35 years ago today (3/3/86), Metallica released its third album Master of Puppets. This was the first Metallica album released on a major label and was the band’s last album to feature bassist Cliff Burton, who died in a bus crash in Sweden during the album’s promotional tour. The album is considered the band’s strongest effort of the period, and is one of the most influential heavy metal albums. Watch Metallica perform “Welcome Home (Sanitarium)” live in 1986 from Roskilde.
