Metallica - Load (CD)

Load
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Album Details: Load

Release Date:12/19/2007
Label:Sony / Bmg Japan
UPC:4547366012972

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User Reviews: Load

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    LOAD OF BAD SONGS

    By kelvin  Aug 18, 2000 | 2 out of 3 found this Load review helpful

    This is horrible. If you like the good music, you must not hear this album.Metallica must learn from Iron Maiden, they are really good songswriters.Stop hearing Metallica, RELOAD IS A RELOAD OF STUPID SONGS, TOO.I THINK BRITNEY SPEARS IS BETTER THAN... METALLICA Read more Less

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    And the first load said...

    By generalmv  May 6, 2003 | 1 out of 1 found this Load review helpful

    Metallica solidify their mainstream approach by down-tuning their music, cutting their hair, playing slower, James Hetfield actually singing, and having lyrics that range from simple to assnine. Musically, this is an interesting album, showing the fo...ursome can do more than just play at the speed of light; and while it is a change, it may not necessarily be one in the right direction. Drawing criticism from old fans and praise from new ones, this album (and the one that followed it) will remain a point of contention for many years to come. Read more Less

Pro Reviews: Load

  • All Music Guide

    Delivered five years after their eponymous "black" album in 1991, Load captures Metallica settling into a period of maturation. Under the guidance of producer Bob Rock, Metallica have streamlined their sound, cutting away most of the twisting, unpredictable time signatures and the mindnumbingly fast riffs. What's left is polished heavy metal. They add in Southern boogie rock, countryrock, and power ballads to their bag of tricks, which make them sound like '70s arena rock holdovers. Metallica opens up their sound by concentrating on midtempo boogie over half the album is dedicated to songs that just groove. Metallica sound tight, but with the material they've written, they should sound loose. This becomes apparent as the songs fill out the album's nearly 80minute running time. It isn't surprising to hear Metallica get a little more conservative as they get older.

    - Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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Metallica

Metallica was easily the best, most influential heavy metal band of the '80s, responsible for bringing the music back to Earth. Instead of playing the usual rock star games of metal stars of the early '80s, the band looked and talked like they were from the street. Metallica expanded the limits of thrash, using speed and volume not for their own sake, but to enhance the... Read more