Welcome to the rock history class you actually want to take! In this installment, Mike and Michael journey from the technical, precision-engineered depths of the global underground to the revolutionary chugging riffs of 1980s thrash and the neon-soaked, soulful pop of the early 90s. We kick things off with The Art of Discovery, our mission to find your next musical obsession. Here’s what we have for you this time:

• inner:i (Greece)
• Spillflower feat. Failed Star (Germany)
• panicwaves (Germany)

Next, we dive into our main topic: Metallica’s 1986 masterpiece, Master of Puppets. We explore what is widely considered Cliff Burton’s magnum opus—an album where technical brilliance meets raw t ...