Metallica - Master of Puppets

One of the defining albums of thrash metal, Master of Puppets is arguably Metallica's best album (as well as their last with bassist Cliff Burton). Master of Puppets was originally released on March 3rd, 1986, on Elektra Records and went on to become the first Metallica album by the RIAA. 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”.