[5] During sound checks, the group played riffs from Osbourne's previous band Black Sabbath, which Osbourne perceived as a mockery toward him. [45] In 2003, Master of Puppets was certified 6× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), with six million copies shipped in the United States. [21] Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune said the songs were the band's most intense at that point, and veer toward "the progressive tendency of Rush. [9] The band usually played a 45-minute set often followed by an encore. [4] The band members occasionally wore satirical T-shirts reading "Alcoholica/Drank 'Em All". [8] Metallica spent March to August 1986 touring as the opening act for Ozzy Osbourne in the United States, the first tour Metallica played to arena-sized audiences. [32] The guitar passage at the end of each verse was Hammett's imitation of the sort of music he found in war films. Outros destaques são "Disposable Heroes", "Leper Messiah", "Damage Inc.", "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)", e "Orion". [35] Robert Christgau was more critical. wrote that Master of Puppets "finally put Metallica into the big leagues where they belong". [55] The album is featured in Robert Dimery's book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. It is considered the heaviest track on the album, with the main riff emulating a beast dragging itself into the sea. The song shares a similar structure with "The Four Horsemen" from the band's first album: two verse-chorus sets lead to a lengthy interlude to another verse-chorus set. [8] The syncopated riffing of "Leper Messiah" challenges the hypocrisy of the televangelism that emerged in the 1980s. According to the magazine's Josh Tyrangiel, Master of Puppets reinforced the velocity of playing in heavy metal and diminished some of its clichés. Em 2003 o álbum vendeu mais de oito milhões de cópias, sendo certificado com seis d… [80] "Orion" is the least-performed song from the album. [21] This album and its predecessor Ride the Lightning follow a similar track sequencing: both open with an up-tempo song with an acoustic intro, followed by a lengthy title track, and a fourth track with ballad qualities. [46] The album was less successful on an international level, despite entering the top 5 on the Finnish and the top 40 on the German and Swiss album charts in its inaugural year. [10], "Battery" refers to angry violence, as in the term "assault and battery". [8], — Cliff Burnstein, on signing Metallica[9], The band was not satisfied with the acoustics of the American studios they considered, and decided to record in Ulrich's native Denmark.