Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Metallica maintains a near-perfect presence on the Billboard charts ...

Right from the cover art, Master of Puppets promised an even greater degree of political awareness. Dog tags hang from military-style grave markers, each headstone attached to strings leading to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PRODUCER WEEK 2025: In early 1986, Metallica’s rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist James Hetfield was in bullish mood, talking ...

That's how James Hetfield opened the introduction of Back to the Front: A Fully Authorized Visual History of The Master of Puppets Album and Tour. For Metallica—and really, the world—there is no way ...

Heavy metal effectively came of age in the '80s, as it coalesced what had previously been a ragtag collective of bands into a bona fide rock 'n' roll subgenre capable of achieving Top 40 success. But ...

Master of Puppets may not be the best-selling heavy metal album of all time or even Metallica’s most popular record, but it may well be the greatest heavy metal ever recorded. Not only have all of its ...

There’s nothing you would change about Metallica‘s Master of Puppets, right? Released on March 3, 1986, the band’s third album is widely regarded as their masterpiece, the point at which they took ...

"Who would've thought 40 years later that these songs could still have that impact?" he told Howard Stern. By Hannah Dailey, Billboard Metallica recently changed its tune on licensing out music, and ...

The live rendition of “Master of Puppets” follows performances of “Holier Than Thou” and “Lux Æterna” earlier this week. In addition, the band members participated in a segment to discover if they ...

“When I listen to Master of Puppets now, I just sit there and go, ‘What the fuck? How do you do that?'” Lars Ulrich tells Rolling Stone with a laugh. “It’s very gutsy music.” Thirty years have passed ...