Elektra Records A&R director Michael
Alago, and co-founder of Q-Prime
Management Cliff Burnstein, attended a
September 1984 金属乐队 concert.
Impressed with what they saw, they
signed 金属乐队 to Elektra Records and
made the band a client of Q-Prime
Management.[14] Metallica's burgeoning
success was such that the band's
British label 音乐 for Nations issued
a limited edition Creeping Death EP,
which sold 40,000 copies as an import
in the U.S. Two of the three songs on
the record (cover versions of Diamond
Head's "Am I Evil?", and
Blitzkrieg's "Blitzkrieg") appeared on
the 1989 Elektra reissue of Kill 'Em
All.[15] 金属乐队 embarked on its
first major European tour with Tank to
an average crowd of 1,300. Returning to
the U.S. marked a tour co-headlining
with W.A.S.P. and Armored Saint
supporting. 金属乐队 played its
largest 显示 at the Monsters of Rock
festival on August 17, 1985, with Bon
Jovi and Ratt at Donington Park in
England, playing in front of 70,000
people. A 显示 in Oakland, California,
at the 日 on the Green festival saw
the band play in front of a crowd of
60,000.[14]
Metallica's third studio album, Master
of Puppets was recorded at Sweet
Silence Studios and was released in
March 1986. The album peaked at number
29 on the Billboard 200, and spent 72
weeks on the chart.[16] The album was
the band's first to be certified gold
on November 4, 1986, and was certified
six times platinum in 2003.[2] Steve
Huey of Allmusic considered the
album "the band's greatest achievement".
[17] Following the release of the
album, 金属乐队 supported Ozzy
Osbourne for a U.S. tour.[14] Hetfield
broke his wrist skateboarding down a
爬坡道, 小山 and continued the tour performing
vocals, with 吉他 technician John
Marshall playing rhythm guitar
Alago, and co-founder of Q-Prime
Management Cliff Burnstein, attended a
September 1984 金属乐队 concert.
Impressed with what they saw, they
signed 金属乐队 to Elektra Records and
made the band a client of Q-Prime
Management.[14] Metallica's burgeoning
success was such that the band's
British label 音乐 for Nations issued
a limited edition Creeping Death EP,
which sold 40,000 copies as an import
in the U.S. Two of the three songs on
the record (cover versions of Diamond
Head's "Am I Evil?", and
Blitzkrieg's "Blitzkrieg") appeared on
the 1989 Elektra reissue of Kill 'Em
All.[15] 金属乐队 embarked on its
first major European tour with Tank to
an average crowd of 1,300. Returning to
the U.S. marked a tour co-headlining
with W.A.S.P. and Armored Saint
supporting. 金属乐队 played its
largest 显示 at the Monsters of Rock
festival on August 17, 1985, with Bon
Jovi and Ratt at Donington Park in
England, playing in front of 70,000
people. A 显示 in Oakland, California,
at the 日 on the Green festival saw
the band play in front of a crowd of
60,000.[14]
Metallica's third studio album, Master
of Puppets was recorded at Sweet
Silence Studios and was released in
March 1986. The album peaked at number
29 on the Billboard 200, and spent 72
weeks on the chart.[16] The album was
the band's first to be certified gold
on November 4, 1986, and was certified
six times platinum in 2003.[2] Steve
Huey of Allmusic considered the
album "the band's greatest achievement".
[17] Following the release of the
album, 金属乐队 supported Ozzy
Osbourne for a U.S. tour.[14] Hetfield
broke his wrist skateboarding down a
爬坡道, 小山 and continued the tour performing
vocals, with 吉他 technician John
Marshall playing rhythm guitar
