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Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Metallica

 Today in 1997 Metallica released the album ReLoad

Los Angeles/San Francisco, California Thrash Metal, Modern Rock/Metal
Status:Active
Years active: 1981-present
Metallica must be considered one of the most well-known metal bands ever, with their work in the 80's in particular receiving accolades as amongst the finest metal works ever recorded. Formed in 1981 by the duo of James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, their youthful energy quickly gained them an incredible underground following, with their debut Kill 'Em All being one of the most anticipated underground releases of the era. And it did not disappoint -- arguably one of the first true thrash albums, it jumpstarted a thrash scene that would last for years to come. With each succeeding release their popularity grew, and with the release of 1986's Master Of Puppets (one of the most popular thrash albums of all time), it was clear that it would only be a matter of time before true worldwide fame would be theirs. They suffered a tremendous setback when bassist Cliff Burton was killed in a tour bus accident, but even that did not slow them down, as they recruited new bassist Jason Newsted and continued growing with 1988's ... And Justice For All.
The rise of Metallica to superstardom culminated in 1991 with the release of their self-titled album, also famously known as the Black Album. While the momentum of the past decade insured its success (and successful it was, reaching Number 1 and selling over seven million copies in the US alone), a chasm started to develop between the hardened early thrash fans and the mainstream audience that welcomed the "new" Metallica. This chasm was widened with 1996's Load, which saw the band further delving into mainstream hard rock and greatly lessening their thrash roots. Indeed, many early fans gave up on the band completely, but their mainstream popularity had risen to true superstar status by this time, and they are still regarded as one of the most popular metal bands of all time. After spending several years touring and recording miscellaneous projects such as the S&M band + orchestra collaboration, they released the somewhat controversial St. Anger in 2003, and later, in 2008, with new bassist Robert Trujillo solidly in place, came Death Magnetic, which appears to welcome at least a partial return to their thrashier roots. More recently they've recorded Lulu, a collaboration with Lou Reed (thus not really considered a Metallica album per se) that has drawn divided reviews at best.
Vertigo Records
James Hetfield – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar on "Carpe Diem Baby"
Kirk Hammett – lead and rhythm guitar
Lars Ulrich – drums, percussion
Jason Newsted – bass guitar
Additional musicians
Marianne Faithfull – additional vocals on "The Memory Remains"
Bernardo Bigalli – violin on "Low Man's Lyric"
David Miles – hurdy gurdy on "Low Man's Lyric"
Jim McGillveray – percussion
1. Fuel (4:29)
2. The Memory Remains (4:39)
3. Devil's Dance (5:18)
4. The Unforgiven II (6:35)
5. Better Than You (5:22)
6. Slither (5:13)
7. Carpe Diem Baby (6:12)
8. Bad Seed (4:05)
9. Where the Wild Things Are (6:54)
10. Prince Charming (6:05)
11. Low Man's Lyric (7:37)
12. Attitude (5:16)
13. Fixxxer (8:14)
A collection of songs that never made it onto "Load", almost more of a compilation album rather than a full-length.
Trivia: Metallica wanted to release "Load" as a double album but were forced to scrap that idea because of problems recording so many songs at one time. So as a result, only 14 songs made the final cut on "Load" while Metallica decided to save the rest for their next album, thus the birth of "ReLoad".
The cover of the album is original artwork depicting urine and blood. It is one of three photographic studies by Andres Serrano created in 1990 by mingling the artist's own urine and bovine blood between two sheets of plexiglass
ReLoad is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on November 18, 1997 through Elektra Records. It is a sequel or counterpart to the band's previous album, Load, and also the final Metallica album of the 20th century. ReLoad debuted #1 on the Billboard 200, selling 417,000 copies in its first week. Only six of the thirteen songs have ever been played live. They include "Fuel", "The Memory Remains", "Devil's Dance", "The Unforgiven II", "Low Man's Lyric", and "Carpe Diem Baby". There are also occasional jam sessions of songs including "Bad Seed", "Better Than You" and "Fixxxer". ReLoad is currently certified triple platinum by the RIAA. It was the final Metallica studio album to feature bassist Jason Newsted, though it was not his last release with the band. ReLoad also marked the second and the last appearance of a new Metallica logo on an album, until the release of Garage Inc.
This was the second album to feature most, if not all, songs in E♭ tuning, with "Bad Seed" being played in D♭ tuning and "Devil's Dance" in D tuning. D tuning was earlier used for "Sad but True" on Metallica and later used for "Sabbra Cadabra" and Whiskey in the Jar" from Garage Inc.

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