Metallica “Stoked” By ‘Stranger Things’ Use Of “Master Of Puppets” Performed By Bassist’s Son

Greg Evans

July 5, 2022 at 3:47 p.m.·1 min read

Metallica is officially among the fans of Stranger Things, calling the show’s use in the Season 4 finale of the band’s classic “Master of Puppets” an “incredible honor.”

In an Instagram post, the band writes, “The way the Duffer Brothers have incorporated music into Stranger Things has always been next level, so we were beyond psyched for them to not only include ‘Master of Puppets’ in the show, but to have such a pivotal scene built around it. We were all stoked to see the final result and when we did we were totally blown away.”

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The use of the song certainly didn’t come as a surprise to the band, though: Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo previously posted that it was, in fact, his 17-year-old son Tye Trujillo who re-created the song’s riff for the show.

“That’s my boy! Proud of ya Tye!,” Trujillo wrote on Instagram. “Stranger Things finale shredding it on ‘Master of Puppets’…”

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