The first single released from the album, ‘Until It Sleeps’ would make it to No. He also played the solo on this song instead of Hammett. Moving away from the political and social lyrics on previous albums, Hetfield focuses more on the personal side of things with ‘Load.’ ‘The House Jack Built’ is about the effects of drug and alcohol abuse, a subject Hetfield was very familiar with. With a guitar solo inspired by the jazz trumpeter Chet Baker, ‘2 X 4‘ introduces that bluesy feel to ‘Load.’ The band played the song live before the album was even released, and the lyrics describe the failure of having to resort to violence. It was released as a single and peaked at No. The lyrics for ‘Ain’t My Bitch’ were thought to be misogynistic by some, but the meaning referred to someone who didn’t care about anybody’s problems or issues. It features Kirk Hammett playing slide guitar for the first time on an album. The opening track on ‘Load’ packs plenty of punch and attitude. Also, the unusual artwork was based on a work by artist Andres Serrano called ‘Semen and Blood III,’ where he mixed bovine blood with his own semen between plexiglass sheets. Yes, it was considerably fewer than ‘The Black Album,’ but was still an unquestioned success.Ī couple of interesting side-notes for ‘Load.’ The 14 song behemoth included zero songwriting credits from bassist Jason Newsted. ‘Load’ would go on to sell more than 5 million copies in the U.S. 1 on the Billboard album chart and remained on top for four weeks. ![]() ![]() Metallica also changed up their sound, logo and look for ‘ Load.’ Bob Rock produced again, and the group nearly abandoned their thrash metal roots, going for a bluesier style.Īnd if being more mainstream was not enough, many fans were outraged when Metallica actually cut their hair! It was a sign (to those fans at least) that the band really sold out this time, which they of course had been hearing since their second album.ĭespite all those things, fans still bought ‘Load’ in droves. ![]() After the incredible success of ‘ Metallica,’ also known as ‘The Black Album,’ there was a five year gap before the next release.
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