James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich On Why "Load" and "Re-Load" Was Split Into Two Albums
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- James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich On Why "Load" and "Re-Load" Was Split Into Two Albums
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If you took all the best songs off of Load and Reload and combined it into one album, you'd have a solid S tier album. It's not thrash, but it's good music
True. Those albums weren't thrash but still good. Then again, the Black Album wasn't exactly thrash either, but it got a pass because Metallica still had long hair when it was released.
@@redacted428 You judge music based on how the artists look?
@@siler7 its 2022, thats the only thing that matters, computers do the rest
I agree with your assessment Angel Dust
@@siler7 No, but its definitely an aspect that can't be ignored.
Load and Reload was the era everybody cut their hairs, painted their nails, etc.
As a HS senior I had the delight of purchasing the Until It Sleeps CD single, then the LOAD CD the day it was released, then seeing them in concert all within a couple of months. Love that album!
Im just glad load and reload are seperate albums! There was a time I wished they'd have been one big album together but both albums have distinct identities. Reload was always more garagey, hard rock, sort of industrial sounding but load had bluesy, moody and country inspired songs all over you could enjoy with a bourbon and a rocky patel! Especially the singles off load came with rare pre studio b-sides and they were even more fun. A song like 'mama said' can never seem fit for reload and 'low man's lyric'..vice versa. Many "fans" crap all over load and reload and say thats the moment metallica sold out and stuff but FUCK EM!🖕 I'd have NEVER been the kind of metallica fan i am today if it wasnt for load and reload!
YES! AMEN to all of that
Load is my third favorite Metallica album :D right behind “ride the lightning” and “and justice for all”
Overload would be hella cool idea
I like both albums. I feel the albums have something for everyone
I wish I had multiple accounts to give you multiple likes. The people that shit on anything after AJFA are so damn boring. We get it guys, you're more rEaL Metallica than even the band itself is and screw them for growing, doing new things, and why'd they cut their hair, blah, blah, blah.
I appreciate Load and ReLoad more in my adult years than I did back then. They are well done
I agree with you. I hated it for years. But as I got older I grew to really like it too.
I always liked the Load albums no matter what anyone said. I was 11 when Load came out, so being young and hearing those albums in the context of the time when they came out plays a factor for me as well. I always liked the older heavier stuff better, but never thought the Load albums were bad by any means. I hear alot of decent musicianship on those albums, it's not garbage like people make it out to be. It was just a different page for them and I respect them for doing it.
Yeah me too 🤘🏼
Honestly, i still don't appreciate Load and Reload. I know their are some great songs on these albums, i just never listen to them.
@@greatriffishere it took me awhile to dig it, but I’ll always get why people don’t 👌🏼
To put into context, this was only 9 years after And Justice For All. Death Magnetic today has been out for 14 years.
14 years in September for Death Magnetic - WOW that makes me feel old. 😱
OMG :(
The Load production sounds great
I'm 1992,i ve got my Load from my oldest sister, somewhere in 99,2000, than other sister bought me reload year after, for my birthday present, I didn't want anything else except the album, I grew up listening both of the albums. Cheers from Croatia
1992? Load and Reload only got released after 1997
@@thegoddamnbatman3078 You didn't get it, I was born in 1992, load came out in 95,or 96, reload 97
@@AnteNDH1 battery
The production on load is fantastic. whatever you think of the music itself.
also fantastic
Would love to have seen how these songs/albums would have been received if it released as a DOUBLE ALBUM follow up to The Black Album. The songs are all fantastic but were so divisive at the time. Who knows how things might have changed if it was a double CD.
Loved both these albums and I’m glad that Metallica kept experimenting with their stuff throughout the 90s ❤️
@@DarkLabProductions hardwired to self destruct definitely has some load vibes on it. Especially dream no more and am I savage
Load was amazing, it had tons of great songs (mama said, the house jack built, until it sleeps, king nothing, hero of the day, bleeding me and the outlaw torn).
Such an underrated album
Reload also had (fuel, unforgiven 2, the memory remains, devils dance, carpe diem baby and bad seed)
Amazing songs
Mama said was really out of place, particularly with the country lap steel or whatever it is that comes in for the chorus
I definitely appreciate Load and ReLoad more and more as I get older. Part of me wishes that they continued down that path with that style of music. Death Magnetic may have been the closest album to that sound.
Huge fan of Death Magnetic!
I know what you mean. There's a pretty different Metallica on Load and ReLoad than even on the Black album, let alone the ones before it. And the music of L/RL is special. I wonder if it's just nostalgia that colors my opinion (it's the Metallica I was first introduced to), but my favorite Metallica song of all time is The Outlaw Torn. It's just a fantastic tune.
Load and Reload on one album would be such an overload
Love the albums but absolutely hated Kirk’s “Prince” phase
I love the bluesy heavy tone of these albums
I’ve never listened to reload but I love load. Cracks me up they say they did want a double album,load is 78 minutes, that’s a double album and reload is 76 mins long also a double album.
They said they DID want to do a double album but ended up splitting them in half and going ahead and releasing load for the reasons mentioned in this interview.
@@midnight347 sorry that was meant to say did. Just changed it
Justice was 70 minuts with 9 songs lol
Prince Charming and Carpe Diem Baby are so underrated 🤘
I don’t really like Load…but ReLOAD to me is AWESOME! All of the songs on their are awesome. Groovyyyy….
I never understood the hate that the metal elitist had for load and reload. The albums are solid and creative AF. Nothing but love for them.
Thrash is, by its very nature, very limited. They had already pretty much reached those limits. People with less imagination are annoyed by creativity, because they just want the same-old-same-old until they die.
I used to hate them. I went back and, although they are creative and balls to the band to explore other genres, they have fillers in them and feel way to much of a departure in sound. They lack editing and a cohesive transition from full metal to bluesy rock and alternative metal. I understand the shock of buying a product and at a certain point, you feel ripped of, because you lost the familiarity you got used to. The Black Album was a more generic effort, but a better transition from AJFA.
@@siler7 I got sick of thrash after listening to German thrash metal bands. After a certain point it all sounds like the blues. Repeated licks and riffs ontop of that signature distinct sound that makes the genre what it is.
Expectations. Metallica was supposed to be Metallica, that you could fit in your little box. They smashed that box by making the music they wanted to make. Never mind the I waited years for new Metallica and this is what I got? Eeeeeew!
Ummm maybe it's because they're... Elitist
Love both of those albums.
There is some great songs on those !!!!!
They should have done a double album under an alter ego (different name) and it would have blown every body’s mind
I disagree on everything but the last part. It would of definitely blown people's mind. Imagine word spreading like wild fire back then over such a revelation.
My two favorite albums. The harmonies are sic!!
I actually love the stranger songs off of reload. As the decades have passed I’ve grown to appreciate what they were doing with that record.
Fixxxer is in my personal top 5 most underappreciated Metallica songs.
Reload is a pretty good album actually. 🤘
Although there are a few songs from each I don't care for, both are still solid releases. I agree with James that Reload had the more extreme stuff; tracks like "Prince Charming", "Attitude" and "Better Than You" are real bangers.
I do wish "The Outlaw Torn" was able to be released in its full 11 minute version than having that awesome jam cut off.
It's time for MetallicA to quit touring for a bit and start working on another double album 🤘
Yeah, it's been almost 6 years since HTSD came out...
Dude, could you imagine 😭
It’d be like Christmas. I honestly wouldn’t even care about the outcome as much, as long as I hear one more album run from them. Metallica is Metallica and that’s all I care about
they can't even make more than three decent songs right now.
I love both albums…. I don’t want a “ black album” repeat. I love how all the albums are different….yes even st. Anger. Btw st. Anger songs live are freaking amazing and Lars plays the drums tuned .
I agree, Load, Reload, St Anger….love all of them.
yup. his drums are tuned alright........ poorly!
I made a playlist with Load/ReLoad songs in standard tuning called 'Snake Pit'. Click here: ua-cam.com/play/PLIGDvsHIVnrKLiZbHUfB8oiUPb8AualXh.html
Load is still my favorite album.
They should re release it as a double album
those two were my first Metallica albums and therefore my favorite ones. they shall have a special place in my heart forever.
They're working on Overload right now! 😆😁
The 2026 box set I'm sure they will come out with for the anniversary should be called LOADED lol.
They're also got
Offload
and
Dropping a Load
in the works
they took inspiration from ACDC and came up with
Whole loada Rosie
they took inspiration from Led Zep and came up with
Whole Loada Love
LOL
future songs to include
The Mortgage that Jack paid off :P
3x7 =21
Mama Repeated herself
When it awakens
Conserving my hate
The Memory Fades to Black
and of course
Unforgiven 16 LOL
The man that’s on every Metallica related video
@@drachireidnoc6659 If you know that then you are, too! Look around! I'm on a lot of music related videos!
@@MikeysMorgue nice. Yep they’re one of my favorite bands
Bleeding Me and Outlaw Torn off "Load" are kick ass.
I remember making a trip to hmv at my local mall with friends to buy load and reload
At 0:23 it sounds exactly like the party confetti sound/animation from halo reach. Sorry for the random halo reference but that's all I could think of when I heard that.
Loved Load , ReLoad has some great songs
Good rock album, The Outlaw Torn, damn good garage tune.
Me as a kid: Load
The other kids: Black, Kill Em All, Ride The Lighting etc.
When I discovered my stepfather’s Load album, I felt like I found a rare gem because nobody listened to it, and most of my friends didn’t even know those songs existed. Granted, Load wasn’t their best album, but I found it unique and still dig it to this day.
Smart ideal, both are awesome music
First I hated those 2 items, later on they grew on me and I love them both
Load is such a good album. At the time, it was hated beyond reason. Going back, I've come to appreciate it with a fresh set of ears
The first 3 tracks are so bad
It’s definitely aged very well. I think you have to be older to appreciate it too
@@bigassdummy46
I actually agree about the first 2. Aint My Bitch, and 2x4, They are forgettable to me, like b sides.
The third, The House That Jack Built, is amazing, imo. Deep lyrics, haunting music and production.
After that, the album becomes quite good. The lyrics, to me, are some of the best James have ever written. The music is different, but still good.
It did take me years, and a lot more life experience to appreciate and understand the album, but 26 years later, I truly do.
@@shytownmofo bleeding me and Outlaw are really great tracks and hold up. The rest is just blah to me. There is nothing on Reload that makes me want to hear it again.
Im a death metal guy but “Load “ is one of my favorite’s albums still!
Oh really? This is strange. 😅
😉 I like both albuns!
Not all songs, but I like!
Load and reload are like twin brothers, conceived at the same time but comes out woth totally different personalities
Better question: Why were Load and Re-Load written, recorded, and released?
Agreed
This is just one man's opinion, but, personally, I find both albums to be unique in their own way because there are feelings that someone listening somewhere can relate to.
Regarding the stronger of the two, 'Load' is definitely it in terms of gravitational pull for the listening audience, as well as attitude, because that's the one people go back to the most. It's an album that you can listen to without skipping and 'Mama Said' is, by far, the most emotional track on it because those of us who lost our own mothers and the attitudes we'd had regarding her very presence during the time that we had with her can relate to that loss and it hits home in the very same fashion.
'Reload' is great in terms of mellowing out for the most part because it doesn't hit as hard as 'Load', but it's still an enjoyable listen and 'Fixxxer' is an epic finish and probably the best song on the entire album, if not the entire session, and I appreciate the band's musical maturity, as well as James's lyrical maturity, very much. You have to have the mindset of reinventing yourself in order to stay relevant, especially in music, because the market is always changing and people don't wanna hear and see the same thing over and over again.
So again, this is just one man's opinion, but everyone is a critic.
Hopefully the "loads" get talked about in the future...there was good stuff there
I think they are full of it. This is only speculating, but I think their manager suggested to split them into two albums so they rake in more record sales.
It's 20+ songs
Bravo MetallicA
It also was about how many albums they had to release with label, because of contract
Load and reload, sounds better to me now than they did back then. After buying both I sat down and compiled what could easily have been Black Album II.
Great songs, the more mellow ones go very well together as an album of their own.
🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🇸🇪🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🇩🇰🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
writing 27 songs in the same period of time, that's crazy
I love Load. It shows the evolution of Metallica over the years.
Reload was the first album I ever bought with my own money. It's what got me into the band.
Load and Reload were the first Metallica CDs I heard and even to his day I still put them on regularly. I will always love those first 5 CDs a little more, but I have never understood the hate Load and Reload gets.
I remember someone commenting on a video a tracklist for a three CD release. He reworked the listing so that there was a little bit more of a theme to it.
LOADED
CD 1
Fuel
Wasting My Hate
Poor Twisted Me
Until It Sleeps
2 X 4
Thorn Within
The Memory Remains
Attitude
Fixxxer
CD 2
Ain't My Bitch
Cure
Bad Seed
Hero of the Day
King Nothing
The Unforgiven II
Devil's Dance
Better Than You
Prince Charming
CD 3
The House That Jack Built
Prince Charming
Ronnie
Bleeding Me
Slither
Mama Said
Where the Wild Things Are
Carpe Diem Baby
Low Man's Lyric
Outlaw Torn - unencumbered by manufacturing constraints
I remember those albums made me stop buying their albums to be honest. Like they are good but should have had a warning: "We're fucking around and need to be in rehab". You couldn't really listen to stuff before you bought it then.I mean off of those 2-Jizz and Rejizz as I called them, I remember one song it was entirely fun to play:Waste my Hate" Other than that...
To be honest Metallica's Load and reload are two greatest rock records of the late 90's today.
I thought they were a metal band? 🤔
Great fucking albums! 🤘
0:40 This is the band's much acclaimed "Acoustic Metal" (bootleg) era.
Outlaw torn and fuel have no business being on the same album. This is how it was meant to be.
I love both the albums.I really thought there would be a special double re-release called "Loaded" or something like that.I was wrong.Hahaha!
Overload lol
Load just had a different vibe going for it to me. It felt edgier and darker than Reload, which seemed more radio friendly. Something very subtle happened after they released, toured on Load then went back to do the rest. I think if the original plan had been stuck to Reload would have been a lot better.
Load and Reload are their best albums.
I’ve always felt those two albums could’ve been edited down into one great album. There’s plenty of good parts. But there’s too much tedious meandering that should’ve been stripped away.
I remember thinking back in the day that it would have been good if Metallica released Reload under a totally different name. Made it it's own album that wasn't associated with the previous one.
Two great albums. Load is better but Reload is cooler.
Outlaw torn and fuel have no business being on the same record. I love them both. This is how they were meant to be.
The problem with Load was that Pantera released The Great Southern Trendkill at the same time.
i became a die hard metallica fan because of load and reload
This is not the actual truth. They had a contract up to so many albums before they would be granted full ownership of their master recordings. Someone pointed out to Lars that a double album would only count as 1 which is the actual reason why the split across 2. This early strategy laid the foundation for Blackened Recordings. You’re welcome.
But double albums count as two, which is how Dream Theater were able to finish their eight album deal with Atco/Elektra/Atlantic Records after seven albums because the double album Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence counted as two.
I like 8 songs on Load and barely 4 on Reload. Those 12 would have made a great deep/bluesy rock album.
Bash Load all you want if it wasn't for that album and the radio time those songs got I would have never found Metallica.
I was going into 9th grade and was walking into a store called Media Play, and outside of the door was a huge 40X40 foot poster of the cover of the album. I walked in with my buddies and back then you could sample a CD before you bought it. I heard just the first 1 minute of that first song aint my bitch and bought the thing right there and then.
Been a fan ever since.
I dunno. I equally like both albums. But I'm pretty positive I can take 7 songs from Load and 6 from ReLoad and make a cohesive record.
1:15 Kirk: i am part of Metallica but i don't have anything to say
Of the 2 I always liked reload better, I thought load was kinda slow dark and moody
Fun fact: The cover of Load shows Kirk's "load" mixed with blood
They should've been only one record with no fillers.
Because selling two separate albums bring more mone then one double album.
Like those records or hate em at least they took a chance. Slayer wrote the same record for their whole career. Each one sounded different but kind of the same format.
Brother albums, different feeling though, so glad they got separated
James is being a bit of a showman here on camera promoting ReLoad at the time... But years later both James and Lars admitted that when Load was made, the songs that made it onto Load were the "top 14" songs out of the 27 they had. They worked/reworked the remaining/bottom 13 for ReLoad.
Only comparing Load to ReLoad, Load is the stronger album of the two. It has also aged well considering that it's initial reception by fans compared to previous albums was a huge knee-jerk.
Both albums are still legitimate, but no way do they compare to the breakneck "Holy Grail Trio" of RTL, MOP, and AJFA.
Very true, although ironically ReLoad has the only two songs from that era they still play live on a regular basis.
AJFA was trash
@@jamese7867 nice lie
@@jamese7867 lol woke up and chose to lie today
how could you forget KEA
They said they were going back to their roots. Then they released Load.
Load and ReLoad are their two best records
You know they were around in the 80s right. Made a few classics.
@@mumbles215 I like load and ReLoad better. Don't get me wrong Kill em all and Ride the lightning, Master of puppets are still great classics.
Load is one of the best rock albums from that era, Metallica is always ahead of the game, and while every other band was playing catch up with the Black genre, Metallica carved out a groove that noone else had ever expected from them...and a year or two later we got so many bands bringing in that bluesy southern twang here and there themselves.
I love both of them,there's only one album I hate and it's St anger
It's still a shame he still never gets respect 🤣
St anger and Death magnetic are non existent to me.
st.anger is better than load and reload
@@FrankTheDoomriderJohansen HUH bruh j guess u do u man
@@SmileMF267 NOT!!!!!
Re load was my first introduction to Metallica…. So I thought that was the style .:::: then I went back .. and found ride the lighting … 🤯
That Kirk identity crisis tho...
I like load a lot reload is good but I like 3 songs from that album load on the other hand I like more than 3 songs so load is a better album of my entire cd collection.
And what they dont say to make more money by selling 2 albums 🤘😎
I've always felt Metallica were too close to the songs to judge them properly and, subsequently, unwilling to drop the duff ones. They could've made one decent album out of what they had, rather than nearly three hours worth of average songs over two albums.
I say it's the same with St Anger. I don't believe the band were able to appreciate that they were genuinely making a duff album. With some editing, more interesting arrangements of the better songs, some actual production from Bob Rock and actual guitar solos, it could've been alright.
Garage Days Revisited is way more fun than Load, Reload or St Snare-ger will ever be.
What's "duff"?
@@eq1373 as in, not very good 😁
Call me totally fucking nuts but Load/ReLoad might have rivaled the Black Album if they had chopped it down to one disc with all the best material
Yuppies
Cutting room floor shit. Scraps they can still sell.
As in we're pulling a Guns N Roses
Is weird cause load and reload have completely different vibes.
Ohh, Kirks weird phase of dressing like Prince.
Wish they'd saved Load forever. Reload I like, but except for The Outlaw Torn, I hate every second of Load.
Album cover is a literal “load”…bovine load…and blood
Did they name the album "Load" due to the bloody load smear they chose on the album cover?