Metallica fans started flocking into stores on June 4, 1996 to buy the band's newest album, Load – to the tune of 680,000 units sold in America during that first week alone. Others despaired, however, ...

What’s everyone’s favorite era of Metallica? Why, whatever era it was in which they became fans – check that, rabid, know-it-all fans of the most successful and polarizing heavy metal band of all time ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's the spring of 1996, and I'm in Right Track Recording studios in New York, where Metallica are putting the finishing touches ...

Looking back on the vaguely depressing history of Metallica, there’s a clear distinction between the band’s best album and its ultimate album. Their best album is probably Master of Puppets because ...

The Black Album made Metallica superstars, but it also painted them into a corner. By mostly abandoning its thrash roots and simplifying its music for mass consumption, the band sold more than 30 ...

Thanks to a deluxe reissue, Metallica’s Load appears on six U.K. charts, and even manages top 10 debuts on both the vinyl and physical albums lists. UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 01: Photo of Cliff BURTON ...

Pantera / Down vocalist Philip Anselmo has always been outspoken, and for a new article authored by the man himself, Anselmo chose Metallica's 'Load' as an album that should have never seen the light ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Earl's Court, London, October 12, 1996. Metallica are playing Enter Sandman to 20,000 baying fans when things start to go ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Metallica's Load returns to No. 1 on the U.K.’s Official Rock & ...

Metallica released their sixth album, Load, in June 1996. It was a massive hit, topping charts in countries around the globe. Earlier today (April 29), the band announced a remastered version of the ...

(NLM) Metallica has announced the definitive re-release of the band's 5x platinum sixth studio album Load, out June 13 via the band's own Blackened Recordings. Remastered by Reuben Cohen at Lurssen ...