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Metallica: Back to the Front tells the amazing fully authorized story of the bands seminal Master of Puppets album and tour.

Released on March 3 1986 Metallicas Master of Puppets album became an instant classic and announced the band as the most electrifying new voice in rock. Thirty years later this six-time platinum album is considered to be the high-water mark of Metallicas incredible career with songs like Battery Welcome Home (Sanitarium) and the title track Master of Puppets still a staple of their sell-out live shows. Sadly this hugely successful period for Metallica was marred by a tragedy that shook the band to its foundation: the death of bassist Cliff Burton in a tour bus accident on September 27 1986.?

For the first time Metallica: Back to the Front tells the fully authorized story of the creation of the Master of Puppets album and the subsequent tour. Featuring new and exclusive interviews with band members James Hetfield Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett this is the definitive account of the most venerated period of Metallica??s history?? from the incredible highs of touring in support of Ozzy Osbourne to the lows of losing a key member of the band and crucial part of the Metallica sound. Metalli