Master of Puppets
Controls every marionette
Master of Puppets is the 1986 album by American thrash metal band Metallica, widely considered a landmark of the genre.
The title track depicts addiction as a controlling force—the addict becomes a puppet to the substance.
The phrase has entered broader use for anyone or anything that manipulates others: Social media algorithms are the master of puppets now.
- MetallicaSandman's musical summoners
- thrashBeat violently or defeat utterly
- heavy metalAggressive amplified rock genre
- stringsThin flexible lines
- controlAuthority to direct
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- MetallicaEnter Sandman, Nothing Else Matters, S and M
- 80s AlbumsThriller, Purple Rain, Back in Black, Like a Virgin, Appetite for Destruction
- album coversAbbey Road, Sgt Pepper, Nevermind, Dark Side of the Moon, Thriller
- 1986 EventsChernobyl, Challenger disaster, Halley's Comet, Top Gun, Ferris Bueller
- Thrash MetalMetallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, Exodus, Sodom
Master of Puppetseasy listening
Undemanding melodic audio
Stairway to Heaven · soft rock · smooth jazz · lullaby · ambient music
Master of Puppetsliberation
Release from constraint
freedom · autonomy · emancipation · free will · self-determination
Master of Puppetsminimalism
Aesthetic of reduction
lo-fi · Ramones · stripped-down · garage rock
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