Metallica’s ‘Master of Puppets’ Sees 650% Streaming Bump in Week Since ‘Stranger Things’ Climax

No puppet strings were necessary to send Metallica fans — and newbies — to their favorite streaming destinations to hear more of “Master of Puppets,” following the song’s use for a climactic moment in the season finale of “Stranger Things.” In the week since the episode premiered, on-demand streams for the 1986 metal classic were up 650.3%, according to Luminate, which collates data for the Billboard charts. That’s comparing the six-day period of July 1-6 with the comparable six-day frame from the week before. The “Stranger Things” capper premiered on Netflix in the early hours of July 1. In the… Read Full Article