The bass on this album is thick and fat such was the case with the first two albums, and you can hear it well. Unfortunately, due to his untimely death in that late 1986 bus accident, this would be bassist Cliff Burton's last hoorah. There are plenty of melodic riffs during solos but they still manage to keep the aggression. The latter, however, gallops and crushes throughout its 8-minute duration. The former features some of the most beautiful clean guitar segments Metallica has ever recorded, although once the first half of the song concludes, we go back into the standard thrash sound. It's really hard for me to choose one favorite song from this album so I often choose two as a tie: the ballad 'Welcome Home (Sanitarium)' and the anti-war thrash masterpiece that is 'Disposable Heroes'. Most of the album, save for maybe the somewhat lacking 'Leper Messiah' and the doom metal-esque 'The Thing That Should Not Be', which also falls short of many of the other songs, rely on somewhat progressive song structures, which would be magnified a lot and perfected on the band's next album '.and Justice for All'. Mixing galloping riffs, that beautiful, clean melodic middle section, and some impressive soloing, this song has become a fan favorite ever since its release 30 years ago. The title track is up next and is arguably the most recognizable song on the album. This is one of the harshest songs on the album and plays a similar role, and musical idea, to 'Fight Fire with Fire' from the band's previous album. 'Battery' opens up with an acoustic Spanish guitar intro, played absolutely beautifully, before exploding into an aggressive thrash assault. There are more clean guitar passages, acoustic guitars, and slower segments. This album seemed to build upon what 'Ride the Lightning' had started. Hell, following up 'Ride the Lightning' would have been a chore for any band to do! It's just not quite on the level of the other albums released between 19.

But wait! A 93%? Absolutely! This album is still amazing, superb metal. This is Metallica's third album and, in my honest opinion, it is the weakest of the classic first four albums. I was released in 1986, along with other thrash classics such as 'Reign in Blood', 'Peace Sells.but Who's Buying?', 'Darkness Descends', 'Pleasure to Kill', 'Doomsday for the Deceiver', 'Eternal Devastation'.the list goes on and on, as this seemed to be the year of thrash for a lot of bands. 'Master of Puppets' is often considered the pinnacle of Metallica's career as a whole.

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