Behind the Covers

puppet strings

1 cover story in our archive

Behind the Covers' archive includes 1 album cover documented under the "puppet strings" design theme, all from the 1980s. The cover sits within the metal tradition and features work by Metallica. Each entry below includes the cover artwork, the designers and photographers behind it, and a short story about the visual choices that defined the release.

Master of Puppets by Metallica — album cover art

Master of Puppets by Metallica (1986)

The haunting cemetery scene that graces Metallica's thrash masterpiece was shot at dawn in a San Francisco Bay Area graveyard, with designer Don Brautigam creating one of metal's most iconic images of control and manipulation through meticulous attention to the puppet strings stretching across endless white crosses.

Label
Elektra Records
Designer
Don Brautigam
Genre
Metal
Decade
1980s
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