With the August bank holiday over and done with and thoughts turning to Christmas, it’s with a prescient sense of timing that metal titans Metallica have announced the release the highly-anticipated re-mastered edition of Master Of Puppets. It’s out on November 10 and will be released via the band’s Blackened Recordings label.
The re-mastered Master Of Puppets will be available in a number of formats, and limited edition deluxe box set containing 10 CDs, two vinyl LPs, two DVDs and a cassette, along with 108-page hardback book, lithograph, folder with handwritten lyrics and six button badges. Check out the video below wherein Metallica frontman James Hetfield shows you what your Christmas day could look like. Granted, there’s no wrapping paper buy hey, you get the picture:
Speaking of the album, drummer Lars Ulrich said: “There are so many things associated with Master Of Puppets – it is an immense project.
“Master Of Puppets seemed to be the culmination of the journey that had started four or five years before with James and I getting together, writing some songs, Kirk and Cliff joining, and that line-up settling.”
Originally released in 1986, Master Of Puppets is Metallica’s third album and their last with original bassist Cliff Burton before his untimely death in Sweden while promoting the album. It has the unique distinction of being the first metal album to be added to the US Library Of Congress’ National Recording Registry, an honour saved for “culturally significant” works.
Meanwhile, Metallica’s WorldWired tour rolls into the UK next month to level all that stands before it. Metallica play:
OCTOBER
22 - London, O2 Arena
24 - London, O2 Arena
26 - Glasgow, SSE Hydro
28 - Manchester, Arena
30 - Birmingham, Genting Arena
