Kerrang - March 12, 2016

MASTER
MINDS
THE STARS PAY HOMAGE TO
…PUPPETS, TRACK BY TRACK
James took Lars up on the
bet that he couldn’t throw a
drumstick into the car park
BATTERY
“This is still one of my favourite
Metallica songs.As far as an opener
for an album goes,this nails it.
The intro sets a great tone before
descending into pretty much
unrelenting thrash. Set them up then knock them
down – this is textbook on how it should be done!”
WINSTON MCCALL, PARKWAY DRIVE
MASTER OF PUPPETS
“All the tracks on that record
are beautiful, but the title-track
encapsulates all of it. It shaped metal
to come. Metallica would never have
become the biggest metal band in
the world without songs like this. It showed a
special band realising their musical ambition.”
SIMON NEIL, BIFFY CLYRO
THE THING THAT SHOULD NOT BE
“The Thing That Should Not Be was
one of the first songs to really get
me into slower, heavier riffs. When
I was a kid, there was a period of a
couple years where I just couldn’t get
enough thrash. This song really opened my eyes
to the power and hypnotism of slowing down.”
GREG PUCIATO, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN/
THE BLACK QUEEN
WELCOME HOME (SANITARIUM)
“Sanitarium really sticks out, in a
good way, because it’s the closest to
what could be termed a Metallica
‘ballad’. There’s that big clean
section where James is singing more
emotively, and I love the way it crescendoes in
a very unique but so very Metallica way.”
MATT HEAFY, TRIVIUM
DISPOSABLE HEROES
“Disposable Heroes is my all-time
favourite Metallica song. Every time
I hear it, I lose my fucking mind. I
love the way Master Of Puppets is
loaded with melody. For a long time,
people forgot that you didn’t have to scream to
be heavy or to show that you were pissed-off.”
COREY TAYLOR, SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR
LEPER MESSIAH
“Leper Messiah was such an
intriguing name, I knew I would
like it before I even listened to it!
It’s the consummate Metallica jam –
you’ve got great groove, killer lyrics,
awesome guitar solos, with a massive thrashy
tempo change in the middle!”
CHRIS JERICHO, FOZZY
ORION
“Orion is one special track. It’s
a great example of Cliff Burton
bringing something unique to
Metallica; their songwriting with him
gave the metal genre some of the
greatest riffs ever wrote. It’s also has four of the
best guitar and bass solos I’ve ever heard.”
JASON CAMERON, BURY TOMORROW
DAMAGE, INC.
“Damage, Inc. sounded like pure
aggression. Even today it feels like
it could be by no other band than
Metallica, because of the violence,
the energy and the sheer ‘fuck you’
of it all. It’s the best possible way to finish an
album that powerful.”
JOEL BIRCH, THE AMITY AFFLICTION
Papa Het: sure he had
asked for a blue light…
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team link up for training
Lars: unexpectedly proud
SJ LMW ¾IHKPMRK FSH] LEMV
Six days after this London Hammersmith
Odeon show in support of …Puppets, Cliff
Burton passed away in a tour bus crash