Reload

Great album!

Great album bought when it came out on tape

Who doesn’t love Metallica?

Back in their younger days, Metallica played heavy-metal and ushered the heavy-metal genre into a new dimension. Featuring a great cast of band members (who are James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, Cliff Burton, and Lars Ulrich), these four men created the best three albums ever made, according to some who've come to enjoy Metallica. Unfortunately, Cliff perished in a terrible accident (RIP, oh great bass master...), making the band a three-some. However, the band never quit. They enlisted the aid of one Jason Newstead and continued to make albums that were also awesome. Reload is no expection. Reload is the sequel to Load, featuring the same style and power that was provided in Load, only it became different. Different because the band was actually cool enough to change their style and try something new for a change. For me, Reload is the one CD that got me hooked into Metallica. Every song never lacks intensity, whether it may be slow or fast. Perhaps the best songs that are deserved to be mentioned would be Attitude, Fuel, Fixxxer, Where The Wild Things Are, Better Than You, and Devil's Dance, because of it's melodic riffs and drums doing a great job. Other songs are also excellent in their own right as well. James's voice fits the atmopshere of the songs (as usual), Kirk's solos are amazing, Lars does a great job with his drum playing, while Jason is filling the void with his bass playing. When it's all said and done, Metallica will mostly be remembered as a band who never quit and who wanted to be different from the rest. Not caring what anyone else says about them, they still continue to make some of the best music in the world and I'm proud to say that Metallica is doing an excellent job with their music. If people cannot accept the style that Metallica is currently relying on, then you shouldn't listen to this awesome masterpiece. However, if people can accept change and don't mind to listening to something different, then I believe that Reload is worth listening to.

This is definately way different from Metallica's earlier stuff, but still I love this album! But not at first. At first I really didn't like it at all, so I left it in my player in my truck and half-way listened to it whenever I drove somewhere. But it wasn't long until I had to bring it in the house so I could listen to it more. Then I had to make a copy to keep in my truck and have the other one in the house. The songs on "Reload" are the kind that tend to grow on you, and will go round and round in your head with enough listenings. And given a chance, you may find yourself liking, or even loving, this album, even if you intially hate it. I have worn out 2 "Reload" cassettes, so I just bought it again on CD. I have loved Metallica since "Kill 'Em All" and "Ride the Lightning" but I don't really care to listen to their pre-"Black Album" thrashy stuff anymore, save for the "Justice For All" one every now and then. 20 yrs ago in my head-bangin' thrash-around days, I probably wouldn't have liked Reload very much, but now it is my 2nd favorite Metallica album ("S&M" is my favorite). I guess I have progressed in music taste at about the same rate and in the same direction Metallica's sound progressed (except for "St Anger", but that's a whole 'nother reveiw). That is not to say that this is album is "soft", for that it is not-- and even the softer side of Metallica is way heavier than any grunge rock band around. If you love the Black album, you'll probably like enough songs on Reload to make it worth the money. If you were disappointed by Metallica's change of style on the Black album, this one will probably disappoint you even more. If you kinda liked "Load" you may like "Reload" better, I did.

If you are of the speed metal only type of metallica fan, then this is not for you. However, if you love music, then this is. With Death Magnetic, Rick Ruben, along with many old metallica fans, said "make the album that should have come after And justice for all". The thing is, they made that album already. It's called "the Black ALbum". The fact of the matter is, Metallica was ready to move forward after "justice" - they had taken the "prog-metal"/speed metal thing as far as they could take it, and for them to evolve as musicians, they HAD to realease the stripped-down blues metal experimentaion that was "metallica(black album)", Load and Reload. which was, incidentally, just as important and influential as their first four albums. Musically, this is growth. this is experimentation. not something that the relatively narrow -minded""new metallica sucks" fan wants to hear. They already made four perfect, groundbreaking thrash albums, which no one else had done.... So, if you like music, Load is an expertly crafted excercise in melody and slow-tempo heavy rock. and if you like the sound of that, then metallica is one of the best, if not the best, at that genre. which is pretty cool, since they are also the best (or were, depending how you see it) band at speed- driven prog - thrash metal. Thus, if you are more broad in your music taste, you will find that Metallica is a band who created and conquered two genres, and RELOAD is an excellent example of this.

👍🏻

Very good album highly recommend listening to it

Stesso discorso fatto per LOAD

Super plytka

Perfection deal.

This album got some unwarranted hate back in the day when it came out. Some said they sold out for Load and ReLoad, but I quite like both albums. I actually preferred the direction they were heading. Like all Blackened releases, this sounds great. Flat, quiet and great separation.