Year : 1996 (Expanded Remastered Edition 2025)
Style : Thrash Metal
Country : United States
Audio : 3320 kbps + all scans
Size : 574 mb
Bio:
Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. The band's fast tempos, instrumentals, and aggressive musicianship placed them as one of the founding "big four" of thrash metal alongside Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax. Metallica was formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features founders Hetfield (vocals, rhythm guitar) and Ulrich (drums), longtime lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo, who joined the band in 2003. Previous members of the band are lead guitarist Dave Mustaine, who went on to found Megadeth, bassists Ron McGovney (demos only), Cliff Burton (the first three records, died in 1986), and Jason Newsted. The band also had a long collaboration with producer Bob Rock, who produced all of its albums from 1990 to 2003 and served as a temporary bassist between the departure of Newsted and the hiring of Trujillo.The band earned a growing fan-base in the underground music community and critical acclaim with its first four albums, with their third, Master of Puppets (1986), described as one of the most influential and heavy thrash metal albums. Metallica achieved substantial commercial success with their eponymous fifth album (also known as The Black Album), which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. With this release the band expanded its musical direction resulting in an album that appealed to a more mainstream audience.In 2000, Metallica was among a number of artists who filed a lawsuit against Napster for sharing the band's copyright-protected material for free without any band member's consent. A settlement was reached, and Napster became a pay-to-use service. Despite reaching number one on the Billboard 200, the release of St. Anger (2003) alienated many fans with the exclusion of guitar solos and the "steel-sounding" snare drum. A film titled Some Kind of Monster documented the recording process of St. Anger and the tensions within the band during that time. In 2009, Metallica was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.Metallica has released nine studio albums, four live albums, five extended plays, 25 music videos, and 37 singles. The band has won nine Grammy Awards, and has had five consecutive albums debut at number one on the Billboard 200, making Metallica the first band to do so. The band's eponymous 1991 album has sold over 16 million copies in the United States, making it the best-selling album of the SoundScan Era. Metallica ranks as one of the most commercially successful bands of all time, having sold over 120 million records worldwide.Metallica has been listed as one of the greatest artists of all time by many magazines, including Rolling Stone, which ranked them 61st on its list of The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. As of December 2012, Metallica is the fourth best-selling music artist since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991, selling a total of 53,642,000 albums in the United States alone. In 2012, Metallica formed the independent record label Blackened Recordings, and took ownership of all of the band's albums and videos.
Album:
METALLICA is continuing to release remasters of their catalog, with the latest being the 5x-platinum ”Load”, available on June 13th, Remastered 2025. Produced by Bob Rock, ”Load” is the follow-up to ‘Metallica’, the best-selling album of the Soundscan era.“Load [Remastered 2025]” contains fan favorites including “Until It Sleeps,” “Hero of the Day,” “King Nothing,” and, for the first time ever, the original extended version of “The Outlaw Torn,” which was originally edited due to manufacturing limits.There’s a deluxe version including 16(!) CDs, with song ideas, demos, rehearsals and live material, but honestly, that’s for die-hard fans only – ”Load” itself isn’t easy to digest already.After the incredible Black Album, somehow ”Load” resulted disappointing. It packs some good songs tho, however the alternative sound invaded Metallica’s music, and this is a ‘divisive album’ for sure.“Load [Remastered 2025]” sound quality is very good, with a clear bass and properly balanced cymbals.
Line-Up:
James Hetfield - Vocals, Guitars (rhythm) (1981-present) - See also: ex-Leather Charm, ex-Obsession, ex-Phantom Lord, ex-Spastik Children
Kirk Hammett - Guitars (lead) (1983-present) - See also: ex-Exodus, ex-Spastik Children
Jason Newsted – bass, fretless bass on “Until It Sleeps”
Lars Ulrich - Drums (1981-present)
Tracklist:
CD1: Load (Remastered)
01. Ain't My Bitch (Remastered)
02. 2 x 4 (Remastered)
03. The House Jack Built (Remastered)
04. Until It Sleeps (Remastered)
05. King Nothing (Remastered)
06. Hero of the Day (Remastered)
07. Bleeding Me (Remastered)
08. Cure (Remastered)
09. Poor Twisted Me (Remastered)
10. Wasting My Hate (Remastered)
11. Mama Said (Remastered)
12. Thorn Within (Remastered)
13. Ronnie (Remastered)
14. The Outlaw Torn (Remastered)
CD2: Poor Touring Me - Live Tracks From 1995-97
01. Ain't My Bitch (Live at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Irvine, CA - 04.08.96)
02. 2 x 4 (Live at Donington Park, Castle Donington, England - 26.08.95)
03. The House Jack Built (Birmingham, England Rehearsal)
04. Until It Sleeps (Live at Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway - 23.11.96)
05. King Nothing (Live at Slim's, San Francisco, CA - 10.06.96)
06. Hero of the Day (Live at 100.7 WMMS Coffee Break Concert)
07. Bleeding Me (Live at Globen, Stockholm, Sweden on 16.11.96)
08. Wasting My Hate (Live at Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway - 23.11.96)
09. Mama Said (Live on Sverige-Sovjet in Stockholm, Sweden on 15.11.96)
10. Devil's Dance (Live in Tuktoyaktuk, Canada on 03.09.95)
11. Fuel (Live at Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, IL - 09.02.97)
12. Overkill (Live at Earls Court, London, England - 12.10.96)
13. Kill/Ride Medley (Live at Donington Park, Castle Donington, England - 26.08.95)
CD3: Riffs, Demos, Rough Mixes
01. Bitch ('Ain't My Bitch' Original Arrangement Rough Mix)
02. 2 x 4 (Take 16)
03. Jack ('The House Jack Built' Re-Edit Version 1 Rough Mix)
04. F.O.B.D. ('Until It Sleeps' Rough Chorus Vocal Idea Mix)
05. Load ('King Nothing' Take 16)
06. Mouldy ('Hero of the Day' Instrumental Mix)
07. Boss ('Bleeding Me' Demo)
08. Believe ('Cure' Riff II)
09. Dusty ('Poor Twisted Me' Take 12)
10. Streamline ('Wasting My Hate' Original Arrangement Rough Mix)
11. Mama ('Mama Said' Acoustics Only Alternate Mix)
12. NC-17 ('Thorn Within' Riff)
13. The Blue and The Gray (and The Red) ('Ronnie' Vocal Idea)
14. Outlaw ('The Outlaw Torn' Outlaw of Torn Vocal Tag Alternate Mix)
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