Say it with him now, “gimme fuel, gimme fire, gimme that which I desire!”. Whereas Load started with a straightforward jam with Ain’t My Bitch, ReLoad opens with a short vocal phrase, vigorously spat out by James. Infancy, Progression, Ascension, Domination, Supremacy, Dilution, Continuation. Might as well get this bit out of the way. ReLoad would be some of the more energetic songs that had been left over. They had already started recording some of their more simple songs to get a feel for the studio before they decided to leave, which was what had become Load. The original plan for Load had been to make a double album, but the plan was ultimately scrapped.

Between July and October of 97, Metallica completed the other half of the songs that they had written between 93 and 96. It wouldn’t be long until Metallica found themselves back in the studio. Devil’s Dance came back from the 95 tour, but making it’s introduction over a handful of dates was a work in progress of a song that would soon be known as Fuel. Across 125 shows across Europe and North America, Metallica started to sprinkle in a taste of the next album. Metallica hit the road with the Lollapalooza touring festival of 1996 between June 27th and August 4th before starting up the Poor Touring Me cycle for Load between September 6th and May 27th, 1997. Once you get past the image change in the booklet and the short hair, you have a set of pretty solid hard rock/metal tracks. Overall, there are a few clunkers, but I really like this album. Love the outro part, and it was cool when they would do part of it in the middle of The Outlaw Torn - What a way to close out the album! The weird intro leads into an epic riff. Ronnie - I like the main riff, but the song goes nowhere for me. The main riff starts like STP's Sex Type Thing. Thorn Within - Another really sweet deep-cut. I too envision it as a James solo record idea, as it doesn't really fit with the flow of the album. Wasting My Hate - A short track that is probably the most aggressive thing here. Poor Twisted Me - This song sucks! My least favorite Metallica song of all (I don't count Lulu as a Metallica album though). The chorus riff is cool, and the vocals over it add to what makes it It works for the song, and I like this song overall.īleeding Me - One of the epic tracks, and it is so good! Kirk's solo here is great, and the bridge section riff is my favorite riffĬure - One of the deep cuts that I really like as well.

Kirk has mentioned really liking his simple solo in some From there itĭescends into a thrashy madness though. Hero of the Day - Unique song for Metallica, as the main part is in Ab major and has a uplifting, bouncy feel. It just grooves better overall than Sandman. Kirk's dissonant, repetitive lick boars in your head. King Nothing - To me, a better version of Sandman. They could've just rolled out King Nothing first,īut they took a chance with something that would be more polarizing. Single, since the video concept and song work so well together. I think this was a good choice for the first Until It Sleeps - Another dark, moody track that sounds kinda Alice In Chains-y. The verses with that riff and James' vocals are unsettling. The House That Jack Built - Love this dark track. I wish they would play this one more, the last time was like 2000. Now to the songs:Īin't My B**ch - Solid opener, never really cared for the slide solo, but I like the song overall.Ģx4 - I have always really loved this song, with it's simple but crushing main riff and swagger. Lars definitely simplifies things, but the drums sound great as well. The production on the Loads is really good, and they used a lot more effects and sounds than before. That fitting description always stuck with me. I read an issue of Guitar World when Reload came out that described the Loads as Metallica still crushing with their particular Hammer of the Gods sound, they had just changed the shape of the mallet a bit. I always defended them and stuck with them, as they were (and most days still are) my favorite band. I remember getting more and more into death metal along with other metalhead friends, and many of them starting to drop off the Metallica bandwagon, and slag the band. I remember seeing the creepy video for Until It Sleeps and really loving the song.

Load was my first brand new Metallica album too.

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