Load (2025 Reissue)

The Metallica remaster collection continues with the 5x-platinum Load, available on June 13th. Produced by Bob Rock, Load is the follow-up to Metallica, the best-selling album of the Soundscan era. Load contains fan favorites including “Until It Sleeps,” “Hero of the Day,” and “King Nothing,” and for the first time ever, the original extended version of “The Outlaw Torn” that was originally edited due to manufacturing limits. Remastered by Reuben Cohen at Lurssen Mastering, overseen by executive producer Greg Fidelman, and vinyl lacquers cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering.

Available on double LP on 180-gram vinyl in a gatefold jacket and two printed inserts; CD in newly packaged wallet with a printed inner sleeve and booklet; 3CD Expanded Edition includes 41 tracks across 3 CDs of the newly remastered album, previously unreleased, demos, rough mixes, & live tracks from their worldwide tour. Also available is the Deluxe Box Set, which includes 301 total tracks (245 unreleased) and weighing in at over ten pounds, the limited edition deluxe numbered box set of Load (Remastered) includes the album remastered on 180-gram double LP and CD, Mama Said picture disc, three live LPs, 15 CDs and four DVDs featuring unreleased content (live shows, rough mixes, demos, etc), MP3 download card of all audio, two tour laminates, a Lollapalooza poster, a Pushead patch, a Rolling Stone print, guitar/bass picks, a pack of 14 Rorschach Test cards, lyric folder and sheets, and a 128-page hardcover book with never-before-seen photos + stories from those who were there. 

Released: June 2025
Cat: BLCKND11R1W
Label: UMR

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Tracklist

2LP/ CD:
1. Ain't My Bitch (Remastered)
2. 2 x 4 (Remastered)
3. The House Jack Built (Remastered)
4. Until It Sleeps (Remastered)
5. King Nothing (Remastered)
6. Hero of the Day (Remastered)
7. Bleeding Me (Remastered)
8. Cure (Remastered)
9. 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)

CD 2: Riffs, Demos & Rough Mixes  // DDP: Load (Remastered Expanded Edition) [Disc 2]
1.  Bitch ("Ain't My Bitch" Original Arrangement Rough Mix)
2. 2 x 4 (Take 16)
3. Jack ("The House Jack Built" Re-Edit Version 1 Rough Mix)
4. F.O.B.D. ("Until It Sleeps" Rough Chorus Vocal Idea Mix)
5. Load ("King Nothing" Take 16)
6. Mouldy ("Hero of the Day" Instrumental Mix)
7. Boss ("Bleeding Me" Demo)
8. Believe ("Cure" Riff II)
9. 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)

CD 3: Poor Touring Me  // DDP: Load (Remastered Expanded Edition) [Disc 3]
1. Ain't My Bitch (Live at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Irvine, CA - August 4th, 1996)
2. 2 x 4 (Live at Donington Park, Castle Donington, England - August 26th, 1995)
3. The House Jack Built (Birmingham, England Rehearsal)
4. Until It Sleeps (Live at Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway - November 23rd, 1996)
5. King Nothing (Live at Slim's, San Francisco, CA - June 10th, 1996)
6. Hero of the Day (Live at 100.7 WMMS Coffee Break Concert)
7. Bleeding Me (Live in Stockholm, Sweden on November 16th, 1996)
8. Wasting My Hate (Live at Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway - November 23rd, 1996)
9. Mama Said (Live on Sverige-Sovjet in Stockholm, Sweden on November 15th, 1996)
10. Devil's Dance (Live in Tuktoyaktuk, Canada on September 3rd, 1995)
11.  Fuel (Live at Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, IL - February 9th, 1997)
12. Overkill (Live at Earls Court, London, UK - October 12th, 1996)
13.  Kill/Ride Medley (Live at Donington Park, Castle Donington, England - August 26th, 1995)

Deluxe:

   LP 1 & 2: Load (Remastered)
·       LP 3: Mama Said pic disc
·       LP 4-6: Loadapalooza ‘96
·       CD 1: Load (Remastered)
·       CD 2-6: Shadowcast (Riffs, Demos, Rough Mixes, etc)
·       CD 7: B-Sides & Rarities
·       CD 8 & 9: Escape from the Studio ‘96
·       CD 10 & 11: Club Shows & Rehearsals
·       CD 12 & 13: Poor Norwegian Me ‘96
·       CD 14 & 15: Poor Touring Me ’96 – ‘97
·       DVD 1: Studio Shit & U.K. Shenanigans
·       DVD 2: Polar Beach Party
·       DVD 3: Poor Swedish Me ‘96
·       DVD 4: On the Air & TV Appearances  

 Ephemera includes:
·       Pack of 14 Rorschach Test cards
·       Pushead patch
·       11x17 Lollapalooza poster
·       8x10 Rolling Stone cover
·       5-pack of guitar/bass picks
·       Folder w/lyric sheets
·       Two tour lams
·       128-page book