Understanding how these words may be perceived by Metallica's faithful, Labonte urged, "And that is not a criticism — that is not a criticism." "I have put a lot of thought into this," stressed the ...

Metallica are reissuing their divisive sixth studio album, Load. The California metal institution announced today (April 29) that their 1996 blues rock effort will get an expanded re-release on June ...

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 ...

The legendary rock bond Metallica shredded in San Francisco at the Chase Center, their first stop in the M72 World Tour.

It’s the spring of 1996, and I’m in Right Track Recording studios in New York, where Metallica are putting the finishing touches to what will become Load. Listening to the playback, I somewhat ...

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 ...

Happy anniversary for Metallica's Load album. “At that time we did Load, writing that kind of stuff wasn’t exciting to me anymore,” James Hetfield told me in 1997. “None of us were writing that stuff, ...

When considering the legacy of Metallica, pretty much everyone agrees that their first five albums (Kill ‘Em All, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, … And Justice for All, and Metallica/The Black ...

It's a sentiment we've heard from other Metallica fans before regarding the two albums, which were largely written at the same time but released separately, over a year apart from each other. So we ...

Which is the better Metallica album – Load or Reload? We’re entering some divisive territory this week for Chuck’s Fight Club on the Loudwire Nights radio show and we’re looking to you to give us the ...

Metallica, like most of the music industry right now, is off the road. To help fans pass the time, they are introducing #MetallicaMondays on their YouTube and Facebook page every Monday night at 8 PM ...

Unpopular Opinion: Load Is the Greatest of All Metallica Albums Nicholas Pell June 23, 2015 Let it never be said that I’m a man who can’t admit his own mistakes. Last week it was the authorship of ...