Load & Reaload by Metallica

Yes, Reload is a good album with many great/famous songs like The Memory Remains, Fuel, Devil's Dance, Fixxxer, etc. Load wasn't a great hit and facts and figures say that Load as an album didn't make even 50% of the money as done by the Black album. So, naturally the people didn't like the album ! But, I don't find music in Load that bad. It's good :) I have many favorite songs from those albums Bleeding me, Hero of the day, Outlaw torn, 2X4 and Ain't my bit*h (I think the last song wasn't liked by most female fans of Metallica and that might have an influence on other Metallica fans too :P)

Interesting is that when a band release "commercial" material, they intend to MAKE MONEY, no matter how appreciated their songs will be by their real fans. But Metallica's commercial shots were lame compared to the rest of their material, and it didn't make them richer, as you're saying. They kinda lost lots of old fans, and didn't get many new.

Hi, tips. ;) I also started listening to Metallica when they were releasing Load. So yeah, it's a quite dear album to me, although I think it's one of their worst. Reload is better in my opinion, and has some cool songs even the "old fans" like.

There are some songs that I also don't care for very much on Garage Inc, but there are also some really good songs as well. I really like Metallica's version of Astronomy, Am I Evil? (and the other Diamond Head songs), Blitzkrieg, and also Mercyful Fate. There are more, but I don't want to keep rambling :)

Bah, you know what I think is lame? Their Ramone's covers. Hahaha! It sounds funny, 'cause James' voice is SO not for punk songs! I have nothing against Ramones, and I actually like them a lot, but I think Metallica should leave them alone. Hehehe!

Hey, Metallideth! Your name already tells a lot about you. :D I also think S&M is pretty cool. I like Garage Inc too, although I think some songs in there are not quite for James to sing... But I think their version for Sabra Cadabra was amazing!

That's exactly what I think. But in their case, going mainstream didn't help at all, 'cause they didn't sell more albums and ruined their fame instead. I think they're way too worried about money when they have no need for that at all. Remember that legal action against Napster? It's ok that they have the right to protect their songs, but it was only useful to ruin their reputation. You still can download their entire albums for free if you wish.

It's hard to say. I think my favourite is Kill em All, the first one.

That's a nice choice! ;) I don't really have a favorite though! I have a favorite song, which is One.

And of all, what is your favorite album, jamz?

You see the problem is, when a band at its prime some of their fans become prisoners to the old works, they don't even give themselves a chance to carefully listen to the new work, for instance the Black album was real hit but that doesn't mean succeeding works are of less quality, on the contrary, i see Metallica got more mature that they could add so much to their songs i ain't saying which is better here but you so often hear people say Metallica since the Black album did not release any work of the same quality, people like that are two types: They are either people who liked Metallica coz during the Black album period Metallica was one the metal fads so they listned to Enter Sandman or whatever because everybody liked the song at that time but they aren't really Metallica fans, maybe they are Rock or maybe even Pop fans but not really into Metallica scheme OR they are probably Metallica fans but those who liked a particular song style either music wise or lyrics wise and they're not willing to accept Metallica adding changes to their style. The wondful thing about Metallica they never lost their identity they may change their way a little bit but never lost their identity. In the end it is a matter of opinion, right ? :D excuse typos if any

You really think Reload is one of the best? Even when compared to the first albums? Now that's news to me! :) If you weren't an old fan I wouldn't be surprised, but as you are, it's really unusual!

I don't know if they lost their identity or not, but I'm sure they lost a lot of bass players! Hehehe! And yes, it's a matter of personal opinion, indeed. :)

I also prefer the first albums, but I still think they've done much better with the "commercial" phase than most famous bands around. Thank you, filmbuff! :) And by the way, is there a way for me to correct the title? There's an extra "a" in there, but I don't see an option for that.

I really haven't liked anything since black, so I guess it would depend on what you consider to be the commercial phase or not. Unfortunetly there is no way to go back and edit the title of your post, or any of the contents of anything you write. It would be nice if they added a spell checker. The best advice I can offer it to try and proof read everything you post before you pull the trigger. If you have any questions or anything, just ask. :)

Well, I have loads and reloads of questions! :D But I think it's better if I just find out by myself how things work, instead of keep bothering nice guys like you. But anyway, if I need help, I know where to find it. ;) Thanks!

Very unusual for a thrasher to like these ones! :)

Maybe, but that little baby you use in your char pic is completely thrashy though! Hahaha! :D

I don't know a single song from St. Anger to fight about anything here. Hahaha! Actually I'm not a insanely crazy fan of Metallica. I like them a lot, yeah, but it's not like I'm a thrasher or anything. And yes, it's been a long time I don't care much about what they're doing. I hope you guys don't try to kill me for that! :D But I guess not, so far no-one complained about my "Reaload", so I assume you're all very nice guys. Hahaha! :)

I like Hero Of The Day too! It's my favorite from Load, at least. And they changed a lot, maybe because they're together for a long time as you said. But there are some bands that didn't change THAT much, like the Rolling Stones, for example. I think it's a matter of how things go on with your bandmates, and what new influences you have in your personal taste. It's complicated! :) Well, thanks for sharing!!