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, ...

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Artist Andres Serrano looks back on his involvement with the controversial covers for Metallica’s Load and Reload albums ...

Metallica's James Hetfield has reiterated his mixed feelings toward the band's mid-'90s output, calling 1996's Load and 1997's Reload "forced." The singer and guitarist reflected on Metallica's ...

In an attempt to explore new musical directions, Hammett was summoned to share rhythm guitar duties with James Hetfield, helping to kickstart a new phase for Metallica ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Metallica's self-titled album becomes a bestseller again decades ...

Metallica gives you alternative, bay-bee! After the early-Nineties alt-rock explosion, bands that had made it big in the ...

Metallica certainly don't look the way they did when they started. One of the most lambasted changes in the group's appearance came when they began to do press for their 1996 record Load. When they ...

Metallica will revisit their 1996 album Load with a remastered reissue that includes a “Super Deluxe” edition that clocks in at 30 hours, much of it unreleased music. Out June 13 via their Blackened ...

Here it is - your chance to win a Metallica Load Deluxe Box set. This contest comes to you courtesy of the folks at Loudwire Nights and Ultimate Classic Rock Nights radio shows. Metallica are in the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Metallica's Load returns to No. 1 on the U.K.’s Official Rock & ...