So will there be a ton of guitar recitals with "Master of Puppets" from music students coming up in the next few months? We can only hope so. What do you get when the excellent vocalist and keyboardist from Work of Art, Lars Sfsund, joins forces with the songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Grand Illusion, Anders Rydholm You get the supergroup Art of Illusion and they have released the best AOR/melodic Rock album of 2021 called X Marks the Spot. "Puppets" has rocketed up the Spotify Global chart, prompted a deluge of new fans, and spurred interest in the behind-the-scenes stars of the show. and Giant plus vocal harmonies straight out of the Queen school of. Given the two musicians history then there is obviously a flavour of Grand Illusion and Work Of Art but there are also influences from Europe, Asia, H.E.A.T.
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"Master of Puppets" soundtracking the final battle in the season finale for Netflix's Stranger Things has created a resurgence for the song and energized interest around the band and the show. X Marks The Spot is the band’s debut release and is an album of very finely crafted melodic metal which is very accessible with great songs and steeped in sheer class. There is a clip of Hammett talking about the "beauty" of playing music in a promotional video for the Metallica course below.
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Says Billboard, "Yousician launched the 'Metallica x Yousician' collaboration in June, with three beginner-friendly courses in which guitarists James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett teach users how to play their favorite Metallica songs while sharing behind-the-scenes stories about the band’s career." The music learning platform has "launched its first-ever partnership series, a kind of 'Master Class' for musicians" taught by a handful of artists, including Metallica. Although specific demand for "Master of Puppets" seemed to have surprised Yousician, the music site is well-positioned to meet the hunger for people learning how to play all things Metallica.