On This Date, March 3rd in 1986: Metallica released its highly influential third album, Master of Puppets, considered by many in the metal community to be the best metal album of all time. This was the final Metallica album with original bassist Cliff Burton, who was killed when the group’s tour bus over-turned in southern Sweden while touring to promote the album.
I still need to see these guys live. Orion Fest 2012 could be awesome – they’re playing the Black Album and Ride the Lightning in full on back-to-back nights!