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Load is the sixth album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released in 1996. (See 1996 in music).

For Load Metallica embraced many new styles and influences and reflected it in the songwriting for the album. The album also marked the first appearance of a new Metallica logo, rounding off the stabbing 80's edges of the band's earlier logo. The album featured an expansive booklet which contained many photos of the band.

James Hetfield's songwriting dispenses almost entirely with most of the Thrash metal style that characterized the band's sound in the 1980's. For Load he actively incorporates a more traditional bluesy feel. The songs incorporate a much greater range of mood and feel than some of their previous offerings. Many capitalize on the contrast between clean and melodic to more aggressive mid-tempo styles. Also, Hetfield's vocals mix in equal parts bluesy wailing as well as moments of softer and clean.

The cover of the album is original artwork entitled "Semen and Blood III". It is one of three photographic studies by Andres Serrano created in 1990 by mingling the artist's own semen and bovine blood between two sheets of Plexiglas.

"Ain't My Bitch" is a song written about a person who is not concerned for other people's problems. The song gained some notoriety due to its title. Kirk Hammett uses a slide for the guitar solo. The demo was named "Bitch" and was recorded on April 6, 1995.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Ain't My Bitch" (Hetfield, Ulrich) – 5:04
  2. "2 X 4" (Hammett, Hetfield, Ulrich) – 5:28
  3. "The House Jack Built" (Hammett, Hetfield, Ulrich) – 6:39
  4. "Until It Sleeps" (Hetfield, Ulrich) – 4:30
  5. "King Nothing" (Hammett, Hetfield, Ulrich) – 5:28
  6. "Hero of the Day" (Hammett, Hetfield, Ulrich) – 4:22
  7. "Bleeding Me" (Hammett, Hetfield, Ulrich) – 8:18
  8. "Cure" (Hammett, Hetfield, Ulrich) – 4:54
  9. "Poor Twisted Me" (Hetfield, Ulrich) – 4:00
  10. "Wasting My Hate" (Hammett, Hetfield, Ulrich) – 3:57
  11. "Mama Said" (Hetfield, Ulrich) – 5:20
  12. "Thorn Within" (Hammett, Hetfield, Ulrich) – 5:52
  13. "Ronnie" (Hetfield, Ulrich) – 5:17
  14. "The Outlaw Torn" (Hetfield, Ulrich) – 9:49

Personnel

Production

Charts

Album
Year Chart Position
1996 The Billboard 200 1

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1996 "Ain't My Bitch" Mainstream Rock Tracks 15
1996 "Hero of the Day" Mainstream Rock Tracks 1
1996 "Hero of the Day" The Billboard Hot 100 60
1996 "Until It Sleeps" Mainstream Rock Tracks 1
1996 "Until It Sleeps" Modern Rock Tracks 27
1996 "Until It Sleeps" The Billboard Hot 100 10
1997 "Ain't My Bitch" Mainstream Rock Tracks 40
1997 "Bleeding Me" Mainstream Rock Tracks 6
1997 "Hero of the Day" Canadian Singles Chart 17
1997 "King Nothing" Canadian Singles Chart 14
1997 "King Nothing" Mainstream Rock Tracks 6
1997 "King Nothing" The Billboard Hot 100 90

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