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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Nov 21, 2004
Pros: Tons of great hard rock; Bleeding Me
Cons: A couple of comparatively weak tracks
Summary: After five years, Metallica finally released the follow-up to their mega-smash, self-titled album (nicknamed The Black Album). And with 1996's Load, it was clearly time for the playa hatin' to begin. The Black ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 8, 2011
Pros: A good album, with some of the bands best songs.
Cons: Its different, and its not as fast or as heavy as their 80s stuff.
Summary: If there is one band that needs no introduction is Metallica…saying that I am still going to write one.Metallica went from being one of the best Metal bands in the 80s, to one of the biggest rock bands in the 90s. Throughout the 80s, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 30, 2003
Pros: To many to list!
Cons: Some may think its too long at 78 minutes and 50 seconds
Summary: How would Metallica do it? How could they make an album more musically competent than " Master Of Pu ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 4, 2003
Pros: A lot more excellent hard rock than most people give credit for
Cons: Some utterly failed experiments
Summary: Metallica fans all know the progression: After four ballsy, thrashy metal albums, the band transitioned into Metallica, also known as the black album, and that's where most say the trouble began. While the black album brought the band into the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 18, 2003
Pros: Musically and technically superior to any of their previous releases, matured vocals and songwriting.
Cons: Slower songs may turn off hardcore metalheads.
Summary: After almost a decade of unparalleled success, and fresh off their monster hit self-titled album in 1991, Metallica was the new God of heavy metal. It would be another five years before the group would record their next album, "Load", which was praised ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 9, 2003
Pros: A few good tracks here and there
Cons: James style of singing has changed & he sounds awful.
Summary: Album Info : Year Of Release : 1996 Genre : Hard Rock/Metal Total Running Time : 78.58 mins Number Of Tracks : 14 Band Line Up James Hetfield - Vocals, Guitars Lars Ulrich - Drums Kirk Hammett - Guitars Jason Newsted - Guitars ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 28, 2003
Pros: Good Heavy Rock Songs, Generally Solid Lyrical Writing, Hey it's better than Bush and Creed.
Cons: May be too different or soft for some, occasionally questionable lyrical writing.
Summary: Load. An album Metallica fans either absolutely love, or absolutely hate. And those who absolutely hate it are quick to boast about just how much they absolutely hate it.
Released five years after Metallica's self titled album (called ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 3, 2003
Pros: A New Metallica
Cons: Old fans might not like this new direction, more blues, less agressive rock.
Summary: This album was released in 1996, five years after the highly successful "Black Album". This album is nothing like anything you've heard from Metallica. It's more blues, rather than the fast agressive style from the past. Metallica sensed they needed to ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 12, 2002
Pros: None
Cons: The 2nd worst album from Metallica yet.
Summary: Metallica musically have gone downhill since their Black Album. Unfortunately, artists get the "feeling" that they need to "change their direction".
Well, Metallica began selling out. And Load is the result. Where's the metal, the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 21, 2002
Pros: Best of genre, Hard rocking sound, Great songwriting
Cons: Metal fans may stray away
Summary: After the infamous "Black Album", and the few years of touring that went along with it, Metallica clearly wanted to approach things differently with their next album. The boys have now grown up, both physically and musically, and now it is time for them ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 25, 2002
Pros: The blues-metal works better than I expected
Cons: It's a far cry from the 80s
Summary: I bought this album in mid 2001, already owning many top quality Metallica releases(Master of Puppets, Ride the Lightning among them). I knew through word of mouth that this album was different, more "alternica" and bluesy. It didn't put me ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 7, 2002
Pros: Diversity, Experimentation, Great song-writing
Cons: Maybe too much experimentation and diversity, Has led mindless headbangers to call Metallica "sell-outs"
Summary: Two of the most challenging albums for an artist are the sophomore album and a follow-up to a smash hit. The sophomore album is often challenging for an artist because it is a test to see if there is actually talent behind the band, not just novelty. ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 16, 2001
Pros: new style, it's metallica
Cons: i can't think of a bad thing about this cd
Summary: As many may know, Metallica is considered "A SELLOUT BAND". This is because they are the only 80's band that decided to change their music as the times changed. That move is what kept them big. This cd, although nothing like the early ones such as Kill ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 3, 2001
Pros: A new style.
Cons: New style doesn't match Metallica.
Summary: I've been listening to Metallica for several years and always loved their songs.
I'm not a fanatic though, but their style was unique... until Load.
Kill 'em All was a terrific album, just like all the next ones (until the Black album - ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 22, 2001
Pros: Well written songs, interesting presentation.
Cons: A drastic change from their previous releases.
Summary: Man, what a change! Metallica went from heavy metal excellence with "And Justice For All...", to overproduced heavy pop (the Black album), and finally ended up with Load.
Metallica lost many fans with the release of this CD. It's old rock-n-roll ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 16, 2001
Pros: The CD that introduced me into Metallica. The Outlaw Torn
Cons: Not nearly as heavy as Puppets, but then again what could be.
Summary: For the longest time I seriously thought that heavy metal was just instrumental songs, nothing more and nothing less. That is until I heard "Ain't my B*tch" and "Until it sleeps" on the radio. I was like "Whoa what the F*CK is this!" I knew then that I ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 4, 2001
Pros: The band experimented. They played some really good songs.
Cons: May take a bit to get used to the music.
Summary: This album started the whole "Metallica sold out" shananagins. For starters, on the cover of the album you'll be wondering what that stuff is. It's semen (no you didn't hear me wrong, I said S-E-M-E-N). Another thing is before making this album the ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 24, 2001
Pros: Different Metallica, but it still Rocks like only Metallica can rock.
Cons: Some songs are a little long and somewhat tedious at time.
Summary: To start I must say I am a Metallica fan. I like all of their albums, there older works and their newer ones as well. But I must say, Load is my favorite album by them. The new sound that Metallica went with on this is album is different than their ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 20, 2001
Pros: I got rid of it quickly after I bought it.
Cons: That the greatest metal band every made THIS?
Summary: Yeah every band needs to "mature" every band needs to "expand their horizons" I realize that. But every band wasn't Metallica. This album was too far and too fast. Just like Queensryche's "Hear in the Now Frontier" this Load (of garbage) was an ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 30, 2001
Pros: It's a change of direction for Metallica
Cons: It's a change of direction for Metallica :)
Summary: Load is my favourite Metallica album, it was also the first one I bought. Put simply, I simply love it. A lot of people slagged the band off for having their hair cut and going ‘alternative’ but you can’t expect a band that has been going for 15 years to ... read more
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