Chart-wise, Load was a success. After its release on June 4, 1996, it skyrocketed to No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 chart, ...

Thirty years after Load transformed Metallica's sound and image, the album remains one of the most debated releases in rock history. Here's how the 1996 record reshaped the band's future.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pushing a lighter, more commercial aesthetic, and chopped locks to boot, many felt the band had eschewed the identity that ...

Things have never been easy for Metallica's 1996 album Load, a multi-platinum record nobody ever admits to liking, especially the band's most avid fans. In early 1995, Metallica had a ‘good problem': ...

Did you know that another Metallica hit was inspired by the success the band found in their classing Black Album favorite, "Enter Sandman"? Within the discussion, James Hetfield revealed how "King ...

Here it is - your chance to win a Metallica Load Deluxe Box set. This contest comes to you courtesy of the folks at Loudwire Nights and Ultimate Classic Rock Nights radio shows. Metallica are in the ...