Master Of Puppets (Munson Backing Track Mix)

°aw!ት siyት λeme un🇯 ት,up!p aH "Master Of Puppets" is the second track on Metallica's 1986 album of the same name. It's an 8 minute epic of rage and sorrow. Rumor has it that it's actually about addiction and how it may be our true master if we're not careful. Drugs, alcohol, anything that hooks you promises you something, anything you want, but it leaves you to rot at the end of the day. You come crawling faster to get your next fix, thinking that this time it'll be different. This time you'll fill that hole in your life. You'll finally be able to escape whatever you're running from. Each time, the source doesn't care. They never do. They just want you to obey your master. Now, addiction isn't just limited to drugs. Addiction, by definition, is a physical and mental state in which one is dependent on getting something. Sometimes it's drugs. Sometimes it's alcohol. Sometimes it's video games. Sometimes it's an action. As such, there are multiple numbers you can call for various addictions, such as gambling, and I suggest you do research if you suspect you or someone you know has a problem. I am a firm believer that there is hope out there. So why is this in Stranger Things? In-universe, Eddie Munson, the metalhead on guitar if you're unaware, is distracting a threat from another dimension called Vecna, an entity capable of paralyzing victims in the real world while psychically tormenting them before they give up on fighting back. I discussed more about Vecna in the mix I recreated for "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)". Long story short, Vecna can be seen as a representation of mental illness that may result in suicide if unchecked (suicide hotline listed below). Throughout the Season, Max has been dealing with grief and guilt over her abusive brother's death from the previous season. While her brother was not the best of people, he didn't deserve to die and she feels guilty for not doing anything to save him, let alone having wished deep down for his demise. These thoughts have now culminated in a feeling that she should have died. Where "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" was used to show her guilt and how her friends still care for her and don't want her to die, "Master of Puppets" focuses on how her intrusive thoughts are a sort of addiction. They keep entering her head over and over, demanding her attention and, potentially, her death. Every time we see scenes of better times during this sequence, it's Max trying to take power away from her "master", to remind her that she has her owns reasons to keep on living. It may have been an in-universe coincidence, but the fact that Eddie played "Master Of Puppets" is rather fitting. °a!pp3 'noλ ss!w aM National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 #MasterOfPuppets #Metallica #EddieMunson #StrangerThings #StrangerThings4 #Netflix #BackingTrack #ShatterGlass