Thirty years after Load transformed Metallica's sound and image, the album remains one of the most debated releases in rock history. Here's how the 1996 record reshaped the band's future.

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It’s the 1980s, California, and along with bands like Exodus, Slayer and Testament, Metallica were developing a new type of ...

Metallica fans started flocking into stores on June 4, 1996 to buy the band's newest album, Load – to the tune of 680,000 units sold in America during that first week alone. Others despaired, however, ...

The Black Album made Metallica superstars, but it also painted them into a corner. By mostly abandoning its thrash roots and simplifying its music for mass consumption, the band sold more than 30 ...

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What’s everyone’s favorite era of Metallica? Why, whatever era it was in which they became fans – check that, rabid, know-it-all fans of the most successful and polarizing heavy metal band of all time ...

In 1996, the Metallica album titled Load had 14 tracks in total. Now, in a new box set reissue of the album, that number will increase to 301 songs, meaning yes, we’re getting 245 new unreleased ...

Metallica has finally announced the deluxe remaster for their notorious 1996 LP, Load. The news comes from the band’s social media pages, where they announced pre-orders for the remaster and its ...

Today’s the day for Metallica fans looking to relive the early to mid-90s, as the remastered box set of Load dropped today. And while the best package remains the band’s physical offering of the box ...

Metallica has announced a massive re-release of their chart-topping 1996 album Load, featuring previously unreleased demos, rough mixes, videos, live recordings and more. Load (Remastered) arrives on ...