Metallica will revisit their 1996 album Load with a remastered reissue that includes a “Super Deluxe” edition that clocks in at 30 hours, much of it unreleased music.
Out June 13 via their Blackened Records, the Load reissue will be released as a remastered 2LP, CD, and cassette, as well as an expanded 3CD version. Both the 2LP and 3CD versions feature the album closer “The Outlaw Torn” unedited for the first time, as time constraints forced the track to be cut short on the original 78-minute-and-59-second-long album.
The Load reissue is available to preorder now. Check out the never-ending track list below:
LP 1 & 2: Load (Remastered)
SIDE ONE
SIDE TWO
SIDE THREE
SIDE FOUR
LP 3: Mama Said 7″ Picture Disc
SIDE ONE
SIDE TWO
LP 4, 5 & 6: Loadapalooza ’96
Recorded live at Irvine Meadows Amphitheater, Irvine, CA – August 4, 1996)
Previously Unreleased Live Recording except where noted.
SIDE ONE
SIDE TWO
SIDE THREE
SIDE FOUR
SIDE FIVE
SIDE SIX
CD 1: Load (Remastered)
CD 2-6: Shadowcast (Riffs, Demos, Session Takes, Rough & Alternate Mixes)
Previously Unreleased except where noted.
DISC ONE
DISC TWO
DISC THREE
DISC FOUR
DISC FIVE
CD 7: B-Sides & Rarities
Previously Unreleased except where noted.
THE WHOLE MOTÖRHEAD-ACHE MESS
ALTERNATE EDITS
THE REMIXES THAT SHOULD NOT BE
MISC. SHIT
CD 8 & 9: Escape from the Studio ’95
Recorded live at Donington Park, Castle Donington, England on August 26, 1995 except where noted. Newly mixed by Greg Fidelman.
Previously Unreleased except where noted.
DISC ONE
DISC TWO
CD 10 & 11: Club Shows & Rehearsals
LIVE AT SLIM’S, SAN FRANCISCO, CA – JUNE 10, 1996
Previously unreleased except where noted. Newly mixed by Greg Fidelman.
POOR REHEARSING ME (AUGUST ’96)
WMMS COFFEE BREAK CONCERT, CLEVELAND, OH – FEBRUARY 19, 1997
CD 12 & 13: Poor Norwegian Me ’96
Recorded live at Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway, on November 23, 1996.
Previously Unreleased
DISC ONE
DISC TWO
CD 14 & 15: Poor Touring Me ’96 – ’97: The Soundboard Tapes
Previously Unreleased
DISC ONE
DISC TWO
DVD 1: Studio Shit + U.K. Shenanigans
Previously Unreleased except where noted.
STUDIO SHIT: NOVEMBER 1995
Some footage appeared in “Fan Can 1,” but it’s all newly edited by Brett Murray.
A WEEK AND A HALF IN THE LIFE OF METALLICA PART ONE
A WEEK AND A HALF IN THE LIFE OF METALLICA PART TWO
DVD 2: Polar Beach Party
Recorded live at the Polar Beach Party, Tuktoyaktuk, Canada on September 3, 1995.
Previously Unreleased except where noted. Concert Audio Mixed by Greg Fidelman. Edited by Brett Murray.
DVD 3: Poor Swedish Me ’96
Recorded live at Globen, Stockholm Sweden on November 16, 1996.
Previously Unreleased. Audio is a collection of various bootlegs mixed together by Greg Fidelman. Concert Footage Edited by Brett Murray.
DVD 4: On the Air: Music Videos + TV Appearances
Previously Unreleased except where noted.
MUSIC VIDEOS
MTV MOTHERLOAD
TV APPEARANCES
Metallica teaming up with Red Cross for blood donation drives at upcoming concerts
On Monday (April 7), the metal band took to social media to announce the A Sea of Hearts Beat As One Unified initiative with their charity organisation All Within My Hands Foundation and the American Red Cross.
Through the Sea of Hearts… initiative, Metallica will be organising blood donation drives at select upcoming concerts across the US. Sign-ups are required as the drives are appointment-based.
The current schedule for Metallica’s blood drive is:
APRIL
14-18 – Liverpool, New York
29 – Nashville, Tennessee
MAY
01, 02, 06 – Columbus, Ohio
06 – Blacksburg, Virginia
20 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
27 – Arlington, Virginia
30 – Charlotte, North Carolina
30 – Atlanta, Georgia
JUNE
10, 13 – Houston, Texas
18 – Santa Clara, California
23, 24 – Denver, Colorado
Recently Metallica staged their annual Helping Hands benefit concert Friday night in Los Angeles, with the heavy metal legends delivering a set full of long-unplayed songs, covers, and classics across their acoustic-and-electric sets.
The concert at Inglewood, California’s YouTube Theater opened with an acoustic take on “Low Man’s Lyric,” marking the first time the band has played the Reload track since 1998.
Metallica followed that up with covers of Diamond Head’s “Helpless” (their first time playing that song since 2018, and previously featured on the $5.98 E.P.) and their debut performance of Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s “Away From Home.”
Metallica closed out the first set with their first-ever acoustic take on 72 Seasons’ “If Darkness Had a Son” and “Nothing Else Matters,” both backed by a string section.
The charity - which supports "workforce education, the fight against hunger, and other critical local services" - has so far raised a whopping $15 million for various non-profit organisations.
It is also extending its Metallica Scholars Initiative.
Last year's concert saw Metallica bring out St. Vincent and have Greta Van Fleet perform.
Among the organisations to benefit from the money raised was Baby2Baby, First Star, Feeding America, World Central Kitchen, mikeroweWorks Foundation and The Skatepark Project.
The band's star-studded 2021 covers album ‘The Metallica Blacklist’ made a whopping $1 million (£824,430).
Metallica and their collaborators - including Miley Cyrus, Phoebe Bridgers and Chris Stapleton - chose the non-profits they wished the money to go to.
Metallica's All Within My Hands Foundation previously donated $100,000 to those affected by California's devastating wildfires in 2018.
The 'Nothing Else Matters' rockers - comprising James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Rob Trujilo, and Kirk Hammett - founded All Within My Hands
