Metallica - Load (1996) [Full Album] Remastered

Load is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on June 4, 1996, by Elektra Records in the United States and by Vertigo Records internationally. The album showed more of a hard rock side of Metallica than the band's typical thrash metal style, which alienated much of the band's fanbase. It also featured influences from genres such as Southern rock, blues rock, country rock, and alternative rock. Drummer Lars Ulrich said about Load's more exploratory nature, "This album and what we're doing with it – that, to me, is what Metallica are all about: exploring different things. The minute you stop exploring, then just sit down and fucking die." At 79 minutes, Load is Metallica's longest studio album.

Load received mixed reviews from critics but was a commercial success, debuting and spending four consecutive weeks at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart. Load sold 680,000 units in its first week, making it the biggest opening week for Metallica as well as the biggest debut of 1996. It was certified 5× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipping five million copies in the United States. Four singles—"Until It Sleeps", "Hero of the Day", "Mama Said", and "King Nothing"—were released as part of the marketing campaign for the album.

Tracklist:
1 - Ain't My Bitch 0:00
2 - 2 X 4 05:04
3 - The House That Jack Built 10:32
4 - Until It Sleeps 17:11
5 - King Nothing 21:40
6 - Hero Of The Day 27:09
7 - Bleeding Me 31:30
8 - Cure 39:49
9 - Poor Twisted Me 44:43
10 - Wasting My Hate 48:43
11 - Mama Said 52:40
12 - Thorn Within 58:00
13 - Ronnie 1:03:51
14 - The Outlaw Torn 1:09:09

Metallica
James Hetfield – vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar on "2 X 4", "The House Jack Built", "King Nothing", "Thorn Within" and "The Outlaw Torn"
Kirk Hammett – lead and rhythm guitar
Jason Newsted – bass
Lars Ulrich – drums