Master of Puppets

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This title will be released on July 15, 2008.

Product Description
Standard vinyl package 1-470844 is a regular weight 33-1/3 rpm vinyl disc in single pocket
Stoughton jacket with insert. Hailed as a masterpiece by critics far outside heavy metal s core audience, Master Of Puppets sold over half a million copies at its time of release without any major video/radio airplay, making it the band s first record to be certified Gold by the RIAA. It
has since sold over six million copies in the U.S. alone. It was the last album the band recorded with bass player Cliff Burton before his death later that year. The album has also frequently been tagged by critics as one of the most influential heavy metal albums of all time. Yet by bookendinn the album with two slices of thrash mayhem ( Battery and Damage, Inc. ), the band reigns triumphant through sheer force of sound, of will, of malice.
The arrangements are thick and muscular, and the material varies enough in texture and tempo to hold interest through all its twists and turns. Some critics have called Master OfPuppets the best heavy metal album ever recorded; if it isn t, it certainly comes close. (All Music Guide)