The album has been certified six-times Platinum in the United States and has sold over 10 million copies worldwide. In 2016, the album became the first metal album to be added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress, an honor granted to works deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Recorded at the Sweet Silence Studios with producer Flemming Rasmussen, it was their third album overall. Master of Puppets was the band's last album to feature bassist Cliff Burton, who died in a bus accident in Sweden during the album's promotional tour.
Tracks:
1.1 Battery
1.2 Master of Puppets
1.3 The Thing That Should Not Be
1.4 Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
2.1 Disposable Heroes
2.2 Leper Messiah
2.3 Orion
2.4 Damage, Inc