LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MARCH 3, 2019…33 YEARS AGO METALLICA RELEASED THEIR THIRD ALBUM, ‘MASTER OF PUPPETS’. THIS ALBUM IS CONSIDERED BY MANY IN THE METAL COMMUNITY TO BE THE BEST METAL ALBUM OF ALL TIME. IT WAS ALSO THE LAST ALBUM TO FEATURE BASSIST CLIFF BURTON WHO WAS KILLED WHEN THE BAND’S TOUR BUS OVERTURNED IN SOUTHERN SWEDEN WHILE TOURING TO PROMOTE THE RECORD. IT IS ALSO THE FIRST THRASH METAL ALBUM TO BE CERTIFIED PLATINUM. IT WAS CERTIFIED 6 X PLATINUM IN 2003 BY THE RIAA (RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) FOR SHIPPING 6 MILLION COPIES IN THE USA.
HERE’S A TREAT. THE FULL ALBUM, LIVE. THE SHOW WAS BROADCAST IN GERMANY IN 2006 AS PART OF THE ‘ESCAPE FROM THE STUDIO 06’ TOUR.
