Load Album Review: The Underrated Metallica Album.
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- Опубліковано 8 чер 2024
- Load is one of the most underrated masterpieces in music history, which is hated by a lot of “fans”. Today we are exploring this amazing album and see what’s so special about it.
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0:00 Introduction
0:51 Metallica’s Experimentation On Load
4:29 James’ Peak As A Vocalist
7:52 Quality Of Production
10:14 Emotional Lyrical Topics
11:55 Why Do “Fans” Hate Load?
13:40 Variety In Track Listing
16:39 James & Kirk Solos
21:01 Outro
People say that Metallica sold out on Load and reload, but tbh, load and reload sound way different than most music at the time. Load is one of my favorite Metallica Albums and for me, the second best sounding album of their whole career.
Thanks man for listening to fucking music
imo Load is their best sounding album with Justice taking second place
I'm not really a metal-head but I think Load is great. How can anyone listen to "The Outlaw Torn" and think it's anything other than monumental is beyond me. I think maybe the traditional fans were a bit close minded?
@@AlxFitz and bleeding me and ain’t my bitch
Man Reloads amazing too ! Carpe diem baby , pure class .
Re-Load is a concept album about Genesis.
It goes through the devil's dance to the slither snake with man who eats the bad seed and ends up saying Father leaves.
It's all there
I think its time Mamma Said to start appearing more on live Shows, James voice would appreciated it. Both albums have great and emotial songs.
I don't know if it's nostalgia or not, but Load / Reload / St Anger are 3 albums that I can put to listen on background while I work during the week and these albums always help me achieve that concentrated state of Focus that I need to get shit done, there's something special about these albums
Metallica has been my favorite band since I was very young . I thoroughly enjoy all their albums and can confidently say the outlaw torn is the most epic song they have ever written
Load is my favorite album from Metallica
it's unfortunate that people just judge it without actually paying attention to it
Great Video! \m/
Usually people repeat what others say on the internet without actually forming an opinion of their own.
Thanks man! Hope you check out more of the content and become part of the community
Every song on this album has something special, either original instrument, guitar/bass technical effect or James' solo....
Load is a masterpiece as far as I'm concerned! I literally just watched an old interview with James from 1988. And he was talking about fans saying they sold out long before their music video for One. James said "we play what we want to play. If you don't like it, we don't want you as a Metallica fan anyway."
Exactly! “Fans” need to listen to fucking music
@@metallicaopinionz Yes. Very narrow minded people. I don't know how they don't get bored in life sticking with the same stuff over and over again? No variety. They must eat and drink the same shit every day.
@@MikeysMorgue Metallica’s fanbase are the most whiny fanbase of anything in history
@@metallicaopinionz For sure! I read comments saying no one hates Metallica more than Metallica "fans" and it's true to a large degree.
@@MikeysMorgue yup
Great review pal... I loved Load and Re load. Too many people didn't give it a fare shot because they cut their hair and it didn't sound as heavy but you are right...some of the best songs they have!! Good job ,Great video
Thanks dude totally agree!
Couldnt agree with you more. I am a metal head, yet Load is my favourite Tallica album. Solos as you said are and beyond the most melodic, Hetfields voice, lyrical content, its all culminates in their best album for me. Although I would say, it cant be compared against their 80's stuff, its completely different.
Major respect!
Great video, man. Just getting into your channel and I like what I see so far. You bring up some great points and have a nice way of laying out information. I, too, am a huge fan of Load as well as ReLoad and it's nice to see some positivity going their way. Well deserved positivity, for sure.
Both Load and Reload rock so hard I do not care what anyone thinks. Reload especially is quite possibly my favorite Metallica album alongside Lightning
The Load album for me is the album I always play from beginning to end without skipping a song. I spent to many great moments while travelling in my life, so it has a special place in my heart!
Load was so easy to listen back in 1995.. This was the first introduction to Metallica, Black album was to my older brother. Still remember borrowing the casette from my his backpack.. in the sea of alternative bands here comes Mettalica releasing Load after the Black album and hardcore metal fans hate it.. I can still sing the whole album just from my memory from youth.. im 42 years old now time flies, Philippines, 1996.
Thank you for sharing these great memories with us
Yep and remember the radio played until it sleeps and everyone at school hated it lol I got the cd and didn’t like it but now it’s on my top 6metallica albums 🤘
I was never a fan of Reload and Load though both albums have grew on me but I absolutely love James’s Voice on both those albums + the production is pretty good
My favorite song from Load is Hero Of The Day,it reminds me of my dad because he's my hero
I’ll be honest, Reload is one of my favourite albums of all time. It was my first experience of Metallica and heavy music. Load and Reload are a different beast. We all love the thrash but these albums were a nice break up from what we were getting. I agree with you, James’ voice is on form for these albums. Powerful singing voice and lyrically the themes are great. I’ve never understood the hate….
I’ve always said that people who hated Load and ReLoad are just people who don’t listen to any other genre of music. If it’s not thrash they hate it, and that’s something I just don’t understand. There is no way someone only likes ONE genre of music. They force themselves to do that just for an image man. Music is far too amazing for me to limit myself to just one genre or sub-genre. I love Metallica because they DO cover a lot of sub-genre’s in the rock and metal category, and they do it well.
I always thought they should of got the best songs off Load and Reload and made one album.
Load: Bleeding me
Reload: The Unforgiven II (Used to be Low Mans Lyric when I was younger)
I think you got everything covered.
My favourite song from Load is probably Bleeding me.
Keep up the good shit.
Thanks Man! A masterpiece of course
Thanks for doing this. I understood the hate back then because a lot of fans become locked in one feeling when they fall in love with a band and they can’t stomach evolution. For me, load and reload were awesome, honest and authentic. Nothing firced, just masters expressing themselves in that moment. I do feel they were the last true, honest and pioneering Metallica albums. They circled back to thrash after, and despite some pretty awesome riffs here and there, all subsequent albums felt forced to me. Still love them, still my favorite band of all time.
King Nothing is my favorite! I’m surprised you didn’t mention it
I still have cassette saw them 3x on Load tour. In different Countries
I think Load is the type of album you show to your non-metal friend to show him its not just ''screaming''
Load is the type of masterpiece that only people that appreciate music and not “metal “long hair” vibes will love
@@metallicaopinionz I mean, I have long hair, I love metal but I still like Load so...
@@crazykosiarka yeah I don’t mean that long hair sucks I mean like people who don’t listen to music but only appreciate the band’s image you know what I mean?
@@metallicaopinionz Yea, that types of people sucks
Your def hyping this album up for me!
Glad to hear that!
@@metallicaopinionz btw I’m loving it now! AMB, 2x4, hero of the day, the Thorn within, Ronnie and the outlaw torn are my favs. I’m sure it can change with time but it’s such a solid album. I even got my girlfriend who is on deployment on an surf raft carrier listening and she loves until it sleeps. I told her to down metallica and she downloaded a playlist with all there greatest hits and it has songs from every album including load and reload haha. Making fans out here just like you!
@@goat9325 What a great thing to hear new metallica fans coming to the world! What a great record man, and all of your favourites are awesome songs
Load and reload is the "black sabbath era" of metallica
I guess
Yes it is
18:34 it's James' one (he did that live, at least)
James did write a solo for Wasting My Hate. You can listen to the unedited version on UA-cam. They cut out the solo for time constraints, just like they shortened The Outlaw Torn.
I know that solo it’s really really badass! But unfortunately it didn’t make the cut that’s why I mentioned it
@@metallicaopinionz 👍
@@MikeysMorgue that solo not making the cut is one of the biggest Metallica wasted opportunities tbh
@@metallicaopinionz True. Just like the album we never got because Jason left. It could have had I Disappear, No Leaf Clover, and - Human on it. - Human is a forgotten gem.
@@MikeysMorgue well I am happy by how things turned out tbh we now have three amazing eras with three different amazing bass players
I enjoy load alot, i also love James voice. It's a good album but they shoud have just made one full album with both load and reload.
I totally agree that Load was best Kirk's performance
"2x4" solo is kirk's best in my opinion
I liked Load when it first came out but it took a while for me to love it like I do now - still think it's 15 to 20 minutes "over weight" - but has easily 2 of my favourite Metallica songs on it... Bleeding Me and Outlaw Torn
One of my favorite Metallica albums. Soooo good, still to this day.
Amazing record! Top notch
I’m glad I listen to you , amazing analysis I think Metallica really took a huge risk but I think it paid out amazing as they still here and stronger than ever!!!
Thanks man! Really amazing album!
Such a fantastic album, definiately stands the test of time unlike Death Magnetic or Hardwired To Self Destruct - even tho people were shitting their pants that Metallica is "back". Load (and to some degree Reload) is brilliant album! Such a shame that they are not embracing that work more since they don't play live really
I really love magnetic and hardwired though
the outlaw torn mate.. what an epic track.
I strongly agree, one of Metallica’s finest
Load was amazing . I love every song . Hero for the day and outlaw torn .
True
I wasn’t really into Reload when it came out , i didn’t give it much of a chance but my god I think I like it better than Load , carpe diem baby ! Where has that track been hiding ! Amazing work all the way through .
In my opinion Metallica's Load produced by Bob Rock is still a classic album in the Metallica era.
Load + Reload are my favourites.
Overload would have been a masterpiece
01. Fuel
02. The memory remains
03. Devil’s dance
04. Untili t sleeps
05. King Nothing
06. Bleeding me
07. Ain’t my bitch
08. 2x4
09. The Unforgiven II
10. Waisting my hate
11. Attitude
12. The Outlat thorn (cutting his length)
13. Fixxxer
Yeah but a lot of songs that I love are cut😭
This album is is in my top 5 favorite Metallica albums, but as awesome as it is, it has some flaws. Most notably are the vocals on Wasting My Hate (only the studio version, it sounds great live), as well as the lyrics on that song. But for the most part I love Load. My favorite song is easily The House That Jack Built, even though I'm not the biggest fan of the talk box solo.
@metallicaopinionz said there was never any bass slapping before Load. Why do I feel this is wrong? Cliff must’ve used this technique himself.
Ppl say load and reload was Metallica sold out albums. I say it’s just Metallica 96 and 97 lol. Their some my favorite albums from them. I loved the heavy metal/ bluesy sound.
Outlaw Torn is one of the best songs of all time.
I'm one of the few people that love these albums and I don't get people's problem with change and their hair cuts at the time as they said in 96 it's just hair or lack of hair
reload was my first album
Metallica was the first band to Introduce me to the music that I like. I couldn't get into music until I heard Metallica, this album was the first from them I couldn't get into.
I think you forgot about James' solo in 2x4.
Yup I did
Load is pure gold, imo their best album
As it was the 1st MetallicA I heard in its entirety in early 1997, Load means a lot to me, so I am not objective 😊
I rank it 6th on their discography, but knowing that it is my favourite band (with Iron Maiden following very very close), it means a lot…
I would have preferred by far 1 killer album instead of Load & ReLoad…
Bleeding Me is a masterpiece, and Ain’t my Bitch & Wasting my Hate are over the top 💛
Until it Sleeps is a great song 🎶 but it’s videoclip is pretty weird, the most extreme they have ever done. That is why when metal heads pretend they have gone sold out… well not really… lyrically this album is very dark, although being a gem 💎
BLEEDING ME is the best on Load, but it is also the best Metallica song ever along side with ONE
not underrated it is my favourite album.
Yes, people are starting to appreciate this album.
The songs I like the most:
Wasting My Hate
Mama Said
Thorn Within
The Outlaw Torn
also like:
Ain't My Bitch
2 x 4
The House Jack Build
Bleeding Me
Poor Twisted Me.
The worst songs (not bad either):
King Nothing
Cure
I like the video of Hero of The day.
Nice to see Thorn Within and Wasting My Hate getting some love. Definitely disagree on King Nothing though.
@@metallicaopinionz This is one of those albums that is complete, every song fits in. Like Metallica, but unlike Reload.
I can rather imagine Mettalica without one of first 5 albums than without Load/Reload
I would rather imagine Metallica as they are now
Still waiting until they relase the album unload.
Could be next album in 2022
My favorite album, I dont really care what anyone says...I wouldnt have picked up a guitar nor learned to play it without these songs.
Yep, some of their best work
The black album wasn’t only the biggest selling album in metal out of all the albums that came out in the 90s of all music genres, including hip-hop and country and Pop, and I mean you had huge artist dropping classic albums in the 90s from artists like Nirvana, Snoop Dogg, Tupac, biggie, smalls, pearl jam, Pantera, Garth Brooks, Michael Jackson, etc. Metallica had the biggest selling album of that holds 90s. There isn’t one album that came out in the 90s that sold as much as the Black album.
No, it’s not a thrash album but I’ve never bought this idea that Metallica sold out because selling out is doing something that you don’t want to do and you want everyone to like it but I’ll people did was bitch about it. And you can’t tell me load in Reload was done for money when you look at the album sales for records like Master of Puppets, Justice and the Black album, and then look at the record sales for load and reload. I think it’s fair to say that whether someone likes the music or not is irrelevant I think Metallica just expanded their taste. I mean I grew up on metal and hip-hop in the 90s. That’s mostly what I listen to but I listen to so many different genres of music today. If I were in a band, I would not want to be pigeonholed and told I’m only allowed to play the same style over and over again.
I love Slayer but how many albums past the early 90s does anyone ever give any praise to? When you just put out the same album 15 times in a row yeah no one’s going to call you were so loud but no one really cares either. Not seeing anyone has to like any album by any artist but people are allowed to change. I don’t get these metalhead dudes I see that are in their late 40s or 50s and they were literally online screaming at people calling them posers. If you’re still the same person when you’re 40 years old that you were when you’re 18, you wasted two decades of life, not growing at all.
Ain't my B*tch just means, that it's not that person's situation. 2X4 means 2 guitar Riffs played 4 times in a row 😀🤟🏻
Yes it means 2 riffs played 4 times in a row and James took that name and wrote lyrics about literally a 2x4 a block of wood “put the screws into you” for example
They used a fretless bass on nothing else matters so this would be the second time it's been featured
talkbox was a miss imo, but overall i like load a lot
The reason they are the number 1 band is because all other bands pretty much release the same album over and over Unlike others every Metallica album is different not 1 or 2 but every album and they don't rush it
Actually Jason used a fret less bass on nothing else matters
The cool thing about Load is that the guitars play different lines a lot of the time. Sadly the same doesn't happen in Reload.
Lars' playing is still mot that bad at this point in their career, too.
Wish i mentioned that in the video
1:26 nothing else matters was also with fretless bass.
I love THTJB but I hated the talk box solo
Think it was cool for 96
So at the 13:00 mark @metallicaopinionz stresses that if you think Metallica sold out with Load and Reload then you’re the problem 😂 😂 😂 kid I’ve been a fan of the band since the 80’s. To watch them go from Kill’em All to playing Alternative 90’s rock was a big disappointment for me and many many Metallica fans. They were riding the alternative trend of the 90’s. I love the band but they sold out big time. Blaming fans is a cop out. And today we have Miley Cyrus and Lady Gaga performing with Metallica 🤦♂️ tell me they haven’t sold out again kid.
I just do not like harsh drum sounds, because Lars stopped using ride cymbal, and abuses china cymbal. Becomes tiring to listen to it loudly.
Ain’t my b isn’t about an ex. It’s about hearing people whining and complaining to him and bitching to him and trying to bring him down. Basically saying don’t come to me with your problems cuz they ain’t mine
It can be open to both interpretations in my opinion
@@metallicaopinionz I guess so
Load>Reload
Team Lars 💪
u indian?
No, why u asking?
Fuel or Ain´t my Bitch?
The Unforgiven 2 or Until It sleeps?
Fixxxer or The Outlaw Torn?
What are you talking about? That´s a BULLSHIT!
We don´t need to give up any of these great tracks!
We just need to make one BIG album or one double album on 2 CDs (something like Senjutsu or Book Of Souls from Iron Maiden) with these fantastic tracks IMHO:
Ain't My Bitch
The House Jack Built
Until It Sleeps
King Nothing
Hero of the Day
Bleeding Me
Wasting My Hate
The Outlaw Torn
Fuel
The Memory Remains
The Unforgiven 2
The Devil´s Dance
Low Man´s Lyrics
Where The Wild Things Are
Fixxxer
There's something flat about Loads production. Reload def cracks more and is more UP. Load is a moody bastard for sure. Could've done without 2x4, Cure, Poor, Mama, Thorn and Ronnie.
I disagree with the removal of these songs especially 2x4, Mama Said, and Thorn Within
I think the problem with Load and Reload is they are pretty boring albums, there's good songs in both, but also the have some forgettable songs.
Highly disagree with your opinion, they are really great records
@@metallicaopinionz I said it, they have great songs, but also have forgettable songs like Ronnie, 2x4, Poor Twisted Me and Cure.
@@panicoestatico9260 2X4 is one of the best songs on these albums honestly, and cure is super catchy
@@metallicaopinionz I can't agree with that, but that's your opinion and i respect it, but in my case those song are the weak part of the Metallica discography (and some songs of St. Anger).
I listened to this album somewhat recently and it was even worse than I remembered. Reload was terrible too. It really is sad what happened to this band in the 90's. They were probably my favorite metal band in the 80's and then became something completely different that I no longer respected. Thankfully, we still had Slayer, Pantera and incredible death & black metal starting up in the decade.
Too bad for you I guess
@@metallicaopinionz No, not at all. Metallica disappointed me back in 1991, but that was a long time ago. Since then there have been hundreds of metal bands I really enjoy. I couldn't care less now that Metallica has been sucking for 30 years.
And it’s still horrible now
This guy sounds like mclovin no offence
These 2 albums and that entire era have aged like milk. Good riddance.
Ok
False
outlaw torn/fixxer/bleeding me/where the wild things are/ the house that jack built/thorn within/unforgiven 2 /low man's lyric are awesome
An utterly awful album in every conceivable way.
Get your ears checked, Load May not be my favorite Metallica album. (It’s actually in my top 5). This album is good for what it is. If you’re not into 90’s Alt Metal I get it. But come on man, this is a masterpiece in its own.
both albums just suck
No, this album was not underrated.
Ok
Underrated??????? Its Part Of The Rubbish Tbey Been Dumping Out Since The Black Album...
If the songs had been better, no one would have noticed the personal style change. I'm so sick of these fan boys defending everything Metallica does. We don't care that the album was different or not heavy, we care that 80% of the album is insufferable and boring.
Thank you for sharing that opinion. I still think its a great album tho
Load is my personally favorite album
Glad to see an under appreciated gem getting some love
I don't know why your reply on my previous shows on the notifications but not in the comments, but i ll reply here. Popularity does not equal good for sure, but when you have a combination of factors such as: the vast majority of the older fans do not like them, the band themselves (James that basically wrote most of the music) described them "as acts of compromise within the band that didn’t work out" while he absolutely hated the artwork, they barely play these songs live, they are the less streamed songs today, and still are extremely controversial among fans. When you have all these together then you really need to think about the quality of these albums.
Unless you somehow still support your comment that you and a few others have the musical knowledge and ability to appreciate these masterpieces, while the majority of people that disagree, are simpletons that cannot appreciate "diversity and innovation", which i find highly arrogant.
Also if by innovation you mean slides, steel guitars, bluesy and country licks that thousands of blues/country/southern rock bands have been playing for the last 30 years at that time, then you need to redefine innovation.
You do a good analysis of the album, however i find many of the comments either too enthusiastic or condescending if people have a different opinion.
Your comment about people not appreciating diversity and innovation is ridiculous. You need to understand that the vast majority of the Metallica fan base back then were metal fans. The Load/Reload albums are basically bluesy rock with elements of southern rock and a bit of country. Why on earth should appreciate this type of music, when for example i happen to absolutely hate blues, southern rock and country? And that was the case for the majority of people then. You will hardly hear anything live from these albums (apart from the memory remains and fuel and some times king nothing), something that tells a lot about the popularity of these albums. Even James said lately that he is not fan of that era. You need to accept that people come from different backgrounds and appreciate different things. Also think why the Black Album, although was a departure from their thrash sound (of course much less than Load and Reload) are loved by the majority of the fans and its songs are played all the time 30+ years later, while these albums are rarely heard ?Also they are the less streamed albums on streaming platforms (except of course St Anger). This tells you a lot about the popularity of these albums.
How about both albums debuting #1 and if you read the comments of the live versions of songs from this era, they're mostly comments about how they should do more Load/ReLoad songs live, Metallica makes the decision to give the fans the older classics (80's)over songs the fans do love but just a little less (late 90's) just bc Load n ReLoad aren't as highly thought of as the thrash albums Metallica has,in terms of being heavy and in your face badass doesn't mean that they're not badass in a different way,i feel like if you would do some unbiased research you would find that L/R are quite respected today by most adults,only hormonal teens and old heads who don't have an identity besides their thrash metal loving days actually hate L/R,now I'm not saying ya have to love them but ya can't top to bottom act like they're complete trash just bc the thrash days were as good as they were,you can not be a fan of certain music and that music not be the worst music ever,hell there's plenty of music that just isn't for me but that doesn't mean it's the worst songs that artist has done,but i thought I'd let ya know what the view from the other side is and no it's not my personal opinion which is why i told ya to research and you'll find that L/R were both #1 albums and ppl do ask for live songs from both,the thrash stuff is more popular nobody is saying otherwise but load and reload aren't shit albums either, you're mainly going off a narrative that was picked up by the media and blown out if proportion bc some young thrash metal only lovers didn't like Metallica changing their style up,to each their own but you're not gonna get by with trying to portray load n reload as shit albums that very few ppl like bc that's just not the case, remember just bc the thrash classics are more popular... doesn't mean that load n reload aren't popular in their own right