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Load is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on June 4, 1996, by Elektra Records in the United States and by Vertigo Records internationally. The album showed more of a hard rock side of Metallica than the band's typical thrash metal style, which alienated much of the band's fanbase.
Reload is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on November 18, 1997, [9] via Elektra Records. The album is a follow-up to Load, released the previous year, and Metallica's last studio album to feature bassist Jason Newsted. Reload debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 436,000 copies in its ...
Load and Reload followed in 1996 and 1997, respectively. [8] [9] The year after Reload, Metallica released Garage Inc., a double album of cover versions. [10] After Newsted left in 2001, [1] the bass on 2003's St. Anger was performed by producer Bob Rock, who was also credited with co-writing all of the songs. [11]
1994–2001: Load, Reload, Napster controversy and Newsted's departure James Hetfield performing with the band during its tour for Load in 1996 After almost three years of touring to promote Metallica , including a headlining performance at Woodstock '94 , Metallica returned to the studio to write and record its sixth studio album.
"The Memory Remains" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica. Written by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, it was the lead single from the band's seventh studio album, Reload, released in 1997. The song was first performed live in a "jam" version on July 2, 1996. [2]
Between the end of touring (and promoting) the Black Album and the start of touring in promotion of Load, he studied at San Francisco State University, focusing on film and Asian arts. [18] Hammett went through a "blues period" around this time - which had some influence on Metallica's Load and Reload albums. [19]
Metallica's fifth, self-titled album, often called The Black Album, was released in 1991 and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. [4] The band embarked on a two-year tour in support of the album. Metallica has since been certified 16 times platinum by the RIAA. [3] Metallica followed with the release of Load and Reload, respectively. [5]
The title of the demo comes from the first line of "Hit the Lights". [ 4 ] The demo has been re-released twice unofficially, first under the title of Metallica: Bay Area Thrashers , and was alleged to be a live bootleg recording of Metallica in the early days, however all "live" sounds had been added from various sources including the Metallica ...