• Bass: Jason Newsted. "Load" Album Cover. ... King Nothing (Official Music Video). Watch Metallica's video for "Mama Said&quot
  • Melody Maker expressed reservations about Load's heaviness compared to its predecessors: "A Metallica album is traditionally an exhausting event.
  • Metallica also changed up their sound, logo and look for ‘ Load .’ Bob Rock produced again, and the group nearly abandoned their thrash metal roots...
  • I developed my own preferences and early on I gained a respect for the Loads, and even considered ReLoad my favourite Metallica album for years.
  • Load is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released June 4, 1996. ... At 78:59 minutes, Load is Metallica's longest studio album.
  • A few years after the Black Album everyone was stoked that the new Metallica was coming out. ... Good Metallica songs, NOT AT ALL.
  • Delivered five years after their eponymous "black" album in 1991, Load captures Metallica settling into an uneasy period of maturation.
  • Load was released on June 4, 1996 through Elektra Records, it sold 680,000 units in its first week (making it the biggest opening week for Metallica)...
  • "Load" featured a new Metallica logo, and a new "4M Star" logo. ... Trivia: Metallica had originally wanted to release "Load" as a double album.