjoyed it and it was pretty much as I would have expected it to be. Very dramatic.

rtl better

Rust In Peace>>>>>

Battery et Master of Puppets ont quelque chose qui nous accroche. Il y a aussi quelques autres moment où j’ai trouvé ça franchment bon. Par contre, j’ai eu de la difficulté à écouter jusqu’à la fin. Les 2 instrumentales sont insupportables. On se tanne à un moment donné du « chug chug-a-chug ». Bref, ce n’est pas pour moi.

Classique et mon préféré du groupe. Probablement le meilleur album des fans. Malheureusement le dernier avec Cliff Burton qui était tout un bassiste et un mélodiste. Je me demande comment le groupe aurait évolué par la suite avec Cliff s'il n'y avait pas eu cet accident d'autobus. Master! Master!

Not for me, to heavy

Siendo el tercer álbum que sacó la banda, es increíble lo rápido que llegaron a un pico tan alto de madurez compositiva y cómo cranearon un álbum que se ha convertido en un clásico y emblema del género. Embarcándose casi por completo en el thrash metal, hacen que éste género equipare mucho más. Dándole personalidad a cada sonido y con un reespaldo tanto de composición cómo de producción muy bien dado. Todas las canciones están justificadas y brillan por si solas. Las baladas suenan sublimes, los momentos de velocidad son frenéticos, cada instrumento destaca a su forma y cada integrante de la banda lo hace excepcional. Es el último álbum en el que participó el legendario bajista fundador de la banda: Cliff Burton. Debido a un trágico accidente que sufrió la banda, el cuál lo dejó como víctima fatal. Es un anhelo cada vez que se vuelve a este álbum y es increíble disfrutarlo como si fuera la primera escucha.

I had an idiot roommate in the dorms play this at 2am every night. I might be biased. Metallica, take your 2 stars and let's move on with our lives.

Endelig nåke bra

it is good, but then

Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Battery, Master of puppets, Disposable heroes

Þetta er alveg töff á köflum og stundum skemmtilegt, þótt þetta sé ekki beinlínis hljóðheimur að mínu skapi. En hér skynja ég amk. hvað er vel gert.

Great album, Master of Puppet and Welcome Home ( Sanitarium) are master pieces, overall I love it but I think it is quite redundant between songs, and the riffs although great kind of sound similar. Solos always do the trick but we are missing something to get higher than a 4.25

Incredibal album, few songs but with great length and an incredible energy to them. Iconic songs but more importantly you feel the power in some of the musical parts... Solid 4.5/5

Not into this

4.4 - When I’m in the right mood, this album fucks. I especially love the title track’s guitar interlude and screaming solo.

midtallica

Classic thrash. Never gets old.

3.5 stars - pretty cool, never listened before.

I didn’t like this album as much as I thought I would. The high point are really high, but the rest was technically impressive but didn’t wow me

Nice guitar solos

I guess it's the American touch: I finally am getting some of the evil assigned to metal, though it's very high-school-impression-of-Lovecraft in the form of Thing. Unfortunately, Orion is a bit of a black hole in the tracklist, performing the same function as one of the breaks of the title track. Metallica are good when they mix whatever prog ambitions are evident here with their meat and potatoes; The instrumental jamming is less convincing.

Not bad, but very predictable.

Boring as hell

I like metal, I like some Metallica, but I've always felt that they're really overrated and a load of people that came after them did it better and made them look poor by comparison. I like some parts of MoP but, yeah, never really gotten on with them like lots of metalheads have.

Really underwhelming. I mean, it's not my type of music anyway, but this is held in such high esteem by metal people and I don't really know why? We've had a few metal albums over the course of our 250 albums so far, and the Judas Priest one was streets ahead of this. Don't particularly like the guy's voice (yeah, I know metal is supposed to have an edge to it, but it's always better when they actually sing as well), it's long, repetitive, and convoluted. 2/5.

Great Metallica album, good flow, but Battery is a hard listen

A great album. 80's Metallica is such a joy to listen to. You know, before the dark times began. I personally like Ride The Lightning better, but this is no slouch as the runner up for the bands best work.

Classic!

Driving rhythms, but just not my thing

Man, I forgot how tight this band is. This album defined the heavy metal genre for the second half of the 80s. Though I don't feel like it's their best work, it really set the stage for the complete domination of the heavy metal scene. It was a staple of nearly every teenage boy in my high school. Brought back a lot of good (and bad) memories of high school for me! :)

Great metal bridge for all listeners

A true classic. I'm not a big fan of metal but this is one of my favourite albums of all time. There's a nice mix of fast thrashers, melodic ballads, and slow heavy grooves, sometimes all within the same song. There's also no weak tracks either which plague the best of albums as well. Master of Puppets, Battery and Welcome Home (Sanitarium) have always been my highlights since listening this for the first time 8 years ago but there's always a time and place for the rest, including the instrumental Orion. On a sidenote, it's cool Metallica and this album gained some popularity with the title track being featured on Stranger Things.

I've listened to this one before, didn't give it a second listen. I might another time if I have time.

All-time classic album. I absolutely love this - and it gave me a motto to use for life.

It's pretty cool but not really my thing.

Le brocoli est un chou-fleur originaire d'Italie, à longue tige et fleurs vertes.

Le problème de cet album, c'est que l'on a déjà entendu plusieurs de ses titres en version orchestrale sur l'album S&M. C'est un peu comme si l'on devait manger un plat de brocolis après avoir degusté un superbe magret de canard, le brocolis souffre immédiatement de la comparaison.

Masterpiece.

This album is a 5 just out of nostalgia alone. The way that Metallica was able to weave tension into their music was like a bomb going off in my tiny little brain.

going back in the list to rate this since it is my favorite band. MOP start to finish is great. Aggression, sadness, fear, descent into madness, unspeakable monsters, fuck you to the military, psychiatric, and religious industrial complexes --- great stuff. Oh, you say you can't have a 8 1/2 minute instrumental on an album -- fuck you. Oh, and it is basically a bass solo but the bass does the work of 3 instruments -- double fuck you. Did I mention the bass is recorded playing fingerstyle, none of that pristine picking, just nasty and raw -- triple fuck you. Oh, wait, the bass player is wearing bell bottom jeans in 1983 - that is a fourth fuck you. Song about a Lovecraftian monster from the deep? No one asked for it but Metallica is serving it up anyway cause we should want it. Anti religious establishment song title snagged from Bowie's Ziggy Stardust? you guessed it - fuck you. Battery and Damage, Inc. -- no one cares what they are about -- they are the perfect opener/closer in your face combo. The main riff in Battery shouldnt work but somehow it does because it is willed into existence. Time signature? Irrelevant. What is Damage Inc.? It doesnt matter because it already punched you in the face. Master of Puppets' opening downpicked riff, the slow two guitar harmony bit, the call-response -- great. Hearing it all live when they hit their stride made your bones shiver. It all seems tame now especially seeing it on Stranger Things (which was perfect), but this was the band's 3rd album, the oldest member was 23, they had no radio play, no music video, and no fear. Fuck you.

sygt

Hvis man endelig skal lytte til metal, så det vel okay

This is what Metallica should sound like. Fast, loud, driving and heart and soul in every chord. This was a good one, boys.

Pretty good for metal. Master of Puppets was probably the favorite

Never been the biggest Metallica fan, but i do appreciate their work. I rarely listen to them actively, but i do not mind if they're played and i've heard most of their discography in some capacity. This album is a solid listen even if you're not the most avid fan. It does not really have any filler or bad songs in it ( unless you consider Orion as such. I can see 8+ minute instrumental being too much for some). It is not my favourite Metallica album, but i could understand why you would choose it as such

Really solid album. It’s totally my style so I can’t go all the way to a five but really enjoyed the guitar work and the drums. I’d never listened to a Metallica album and was pleasantly surprised

not my jam. the technical aspects are all excellent, but i just can’t get into these long songs, i felt bored after 2 minutes.

already knew and liked and it was very nostalgic

Still not a heavy metal fan, but I liked some of the arrangements and solos.

Not bad, not bad

Absolute banger

I'm not into metal yet I still know these songs. That is what makes it an absolute and a genre-defining album.

I'm sure plenty of people could tell me why I'm wrong, but this is just too repetitive (minus a couple fun ones).

Brings back memories.

5/5

I love the instrumentation but I can't stand James Hetfield's voice. He's completely tuneless, just barking and yelling at me over the good music.

i can't 5 it. but this album was really great.

A classic – heavily influential. I don't know if I've ever listened to this album in its entirety before now. Title track is obviously the most well-known, but don't sleep on "Welcome Home" and "Orion".

Not my favorite of their albums, but it's good some great songs on it.

maybe a cool album, but not in my world and not in my mind, the timing is too long, often the tracks get boring

Brilliant. Nice to listen in full as I usually only listen to the first half, which is a shame - orion might be my favourite track from the album now. Gives a great change of pace and tone, which is fairly static earlier on. Not a single bad track Enjoy the lyrics, solid I will have to relisten to 'ride the lightning' because this might well become my favourite Metallica.

masterpiece, mooie themas en sterke instrumenten. Classic

Beste gitaren ooit

3/3 mastered

Brilliant!