Techdeth
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Good to see Jason on Metallica channel again
thegame
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You spelled RETARD wrong, of course.
BABMusic
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Reload was very hit and miss. Lots of misses, but at least I still enjoy a few of the songs on that album. Once I heard St. Anger, I was heartbroken to know that the Metallica I liked, was gone.
Tone Monster
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Yes more misses than hits but those tones/that production!
TheGreatGreen
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I know a lot of people hated the change, but I found Metallica right around the time Load came out. My intro to the band was a mix of Load and Black Album. To a kid who had basically never listened to metal before that, hearing those two albums in the same basic time frame together was kinda life changing. Imagine how awesome it was for me then to go back further and discover AJFA, MOP, and RTL, which were even better.
Anyway, then Reload came out. I wanted to like it, but yeah, there was way more forgettable stuff in that album than not. If you took the best tracks from Load and Reload and put them into a 10 or 11 track package, it would have been a landmark album, an unbeatable heavy rock record. To me it still is, because I just put my favorite tracks from those albums into a playlist and forget the rest, but I think the reception might have been better overall if they hadn't included literally every random idea that popped into their heads in the 5 years between TBA and Load.
Reload, for all the filler, still has a handful of great parts in it. As it is, it's at least cool to see the full picture of Metallica in their Sleazy Redneck Uncle phase that was Load and Reload.
Anyway, then Reload came out. I wanted to like it, but yeah, there was way more forgettable stuff in that album than not. If you took the best tracks from Load and Reload and put them into a 10 or 11 track package, it would have been a landmark album, an unbeatable heavy rock record. To me it still is, because I just put my favorite tracks from those albums into a playlist and forget the rest, but I think the reception might have been better overall if they hadn't included literally every random idea that popped into their heads in the 5 years between TBA and Load.
Reload, for all the filler, still has a handful of great parts in it. As it is, it's at least cool to see the full picture of Metallica in their Sleazy Redneck Uncle phase that was Load and Reload.
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311boogieman
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^ That is a really great way of describing Load/Reload. I always call the latter Unload 
Techdeth
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Load and Reload are an amazing double album
Fiesta Red
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I sure see a lot of those Fender acoustic/electric in the background in videos. Are they that popular?
BABMusic
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Songs I liked on Reload:
Fuel
Memory Remains (yeah, I know, make fun of me all you want)
Devil's Dance
Unforgiven 2
Where the Wild Things Are
Prince Charming
Low Man's Lyric
Almost good songs:
Better Than You
Fuel
Memory Remains (yeah, I know, make fun of me all you want)
Devil's Dance
Unforgiven 2
Where the Wild Things Are
Prince Charming
Low Man's Lyric
Almost good songs:
Better Than You
TheBiggestJerk
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GuitarVacation
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I’m waiting for the video that features Newsted check out the “Justice” remaster edition of the Load albums.
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Mr. Chainsaw
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Yea I think they are, they're fun to play and usually have good deals on used USA ones or from the cheaper lineup.
Techdeth
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The bsss is quieter in the remaster . Almost like they pranked him again on load and reload
bugsy5150
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rsm
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Fender probably paid them for product placement; many companies do that in movies too.
rsm
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Metallica died with Cliff.
IMO.
IMO.
rsm
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possibly; but we would had a few more classic albums, perhaps with the potential of surpassing MoP.
I also get the sense / wishful thinking if the bullshit compromising got too high, Cliff would have walked away and created a new band.
rsm
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I doubt it would have been worse; at least for a few releases/years.
we'll never know.
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