Master of Puppets

album by Metallica

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Master of Puppets is the third album by the American heavy metal band Metallica, released in 1986. Hailed by critics as a masterpiece, it sold over three million copies with minimal radio support. The album is noted for its iconic title track riff and songs like "Battery" and "Damage, Inc.," which helped define the thrash metal genre for a generation. The band was touring in support of this album when bassist Cliff Burton tragically died in an accident.12

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…by critics, Metallica’s third album, Master of Puppets (1986), sold more than three million copies with very little support from broadcast radio. The album’s title track opened with what would become one of heavy metal’s most recognizable guitar riffs, and songs such as “Battery” and “Damage, Inc.” defined thrash metal…
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…by critics, Metallica’s third album, Master of Puppets (1986), sold more than three million copies with very little support from broadcast radio. The album’s title track opened with what would become one of heavy metal’s most recognizable guitar riffs, and songs such as “Battery” and “Damage, Inc.” defined thrash metal…
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