Official Metallica Master of Puppets Track List T-Shirt featuring artwork inspired by the band's legendary 1986 third studio album on the front and the complete album track listing printed on the back. This officially licensed Metallica band shirt is printed on a Gildan Heavy Cotton garment and celebrates one of the most influential records in thrash metal history, combining classic album imagery with a tracklist design for dedicated fans and collectors.
Released on 3 March 1986, Master of Puppets marked a defining moment in Metallica's career and helped establish the band as one of the leading forces in American thrash metal. Recorded at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark, and produced by Metallica and Flemming Rasmussen, the album is renowned for its precision, intricate guitar arrangements, complex song structures and uncompromising intensity. Its eight tracks move between blistering speed, progressive arrangements and darker, atmospheric passages, creating a landmark statement in heavy metal songwriting.
The album features the classic Metallica lineup of James Hetfield on vocals and rhythm guitar, Kirk Hammett on lead guitar, Cliff Burton on bass and Lars Ulrich on drums. The track listing includes “Battery,” “Master of Puppets,” “The Thing That Should Not Be,” “Welcome Home (Sanitarium),” “Disposable Heroes,” “Leper Messiah,” “Orion” and “Damage, Inc.” The title track explores the destructive power of addiction and manipulation, while “Welcome Home (Sanitarium)” examines confinement and psychological oppression. “Disposable Heroes” confronts the human cost of war, and the instrumental “Orion” highlights the band's compositional ambition and Cliff Burton's distinctive musical contribution.
The album's striking cover artwork, painted by Don Brautigam from a concept by Metallica and Peter Mensch, depicts white crosses suspended by strings over a cemetery landscape beneath a blood-red sky. This imagery reflects the album's recurring themes of control, power and manipulation. Master of Puppets continues to influence generations of metal musicians and listeners, and in 2015 became the first metal album inducted into the United States National Recording Registry.
Printed on a Gildan Heavy Cotton garment, this Metallica track-list T-shirt features front and back graphics, making it an ideal choice for concerts, everyday wear and collections of officially licensed heavy metal merchandise. Follow the garment's care label when washing to help preserve the printed artwork.
Recommended for fans of Megadeth, Testament, Evile, Sacred Reich, Anthrax, Death Angel, Xentrix, Flotsam and Jetsam, Annihilator, Metal Church, Mortal Sin, Heathen, Slayer, Volbeat and Trivium.
Official Licensing: Officially Licensed Metallica Merchandise
Band: Metallica
Design: Master of Puppets Album Artwork and Track Listing
Album: Master of Puppets (1986)
Garment Brand: Gildan Heavy Cotton
Front Print: Yes
Back Print: Yes, complete album track listing
Merchandise: Official Band T-Shirt
Shirt sizes are not standardised! To better ensure a perfect fit, match the chest, length and sleeve measurements (laid flat) indicated below to those of a shirt you already own and love
Size: S measures 62cm (24") length (front collar to hem), width 43cm (17") (pit to pit)
Size: M measures 63cm (25") length (front collar to hem) , width 51cm (20") (pit to pit)
Size: L measures 68cm (27") length (front collar to hem) , width 53cm (21") (pit to pit)
Size: XL measures 69cm (27.5") length (front collar to hem) , width 60cm (23.5") (pit to pit)
Size: XXL measures 73cm (28.5") length (front collar to hem) , width 62cm (24") (pit to pit) (Bay Island)
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