{"id":28958,"date":"2023-04-14T10:49:50","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T17:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/?p=28958"},"modified":"2023-04-14T10:49:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T17:49:50","slug":"kirk-hammett-master-of-puppets-is-my-favourite-metallica-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/kirk-hammett-master-of-puppets-is-my-favourite-metallica-album\/","title":{"rendered":"KIRK HAMMETT: \u201c\u2018MASTER OF PUPPETS\u2019 IS MY FAVOURITE METALLICA ALBUM.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">KIRK HAMMETT: \u201c\u2018MASTER OF PUPPETS\u2019 IS MY FAVOURITE METALLICA ALBUM.\u201d\u201d<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-28959\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rcm-pr-2023-04-14-01-735x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"836\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hhq2GiM0phI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>MARCH 31, 2023 \u2014\u00a0As thrash legends Metallica return with a new album, \u201872 Seasons\u2019, Rock Candy Mag goes back to 1986 to look at the band\u2019s classic \u2018Master Of Puppets\u2019 over 14 pages. Guitarist Kirk Hammett discusses the making of the album, how it changed Metallica\u2019s career trajectory, and how he looks back on \u2018Master\u2026\u2019 today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe weren\u2019t trying to make an album that 35 or so years on people would put on and think still sounded great,\u201d Hammett tells Rock Candy Mag editor Howard Johnson. \u201cWe didn\u2019t set out to do anything, really. We were just trying to make the best album we possibly could and that\u2019s what came out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Released on 3 March 1986, \u2018Master Of Puppets\u2019 was the thrash band\u2019s third album \u2013 recorded in Denmark with producer Flemming Rasmussen \u2013 and it went on to sell over six million copies in the US alone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom a technical viewpoint, when I listen to the album I\u2019m really surprised at how good it sounds so long after the fact,\u201d says Hammett. \u201cThe recording of the album, the recording of the songs, the production\u2026 it all holds up still.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Master Of Puppets\u2019 proved to be Cliff Burton\u2019s swansong with Metallica. The bassist sadly died on 27 September 1986 in a coach accident while on tour promoting the album.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCliff\u2019s contribution to \u2018Master Of Puppets\u2019 was very melodic and very musical,\u201d explains Hammett. \u201cHis contribution wasn\u2019t so much the big heavy riffs. It was all melody bass, and it was a lot of really, really cool stuff. When Cliff went it was the end of an era, and we all knew it. We knew it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More than 35 years after it was first released, \u2018Master Of Puppets\u2019 is an acknowledged classic of the thrash genre and proudly sits in the US Library Of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry on account of being \u201cculturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.\u201dHammett thinks he knows why.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of the music from that time now sounds samey and similar,\u201d he says. \u201cBut there\u2019s really nothing on \u2018Master Of Puppets\u2019 that dates it to any particular period \u2013 sound-wise, production-wise, recording-wise. \u2018Master Of Puppets\u2019 is my favourite of all the albums we\u2019ve ever done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can read our 14-page Metallica special, together with fascinating stories about L.A. Guns, Kansas, Bad English, Winger and many others in issue 37 of Rock Candy Mag.<\/p>\n<p>For more details visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockcandymag.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.rockcandymag.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT ROCK CANDY MAG<\/strong><br \/>\nRock Candy Mag is a 100-page, full-colour bi-monthly rock mag, created in the UK. It covers the sights, sounds and smells from the greatest era in hard rock music, the \u201970s and \u201980s. The brainchild of: respected UK rock journalists Derek Oliver, Howard Johnson and Malcolm Dome \u2013 all frontline writers for the legendary Kerrang! magazine in the golden era.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rockcandymag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rockcandymag\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockcandymag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockcandymag\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RockCandyMag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/RockCandyMag<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCBjkpEXB53nRCs_yhEClGhg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCBjkpEXB53nRCs_yhEClGhg<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For all inquiries, contact:<br \/>\nMICHAEL BRANDVOLD MARKETING &amp; MANAGEMENT<br \/>\nMichael Brandvold | me@mikebrandvold.com | 415-200-8483<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Michael Brandvold is a freelance music industry consultant based in Northern California. Having launched Michael Brandvold Marketing to leverage his years of experience to provide direction to large and small clients in the areas of online &amp; social marketing as well as e-commerce and customer acquisition and retention.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Gene Simmons of KISS first tapped Michael\u2019s skills as a pioneering online marketing strategist to launch and manage all aspects of Kissonline.com\u2019s multi-million dollar enterprise, including their ground-breaking VIP ticket program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Michael has also managed the online efforts for Jordan Rudess, Greg Kihn, KISS, ACCEPT, SOiL, Tantric, Killer Dwarfs, Dream Theater, Little Caesar, Narada Michael Walden, Motley Cr\u00fce, Rod Stewart, Madonna, Ozzy Osbourne, Madonna and Britney Spears to name only a few.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you are interested in speaking with Michael about what he can do to assist with your marketing needs contact him online at\u00a0me@mikebrandvold.com | 415-200-8483<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KIRK HAMMETT: \u201c\u2018MASTER OF PUPPETS\u2019 IS MY FAVOURITE METALLICA ALBUM.\u201d\u201d MARCH 31, 2023 \u2014\u00a0As thrash legends Metallica return with a new album, \u201872 Seasons\u2019, Rock Candy Mag goes back to 1986 to look at the band\u2019s classic \u2018Master Of Puppets\u2019 over 14 pages. 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