MASTER OF PUPPET ALBUM
I'd heard so much about this album from those who either like or are completely indifferent about it. I, on the other hand, really like half of it; I can wreck my neck to the crushing heaviness of 'Battery'. I like the intensity of 'Disposable Heroes'. I could listen to the really cool slide riff and middle-break in 'Leper Messiah,' on repeat – especially that middle-break. I love to crank up the volume when that part kicks in. And, 'Damage, Inc.' is a fast, heavy closer with a great riff in the middle. Those four songs would make an amazing E.P. I don't enjoy the rest of the album as much, though.
'Battery' is an excellent opening thrasher, although, I'd prefer the clean intro to be on a separate track, just like Annihilator's 'Crystal Ann' from Alice in Hell. It affords me the option to skip or listen; that applies to the 'Damage. Inc' intro, as well. And, the title song starts well, with a classic riff, done by just about every rock and metal group in history. The legendary James Hetfield's relentless downpicking is great on it, though – boy, that guy could downpick like nobody's business. The song completely falls apart in the interlude section and some of the final trasitions are a little botched. A better example of this kind of shift in style would be something like Overkill's 'End of the Line'.
There are other songs which don't quite cut the mustard for me, as wel; most notably the slow, dull 'The Thing That Should Not Be'. WoW, it starts off really heavy, but runs out of ideas within the first few measures and it goes on way too long; self-editing and quality-control would barely exist on a Metallica album after '86. And, by comparison, other bands such as Overkill, Slayer, Megadeth and Kreator didn't do anything as dull as this in '86, 7 or 8. Then there's the almost compulsory track 4 ballad, ['Sanitarium'] which lacks the atmosphere and finale of Ride the Lighting's 'Fade to Black'. I like the initial opening, but it's a complete anticlimax in the last sections crescendo.
The parts of the album which are great really outweigh the one's which are not so good; both 'Leper Messiah' and 'Disposable Heroes' have some epic, lightning sections, which sound like the band from their Kill 'Em All days. If you think the middle-break on 'Battery' is alright, as I do, the one on 'Leper Messiah' is even better. The song goes from a chugging slide riff – very similar to the one on 'Ride the Lightning' – to a really epic clean section and some awesome thrash riffing. And, Hetfield's downpicking on 'Disposible Heroes' is outstanding; both songs are probably a verse or couple of measures too long, though. That's the self-editing issue starting to rear its ugly head.
This album isn't bad – it's not great, either. I just about prefer every song on Ride the Lightning, with the exception of 'Escape,' which I'd substitute for 'Leper Messiah'. And, even though I think the better songs on Master of Puppets are infinitely better than those on and... Justice for All, that album is more consistent, throughout. This is still classic Metallica and the following songs are essential listening on my playlist:
01. Battery
02. Disposable Heroes
03. Leper Messiah
04. Damage Inc. (excl. intro)
Daftar Lagu
1. Battery 05:13
Lashing out the action,
returning the reaction
Weak are ripped and torn away
Hypnotizing power, crushing all that cower
Battery is here to stay
Smashing through the boundaries,
lunacy has found me, cannot stop the battery
Pounding out aggression, turns into obsession,
cannot kill the battery
Cannot kill the family, battery is found in me
Battery, battery
Thrashing all deceivers, mashing non-believers Never ending potency
Hungry violence seeker, feeding off the weaker
Breeding on insanity
Smashing through the boundaries, lunacy has found me,
cannot stop the battery
Pounding out aggression, turns into obsession,
cannot kill the battery
Cannot kill the family, battery is found in me
Battery, battery
Circle of destruction, hammer comes crushing
Powerhouse of energy
Whipping up a fury, dominating flurry
We create the battery
Smashing through the boundaries, lunacy has found me,
cannot stop the battery
Pounding out aggression, turns into obsession,
cannot kill the battery
Cannot kill the family, battery is found in me
Battery, battery, battery, battery
returning the reaction
Weak are ripped and torn away
Hypnotizing power, crushing all that cower
Battery is here to stay
Smashing through the boundaries,
lunacy has found me, cannot stop the battery
Pounding out aggression, turns into obsession,
cannot kill the battery
Cannot kill the family, battery is found in me
Battery, battery
Thrashing all deceivers, mashing non-believers Never ending potency
Hungry violence seeker, feeding off the weaker
Breeding on insanity
Smashing through the boundaries, lunacy has found me,
cannot stop the battery
Pounding out aggression, turns into obsession,
cannot kill the battery
Cannot kill the family, battery is found in me
Battery, battery
Circle of destruction, hammer comes crushing
Powerhouse of energy
Whipping up a fury, dominating flurry
We create the battery
Smashing through the boundaries, lunacy has found me,
cannot stop the battery
Pounding out aggression, turns into obsession,
cannot kill the battery
Cannot kill the family, battery is found in me
Battery, battery, battery, battery
2. Master Of Puppet 08:36
End of passion play, crumbling away
I’m your source of self-destruction
Veins that pump with fear, sucking darkest clear
Leading on your death’s construction
Taste me, you will see
More is all you need
Dedicated to
How I’m killing you
Come crawling faster (faster)
Obey your master (master)
Your life burns faster (faster)
Obey your Master! Master!
Master of Puppets, I’m pulling your strings
Twisting your mind, smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can’t see a thing
Just call my name, ‘cause I’ll hear you scream
Master! Master!
Just call my name, ‘cause I’ll hear you scream
Master! Master!
Needlework the way, never you betray
Life of death becoming clearer
Pain monopoly, ritual misery
Chop your breakfast on a mirror
Taste me you will see
More is all you need
Dedicated to
How I’m killing you
Come crawling faster (faster)
Obey your master (master)
Your life burns faster (faster)
Obey your Master! Master!
Master of Puppets, I’m pulling your strings
Twisting your mind, smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can’t see a thing
Just call my name, ‘cause I’ll hear you scream
Master! Master!
Just call my name, ‘cause I’ll hear you scream
Master! Master!
Master… Master…
Master! Master! Where’s the dreams that I’ve been after?
Master! Master! You promised only lies
Laughter! Laughter! All I hear and see is laughter
Laughter! Laughter! Laughing at my cries
Fix me!
Hell is worth all that, natural habitat
Just a rhyme without a reason
Never-ending maze, drift on numbered days
Now your life is out of season
I will occupy
I will help you die
I will run through you
Now I rule you too
Come crawling faster (faster)
Obey your master (master)
Your life burns faster (faster)
Obey your Master! Master!
Master of Puppets, I’m pulling your strings
Twisting your mind, smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can’t see a thing
Just call my name, ‘cause I’ll hear you scream
Master! Master!
Just call my name, ‘cause I’ll hear you scream
Master! Master!
Ah!
Hahahaha…
Ah hahaha…!
I’m your source of self-destruction
Veins that pump with fear, sucking darkest clear
Leading on your death’s construction
Taste me, you will see
More is all you need
Dedicated to
How I’m killing you
Come crawling faster (faster)
Obey your master (master)
Your life burns faster (faster)
Obey your Master! Master!
Master of Puppets, I’m pulling your strings
Twisting your mind, smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can’t see a thing
Just call my name, ‘cause I’ll hear you scream
Master! Master!
Just call my name, ‘cause I’ll hear you scream
Master! Master!
Needlework the way, never you betray
Life of death becoming clearer
Pain monopoly, ritual misery
Chop your breakfast on a mirror
Taste me you will see
More is all you need
Dedicated to
How I’m killing you
Come crawling faster (faster)
Obey your master (master)
Your life burns faster (faster)
Obey your Master! Master!
Master of Puppets, I’m pulling your strings
Twisting your mind, smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can’t see a thing
Just call my name, ‘cause I’ll hear you scream
Master! Master!
Just call my name, ‘cause I’ll hear you scream
Master! Master!
Master… Master…
Master! Master! Where’s the dreams that I’ve been after?
Master! Master! You promised only lies
Laughter! Laughter! All I hear and see is laughter
Laughter! Laughter! Laughing at my cries
Fix me!
Hell is worth all that, natural habitat
Just a rhyme without a reason
Never-ending maze, drift on numbered days
Now your life is out of season
I will occupy
I will help you die
I will run through you
Now I rule you too
Come crawling faster (faster)
Obey your master (master)
Your life burns faster (faster)
Obey your Master! Master!
Master of Puppets, I’m pulling your strings
Twisting your mind, smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can’t see a thing
Just call my name, ‘cause I’ll hear you scream
Master! Master!
Just call my name, ‘cause I’ll hear you scream
Master! Master!
Ah!
Hahahaha…
Ah hahaha…!
3. The Thing That Should Not Be 06:37
Messenger of fear in sight
Dark deception kills the light
Hybrid children watch the sea
Pray for father, roaming free
Fearless wretch
Insanity
He watches
Lurking beneath the sea
Great old one
Forbidden site
He searches
Hunter of the shadows is rising
Immortal
In madness you dwell
Crawling chaos, underground
Cult has summoned, twisted sound
Out from ruins once possessed
Fallen city, living death
Fearless wretch
Insanity
He watches
Lurking beneath the sea
Timeless sleep
Has been upset
He awakens
Hunter of the shadows is rising
Immortal
In madness you dwell
In madness you dwell
Not dead which eternal lie
Stranger eons, death may die
Drain you of your sanity
Face the thing that should not be
Fearless wretch
Insanity
He watches
Lurking beneath the sea
Great old one
Forbidden site
He searches
Hunter of the shadows is rising
Immortal
In madness you dwell
Dark deception kills the light
Hybrid children watch the sea
Pray for father, roaming free
Fearless wretch
Insanity
He watches
Lurking beneath the sea
Great old one
Forbidden site
He searches
Hunter of the shadows is rising
Immortal
In madness you dwell
Crawling chaos, underground
Cult has summoned, twisted sound
Out from ruins once possessed
Fallen city, living death
Fearless wretch
Insanity
He watches
Lurking beneath the sea
Timeless sleep
Has been upset
He awakens
Hunter of the shadows is rising
Immortal
In madness you dwell
In madness you dwell
Not dead which eternal lie
Stranger eons, death may die
Drain you of your sanity
Face the thing that should not be
Fearless wretch
Insanity
He watches
Lurking beneath the sea
Great old one
Forbidden site
He searches
Hunter of the shadows is rising
Immortal
In madness you dwell
4. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) 06:18
Welcome to where time stands still
No one leaves and no one will
Moon is full, never seems to change
Just labeled mentally deranged
Dream the same thing every night
I see our freedom in my sight
No locked doors, no windows barred
No things to make my brain seem scarred
Sleep my friend and you will see That dream is my reality
They keep me locked up in this cage
Can’t they see it’s why my brain says rage?
Sanitarium
Leave me be
Sanitarium
Just leave me alone
Build my fear of what’s out there
And cannot breathe the open air
Whisper things into my brain
Assuring me that I’m insane
They think our heads are in their hands
But violent use brings violent plans
Keep him tied, it makes him well
He’s getting better, can’t you tell?
No more can they keep us in
Listen, damn it, we will win
They see it right, they see it well
But they think this saves us from our hell
Sanitarium
Leave me be
Sanitarium
Just leave me alone
Sanitarium
Just leave me alone!
Fear of living on
Natives getting restless now
Mutiny in the air
Got some death to do
Mirror stares back hard
Kill it’s such a friendly word
Seems the only way
For reaching out again
No one leaves and no one will
Moon is full, never seems to change
Just labeled mentally deranged
Dream the same thing every night
I see our freedom in my sight
No locked doors, no windows barred
No things to make my brain seem scarred
Sleep my friend and you will see That dream is my reality
They keep me locked up in this cage
Can’t they see it’s why my brain says rage?
Sanitarium
Leave me be
Sanitarium
Just leave me alone
Build my fear of what’s out there
And cannot breathe the open air
Whisper things into my brain
Assuring me that I’m insane
They think our heads are in their hands
But violent use brings violent plans
Keep him tied, it makes him well
He’s getting better, can’t you tell?
No more can they keep us in
Listen, damn it, we will win
They see it right, they see it well
But they think this saves us from our hell
Sanitarium
Leave me be
Sanitarium
Just leave me alone
Sanitarium
Just leave me alone!
Fear of living on
Natives getting restless now
Mutiny in the air
Got some death to do
Mirror stares back hard
Kill it’s such a friendly word
Seems the only way
For reaching out again
5. Disposable Heroes 08:17
Bodies fill the fields I see,
hungry heroes end
No one to play soldier now,
no one to pretend
Running blind through killing fields,
bred to kill them all
Victim of what said should be,
a servant ‘till I fall
Soldier boy, made of clay,
now an empty shell
Twenty one, only son but he served us well
Bred to kill, not to care,
do just as we say
Finished here, Greeting Death,
he’s yours to take away
Back to the front! You will do what I say, when I say
Back to the front! You will die when I say, you must die
Back to the front! You coward, you servant, you blindman
Barking of machine gun fire, does nothing to me now
Sounding of the clock that ticks, get used to it somehow
More a man, more stripes you wear, glory seeker trends
Bodies fill the fields I see, the slaughter never ends
Soldier boy, made of clay, now an empty shell
Twenty one, only son but he served us well
Bred to kill, not to care, do just as we say
Finished here, Greeting Death, he’s yours to take away
Back to the front! You will do what I say, when I say
Back to the front! You will die when I say, you must die
Back to the front! You coward, you servant, you blindman
Why!? Am I dying?
Kill! Have no fear
Lie! Live off lying
Hell! Hell is here
Why!? Am I dying?
Kill! Have no fear
Lie! Live off lying
Hell! Hell is here
I was born for dying
Life planned out before my birth, nothing could I say
Had no chance to see myself, molded day by day
Looking back I realize, nothing have I done
Left to die with only friend, alone I clench my gun
Soldier boy, made of clay, now an empty shell
Twenty one, only son but he served us well
Bred to kill, not to care, do just as we say
Finished here, Greeting Death, he’s yours to take away
Back to the front! You will do what I say, when I say
Back to the front! You will die when I say, you must die
Back to the front! You coward, you servant, you blindman
Back to the front
Back to the front
Back to the front
Back to the front
Back to the front
hungry heroes end
No one to play soldier now,
no one to pretend
Running blind through killing fields,
bred to kill them all
Victim of what said should be,
a servant ‘till I fall
Soldier boy, made of clay,
now an empty shell
Twenty one, only son but he served us well
Bred to kill, not to care,
do just as we say
Finished here, Greeting Death,
he’s yours to take away
Back to the front! You will do what I say, when I say
Back to the front! You will die when I say, you must die
Back to the front! You coward, you servant, you blindman
Barking of machine gun fire, does nothing to me now
Sounding of the clock that ticks, get used to it somehow
More a man, more stripes you wear, glory seeker trends
Bodies fill the fields I see, the slaughter never ends
Soldier boy, made of clay, now an empty shell
Twenty one, only son but he served us well
Bred to kill, not to care, do just as we say
Finished here, Greeting Death, he’s yours to take away
Back to the front! You will do what I say, when I say
Back to the front! You will die when I say, you must die
Back to the front! You coward, you servant, you blindman
Why!? Am I dying?
Kill! Have no fear
Lie! Live off lying
Hell! Hell is here
Why!? Am I dying?
Kill! Have no fear
Lie! Live off lying
Hell! Hell is here
I was born for dying
Life planned out before my birth, nothing could I say
Had no chance to see myself, molded day by day
Looking back I realize, nothing have I done
Left to die with only friend, alone I clench my gun
Soldier boy, made of clay, now an empty shell
Twenty one, only son but he served us well
Bred to kill, not to care, do just as we say
Finished here, Greeting Death, he’s yours to take away
Back to the front! You will do what I say, when I say
Back to the front! You will die when I say, you must die
Back to the front! You coward, you servant, you blindman
Back to the front
Back to the front
Back to the front
Back to the front
Back to the front
7. Leper Messiah 05:41
One, two, one, two, three, four, one
Spineless from the start
Sucked into the part
Circus comes to town
You play the lead clown
Please! Please! Spreading his disease
Living by his story
Knees! Knees! Falling to your knees
Suffer for his glory, you will
Time for lust, time for lie,
time to kiss your life goodbye
Send me money, send me green, heaven you will meet
Make a contribution and you’ll get a better seat
Bow to leper messiah
Marvel at his tricks
Need your Sunday fix
Blind devotion came
Rotting your brain
Chain! Chain! Join the endless chain
Taken by his glamour
Fame! Fame! Infection is the game
Stinking drunk with power, we see
Time for lust, time for lie,
time to kiss your life goodbye
Send me money, send me green, heaven you will meet
Make a contribution and you’ll get the better seat
Bow to leper messiah
Witchery, weakening
Sees the sheep are gathering
Set the trap, hypnotize
Now you follow
Time for lust, time for lie,
time to kiss your life goodbye
Send me money, send me green, heaven you will meet
Make a contribution and you’ll get the better seat
Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie!
Spineless from the start
Sucked into the part
Circus comes to town
You play the lead clown
Please! Please! Spreading his disease
Living by his story
Knees! Knees! Falling to your knees
Suffer for his glory, you will
Time for lust, time for lie,
time to kiss your life goodbye
Send me money, send me green, heaven you will meet
Make a contribution and you’ll get a better seat
Bow to leper messiah
Marvel at his tricks
Need your Sunday fix
Blind devotion came
Rotting your brain
Chain! Chain! Join the endless chain
Taken by his glamour
Fame! Fame! Infection is the game
Stinking drunk with power, we see
Time for lust, time for lie,
time to kiss your life goodbye
Send me money, send me green, heaven you will meet
Make a contribution and you’ll get the better seat
Bow to leper messiah
Witchery, weakening
Sees the sheep are gathering
Set the trap, hypnotize
Now you follow
Time for lust, time for lie,
time to kiss your life goodbye
Send me money, send me green, heaven you will meet
Make a contribution and you’ll get the better seat
Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie!
7. Orion ( Istrumental ) 08:28
8. Damage Inc 05:34
Dealing out the agony within
Charging hard and no one’s gonna give in
Living on your knees, conformity
Or dying on your feet for honesty
Inbred, our bodies work as one
Bloody, but never cry submission
Following our instinct not a trend
Go against the grain until the end
Blood will follow blood
Dying time is here
Damage Incorporated
Slamming through, don’t fuck with razorback
Stepping out? You’ll feel our hell on your back
Blood follows blood and we make sure
Life ain’t for you and we’re the cure
Honesty is my only excuse
Try to rob us of it, but it’s no use
Steamroller action crushing all
Victim is your name and you shall fall
Blood will follow blood
Dying time is here
Damage Incorporated
We chew and spit you out
We laugh, you scream and shout
All flee, with fear you run
You’ll know just where we come from
Damage Incorporated
Go!
Damage jackals ripping right through you
Sight and smell of this, it gets me going
Know just how to get just what we want
Tear it from your soul in nightly hunt
Fuck it all and fucking no regrets
Never happy ending on these dark sets
All’s fair for Damage Inc. you see
Step a little closer if you please
Blood will follow blood
Dying time is here
Damage Incorporated
Charging hard and no one’s gonna give in
Living on your knees, conformity
Or dying on your feet for honesty
Inbred, our bodies work as one
Bloody, but never cry submission
Following our instinct not a trend
Go against the grain until the end
Blood will follow blood
Dying time is here
Damage Incorporated
Slamming through, don’t fuck with razorback
Stepping out? You’ll feel our hell on your back
Blood follows blood and we make sure
Life ain’t for you and we’re the cure
Honesty is my only excuse
Try to rob us of it, but it’s no use
Steamroller action crushing all
Victim is your name and you shall fall
Blood will follow blood
Dying time is here
Damage Incorporated
We chew and spit you out
We laugh, you scream and shout
All flee, with fear you run
You’ll know just where we come from
Damage Incorporated
Go!
Damage jackals ripping right through you
Sight and smell of this, it gets me going
Know just how to get just what we want
Tear it from your soul in nightly hunt
Fuck it all and fucking no regrets
Never happy ending on these dark sets
All’s fair for Damage Inc. you see
Step a little closer if you please
Blood will follow blood
Dying time is here
Damage Incorporated
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