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Metallicais completely on board withStranger Things' use of their heavy metal hit “Master of Puppets.”
The song, featured on the band’s 1986 album of the same name, isfeatured prominently during a pivotal scenein the season 4 finale of the sci-fi Netflix series, which aired on Friday — and Metallica is more than happy with how it turned out.
“The way the Duffer Brothers have incorporated music into Stranger Things has always been next level, so we were beyond psyched from them to not only include ‘Master of Puppets’ in the show, but to have such a pivotal scene built around it,” the band wrote on Instagram Tuesday.
Metallica added: “It’s an incredible honor to be such a big part of Eddie’s journey and to once again be keeping company with all of the other amazing artists featured in the show.”
Eddie Munson plays Metallica’s ‘Master of Puppets’ in Stranger Things Season 4.Netflix
Just asStranger ThingssentKate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)“up the charts thanks to an earlier season 4 episode, “Master of Puppets” quickly became one of the most-played songs in the world.
Spotify’s Top 50 playlist of the most-played songs in the U.S. had the track at No. 10 on Tuesday afternoon, and it sat at No. 17 on the Global Top 50 playlist.
The show’s music supervisor Nora Felder toldVarietythat showrunners Matt and Ross Duffer had their hearts set on using the track, and it was part of the script even in pre-production.
“It was another one of those ‘it has to be this song,’ moments,” Felder said. “This part of the story was anticipated to be a pivotal and especially hair-raising scene in which Eddie heroically stood tall for the fight of his life. I believe the Duffer Brothers felt that playing ‘Master of Puppets’ throughout the extended scene was the clear choice. No other song was discussed further, and we jumped in to clear it straight away.”
Eddie Munson (Joseph Quinn) in Stranger Things.Courtesy of Netflix
She also noted that Quinn, 29, played the guitar himself, and strummed along to a guide track during filming.
“Spoiler Alert That’s my boy! Proud of ya Tye!” the proud dad shared on Instagram. “Stranger Thingsfinale shredding it on ‘Master of Puppets.'”
Trujillo—who was not the band’s bassist when the song was released— added a “big thanks to [Kirk Hammett] on helping!” revealing that the Metallica lead guitarist had also worked on adapting the piece for the series.
source: people.com
