He added, "It's like, 'What the f*** did we do in the summer of '85 where we could just give birth to that from the first note to the last note in eight weeks?'"
According to Ulrich (via Rolling Stone), their 2008 album, Death Magnetic, took something like a year and half, from writing to recording. "How the f*** do you write a record like Master of Puppets in eight weeks?"
Upon arriving in Copenhagen, Denmark, Metallica would begin recording the album at Sweet Silence Studios with Danish producer Flemming Rasmussen. They'd originally planned to have Rush singer Geddy Lee produce the album. Rasmussen, however, who'd produced Metallica's previous album, would once again bring his expertise to the studio to help shape up the recordings.
The band would record every song with at least six identical guitar parts, overlaid, and unique, to create a powerful sound, per Kerrang! "I've never seen anything like that since, and neither do I expect to," said the Rasmussen. As the album was finishing up in December, members would fly back home. Ulrich was the last member to leave, so he could oversee the rest of the recordings.
After being released in 1986, Master of Puppets entered the Billboard Hot 200 at number 29. Over the years, the album has become a legend among metal recordings and is still one of Metallica's most epic pieces.
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