Load (Remastered) CD

By the time Load landed in 1996, Metallica were unrecognisable from the denim-and-leather thrash band of the early 80s. Coming off the back of the colossal success of The Black Album (1991), they had gone supernova: stadium tours, chart dominance, and a sudden place in the mainstream they once seemed sworn to resist. Now their mid-90s pivot hears a squeakier-fresh round of polish through this UMR reissue, as Reuben Cohen handles remastering duties under the eye of longtime collaborator Greg Fidelman. Then and now: at the time, Bob Rock returned on production, as he had fo The Black Album, and again drew out a widescreen sound framing 'Until It Sleeps', 'Hero Of The Day' and 'King Nothing' for mainstream impact. This ed also finally restores the full-length version of 'The Outlaw Torn', which was shaved from the 1996 release due to CD length restrictions (the only time a Metallica album track was edited for format).