This past spring marked the 30th anniversary of Metallica‘s first high-water mark, Master of Puppets.The band is commemorating that album with the release of a new book, Back to the Front: A ...

Metallica‘s “Master of Puppets” soars onto Billboard charts dated July 16, as do other tracks and albums from the metal legends’ lengthy discography, thanks to the song’s sync in the ...

How Metallica’s ‘Master Of Puppets’ Ensured The Band’s Legacy 30 Years Ago. by: John Hugar March 3, 2016. Getty Image. In 1986, Metallica’s place in metal history was already quite secure.

Prior to Master of Puppets, his most recognizable work may have been the cover for Stephen King's 1980 novel The Stand, which won a "cover of the year" award from a trade group named Marketing ...

Master of Puppets would change all that. Amazingly, it did so without trying to ape commercial trends, never mind appeasing Metallica’s new major label, Elektra Records.

"Master of Puppets" went on to peak at No. 1 on the iTunes Top Rock chart and No. 2 on iTunes' Top 100 chart. And on Apple Music, streams of "Master of Puppets" rose 740% worldwide July 1-5, ...

Though it preceded Metallica's self-titled mainstream breakthrough by more than five years, Master Of Puppets did rather well in its own time. Following a No. 29 peak on the Billboard 200 album ...

Last summer, when Beck headlined Pacific Amphitheatre, it appeared as though rock’s quirky wonder boy was running out of ideas. His most recent album, “Guero,” seemed recycled in spots, many ...

We've seen sock puppets parodying Slayer and hailing Santa in a black metal Christmas parody. Now the sock puppets are taking on the Metallica classic 'Master of Puppets.' ...