[5] A riff from David Bowie's song "Andy Warhol" is quoted in "Master of Puppets".

Both versions can be seen in the video portions of the Live Shit: Binge & Purge box set.

[10] During the band's World Magnetic Tour, additional live performances were filmed in Mexico City; Nîmes, France and Sofia, Bulgaria.

The French electronic music duo Justice also played a version of this song on their first live album A Cross the Universe, which was released on November 24, 2008.

The last song on the live album named "Final" contains a fairly large sample of "Master of Puppets".

[13] The song also ranked number 1 on a 100 Greatest Riffs poll conducted by Total Guitar magazine.

Lead guitarist Kirk Hammett's solos for "Fade to Black" and "One" ranked significantly higher on the same list.

[16] "Master of Puppets" is featured in a scene of the 2003 film Old School and is heard as actors Luke Wilson and Will Ferrell play characters who are busy kidnapping people off the street to join their new fraternity.

The song is featured in the fourth season finale of the Netflix series Stranger Things, where the character Eddie Munson is seen playing the track in the Upside Down to attract the Demobats.