Angry mother's in the 80s: "it's Satanic!!!" The accused satanists: "don't do drugs", "war is bad", "suicide is sad" "justice system needs work" , "build love on trust" ... 🤘😂

The slower interlude in the middle is symbolizing the euphoria experienced after taking drugs and the slow return to the dark heavy chugging shows that the pleasure is only temporary. Also the laughter at the end shows that the drug will always have the last laugh once it becomes your master. Still can’t get my head around how this song was written by a group of drunk headbanging guys in their 20s

I am a Christian as well and I appreciate your perspective. This is an anti drug song. Metallica is not an evil band.

The more I listen to metal, death metal etc. the more I realize that modern pop music is real devil's music.

This entire album is such a masterpiece. The fact that it's written by 20-22 year-olds still blows my mind. You should give it a listen from start to finish.

The greatest kids don't do drugs song out there

As a recovering addict. This song always hits so close to home. Addiction is a hell that I wouldn't wish upon anyone

"Chop your breakfast on a mirror" is the main clue that the master is drugs. Any child of the 80's knows you cut lines of cocaine on a mirror. Even if you've never seen cocaine in real life you've seen that in movies.

One of the greatest pieces of music ever recorded. Masterpiece song from a masterpiece album. Never ages. Perfection.

There’s a reason this album is vaulted in the Library of Congress. It’s a masterpiece in thrash metal and has some of the most meaningful lyrics ever written, along with fantastic composing done by Cliff Burton

I remember interviews , from back in the 80's , with James and Lars where they say the message isn't strictly about drugs . Rather it's about anything that we allow to control our lives in a negative way .

First and second verses: drugs talking to the man. Slow interlude: man is high and euphoric Hard interlude: man is coming down off the high. Third verse: man yelling at the drug for "promising only lies" Guitar solo: man going crazy looking for his next fix Final verse: drugs have the final word

This song is about addiction. The beginning is about the craving, the breakdown is the "drunk" or "high" and the ending is the "hangover" or "burn out".

James Hetfield was raised in a Christian Scientist household and has a lot of misgivings about that particular segment of Christianity.

I've listened to this song for years now and only now I realize how powerful the line "Hell is worth all that" is, considering is the first lyric they hit you with after the melodic interlude. Like all the misery that comes with addiction is worth it just as long as you get to have that little moment of beauty. I know I've been there.

"Having a really funny memory that I can't say here" Everyone: DO tell 👀

2:26 “I love the vintage vibe.” God, I feel freaking old after hearing that.

This song is about drug addiction and its done very well.

if you want to see the biggest crowd ever at a concert look up Metallica in Moscow 1991 Enter Sandman 1.6 million people see what that looks like

Now they gotta do disposable heroes, that should solve the crosses issue

We need a disposable hero’s lyrical breakdown from you guys!!

The whole Master Of Puppets album is kind a concept album, in the sense that every song has different parts of life and society that people can become "puppets" to. Whether it's war, drugs, false religions etc.... The crosses on the album cover represent the grave of dead soldiers. Usually they have crosses like that. Arlington National Cemetary for instance.

This song nails the whole drug/addiction life perfectly, both lyrically and musically. At first, it's peaceful and bliss and then it chaos where it starts to crumble and ultimately becomes a nightmare. Pretty soon all joy is gone and you're living to use and using to live until you're emotionally, spiritually, and morally bankrupt. Master is the addiction itself which makes you want something to help you not have to feel the hatred for yourself. Drugs are just a vehicle for the addiction to get you. Could be anything, my hell was from drinking and drugging for a couple decades. Been clean 15 years now and feel blessed to make it out alive, many of my friends didn't. There but for the Grace of God go I.

The album is about addiction and war. The cover art is depicting a cemetery in France dedicated to WWII soldiers.

My old band used to cover this song but we called it "pastor of Muppets"

The way this song is structured...around a person's addiction to drugs and getting that hit and then jonesing for more is superb. Takes you through the whole story from start to inevitable finish.

I pray that James Hetfield and the rest of Metallica will happen to catch your channel. A lot of metal bands think that Christians are against them. If they only knew how Many Christians love their music. Thank you for your insights. The peace of Christ be with you. 🙏🏼

"hell is worth all that" means: addiction is a living hell, but you keep going back to it, because it seems worth it when the cravings hit.

I love that you guys did this song especially because the 35th anniversary was just a few days ago

Gauge should really listen to more of Metallica’s first 3 studio albums. They’re considered their best work to date for a reason.

James stated that it's a general idea. Everyone can interpret it in their own way. Most frequent interpretation about Master of Puppets is addiction. Imo, it's about addiction in general. Addiction to drugs, alcohol, etc. A lot of stuffs. Any kind of addictions and how it affects us. Even being a zealous religious person is an addiction, imo. It promotes a lot of stuffs like unnecessary hate, misinformation that makes you blind, prejudice, and so on.

This is a musical piece of genius. They way the music and lyrics blend together to tell a story is unparalleled. The music fits so well in regards to the addiction and the story, it is just brilliant.

Just some thoughts on the structure, timbre, and performance, and how they convey the themes communicated by the lyrics. The music starts off fast-paced and distorted, like a desperate addict about to get their next fix. As the song continues, there's a calming instrumental with clean guitars and a mellow drum beat backing up a soothing melody that seems to portray the euphoric high the druggie goes through before the music turns dark, distorted, and agitated as the first frantic solo plays, giving a sense of mania and panic as the druggie becomes desperate for his next trip even as he "comes crawling faster!" For the bridge, the rhythm is slow (by comparison with the main riff), heavy, and seems to indicate anger and desperation at the druggie's plight as he realises that the drugs promise only lies, while he is helpless to resist them - indeed, it seems as though the drugs, or perhaps his chemical/psychological dependency on drugs is indifferent to his desperation and misery, ("laughter! Laughter! All I hear is this laughter! Laughter! Laughter! Laughing at my cries!) The ending fade further cements addiction as a malevolent force hell-bent on destroying the addict's life, coupled with maniacal and evil laughter, alluding to the bridge. Overall, Master of Puppets serves as a dire warning against the dangers of addiction and the abuse of addictive substances, and does so in a way that mimics the panic, mania, and desperation felt by addicts every time they come down from their high, thus giving audiences a sense of what drug addiction is truly like, and SHOWING rather than simply yelling the dangers of addiction.

Can’t say enough about you guys. Love what your doing, keep it up

Oh i'v been waiting so long for this reaction

I think you would like "The Four Horsemen" by Metallica.

Funny thing to me , that came out in 1986 and that year I was at the indianapolis 500 and seen some people doing coke off a small mirror , Metallica was a huge musical influence for me , I accepted Jesus in 1998 but still get fired up listening to the old albums , especially when working out .

“Wow I got a little goosebumps there.” That is Kirk Hammett perfectly summed up in one sentence.

I've struggled with addiction my whole life. Sadly, it's a struggle that never ends no matter how aware you become of how destructive giving in to said addiction can be. Luckily I have songs like this I can listen to whenever those urges get really strong, and they tend to straighten me out. The physical urge is always there, but it helps the mental urge subside for the night, and honestly, all an addict has to do is make it to the next morning.

The echo and reverb on his voice makes it such an ambient song/album

its not just a song about drugs its all things that can control you...metallicas words

Am I the only one or you guys also think that the pastor really enjoys metal 🤔

Im tuned in brody! Keep the heat coming 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Glad to see you guys on my feed

When the lyrics says" hell is worth all that" he is talking about the drug withdrawal

Don’t forget to do some Alice in chains, man in the box and bleed the freak please. Thanks so much for this video

I appreciate you chopping the video up into chapters

Pastor Rob thank you for understanding what this song is about. Metallica in their early days had bad addiction problems. This song is all about that. I love that you and your son can listen to a song and actually hear what it’s about. God bless you!!! Keep doing what y’all do.

Megadeth suggestions: “Looking Down the Cross” “The Conjuring” “Bad Omen” “Five Magics” “She-Wolf” “Prince of Darkness” “Never Walk Alone...” “Deadly Nightshade” “Dystopia”

My first Metallica album I ever purchased. Jaw was open in AHHH, the whole album. That was when I graduated from Van Halen to Metallica, and they became my favorite. Then Megadeth. About the cross, used for controlling the puppets, well, puppets are controlled by that design for the control piece. That's just a normal puppet device.

Keep it up guys. Love seeing y'all's videos. It really makes me listen to any music I hear a deeper listening.

wow, i always took this song for granted. yall helped me see how deep it gets. this is an awesome song

The part where the clean guitars come in with the melody over top is supposed to represent the "high" that you get from whatever you're addicted to.

I hope two can react to Disposable Heroes. Both Rob and Gauge nailed the cover art, it applies to both addiction and war. Disposable Heroes will show the war aspect of the album.

Pastor Rob, you are the Man! Absolutely love the way you break everything down. Always on point always a great response! God Bless you Brother!

Love your reaction and analysis Pastor Rob. Cheers from Malaysia!

I’m someone who’s on the way to become a pastor, my late dad was a pastor but we’re kind of free to listen to anything so i love metallica.. this is very interesting, thank you so much for this video 🙏 ++sub

17:16 Pastor Rob is an ex cokehead confirmed lmfao

That’s the beauty of metal music, the lyrics can be taken in so many different ways subjective to whose listening and their life experiences.

Again, very enjoyable reaction and discussion. Thank you. :)

Metallica are the kings not only of transition but letting their music describe the effects of drugs through the tempo changes.

*plays the first three notes* Two Rocking Grannies: what is this, a crossover episode

God bless you guys! Excellent content!

I love this reaction and discussion. I appreciate you and I pray that the Lord continues to anoint your ministry as he uses you as a vessel to lead people to the cross. God bless you.

I LOVE this songs message as someone who's cousin abused Heroin I can relate, (This song is an anti-drug song as what drugs do to you and how they kill you)

Song suggestion: “What it’s like” by Everlast. Thought provoking lyrics. Or for a Christian metal band “Titheme” by Sleeping Giant.

This song is PURE MUSICAL GENIUS. So melodic yet so heavy at the same time.

"Never ending maze, drift on numbered days" Is a fantastic line, probably the best line in the song.

I'm here to request to Gojira - Art of Dying. Its a really interesting band with even more interesting song lyrics. EDIT: Also, if you really wanna dive into Medageth, I really recommend Symphony of Destruction

The solo starts slow then feeds up faster and heavier just like drugs. Starts off slow then it starts to kick in then your mind gets going faster and faster until the high is over.

You guys hit the nail square on the head with this analysis. I just came down to the comments to answer your question about what relationship the clean interlude has with the rest of the song. My interpretation is, since this is a song about drug abuse, the middle part is what happens when you consume the drug. That's the feeling of the "high."

Got to see them throughout their trip many times and they never disappoint. Deeper than most give them credit. Thanks

I think you should react to The Beast and the Harlot by Avenged Sevenfold. Love what you guys do! GOD BLESS YOU!

Literally everyone I knew that went to their concerts here in India back in the days had all been to a certain degree addicted to marijuana. It only goes to show how little we knew what was being sung about. Great analysis Pastor Rob. I definitely need to re-visit some good old Metallica. Discernment is so critical.

You know Rob feeling it when he doing the natural “unexpected whodunnit elevator fart” face 🤣👍🇬🇧

Wow, I’ve listened to this song maybe, 70-100 times and I’ve never thought about it as a drug kind of thing!!! Your perspectives are amazing!

see my interpretation of the Album Cover was the govt as the puppet master. the cross graves representing soldiers graves and the puppet master being the govt sending them to die. I also gained that impression due to possibly my fav song on this album “Disposable Heroes”

Would love to see an analysis of Spiritual Healing by Death. Great work guys!

Thank you, I heard the song millions of times and thought I knew it thoroughly but you put it in a slightly different light.

I like how he was like “hm” and jotted down some notes, now this is a realistic reaction

Yeah, that middle is where you pull out the lighter. And the spoon, and the needle, and the dope. Lol

"Hell is worth all that Natural habitat" I believe is referring to the physical, psychological, and emotional hell that is drug addiction.

I love your perspective on this

I love the channel guys, keep it up. It's refreshing to see thoughtful, like minded people. I hope once this world has run it's course we can meet in the afterlife. 😎

Metallica's Master of Puppets has become the classical music of the now and next generation 35 years old and still so strong.

The album cover is kind of a dual meaning with the title track and the song “Disposable Heros” (another Metallica anti-war song). The cover depicts graves of soldiers (ones that have a dog tag and a helmet) and unmarked graves representing substance abusers, with marionette stings attached to hands in the sky. So yeah kinda of a double message

this song is simply a masterpiece in every possible sense

Good 'ol pastor Rob💯

You should react to Sweating Bullets by Megadeth! Dave Mustane was actually raised catholic and so a lot of his music is biblically inspired.

Megadeth Peace Sells Symphony of Destruction Trust Sweating bullets My Darkest Hour When (this is one of my guilty pleasure songs after a break up)

I love your ministry Pastor Rob!

It's always a pleasure when you guys react and discuss some of my favorite songs

Just a side note: Trivium covered this song years ago, and it might be the greatest Metallica cover of all time. As a metal fan, I have to have respect for Metallica because they paved the way to making metal "mainstream" of sorts, but I love Trivium.

METALLICA is a great group of friends who try to help people with the music they play. No devil worship with this band. EVER

YEAH, You got all the thoughts of the cover art exactly right. Good stuff. peace

you guys should totally make a podcast! how are you guys not having a podcast?? perfect setup too

Welcome to the song where almost every metal head became metal heads.

The album cover is based on the song “Disposable Heroes”. Correct. The theme of the album is power.

When I was younger I never realized how perfectly crafted this song was. How the beginning was like looking for a fix the middle was dreamy like they got the fix and then the come down and rage before going for another fix. Metallica are geniuses

Hey, thank you guys the Master vid. very ,very cool. I've been thinking and knowing what the Puppets song was about since 1986 very encouraging to hear your thoughts both. GB