bluefox4000 Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 (edited) Metallica - Load Metallica - ReLoad Sorry, real fans tm. These are great hard rock albums. Reload is. Load is a complete mess though. Easily their most unfocused and inconsistent album. As bad as St. Anger is, at least they had an idea for what they were setting out to do. Load was just their throw shit on the wall and see what sticks album. Oh, I can't agree with this at all. I get that fans of the first 4 albums see the black album - ReLoad period as not being "authentic," Metallica, but I think they clearly were going for shorter, less "thrashier," songs, which they did achieve. In the process, they brought people like me in, who didn't "get" the first few albums. I used to tease a drummer I played with back in the early to mid-80s, who loved early Metallica, that it sounded like they were all in a race to see who could get to the end of the song first, and the lyrics were all about the joys of killing your mother. (It was all in good fun, so, please real fans, don't get bent out of shape over that). I've since grown to appreciate early Metallica, but if they had not released the black album, Load, ReLoad, and Garage, Inc., I doubt I would have. i have to agree. and the i'm like you.....it was 90's Metalica that made me a fan. the Black album was huge when i was a kid. so that and Load/Reload was my intro too them. and back then the internet wasn't huge so i didn't know fans had a problem with Load/Reload (if they really did at all lol) I think they're fun straight ashead no BS rock albums.......maybe a tad long and in places goofy but who cares? Mick Edited February 21, 2022 by bluefox4000 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Metallica - Load Metallica - ReLoad Sorry, real fans tm. These are great hard rock albums. Reload is. Load is a complete mess though. Easily their most unfocused and inconsistent album. As bad as St. Anger is, at least they had an idea for what they were setting out to do. Load was just their throw shit on the wall and see what sticks album. Oh, I can't agree with this at all. I get that fans of the first 4 albums see the black album - ReLoad period as not being "authentic," Metallica, but I think they clearly were going for shorter, less "thrashier," songs, which they did achieve. In the process, they brought people like me in, who didn't "get" the first few albums. I used to tease a drummer I played with back in the early to mid-80s, who loved early Metallica, that it sounded like they were all in a race to see who could get to the end of the song first, and the lyrics were all about the joys of killing your mother. (It was all in good fun, so, please real fans, don't get bent out of shape over that). I've since grown to appreciate early Metallica, but if they had not released the black album, Load, ReLoad, and Garage, Inc., I doubt I would have. i have to agree. and the i'm like you.....it was 90's Metalica that made me a fan. the Black album was huge when i was a kid. so that and Load/Reload was my intro too them. and back then the internet wasn't huge so i didn't know fans had a problem with Load/Reload (if they really did at all lol) I think they're fun straight ashead no BS rock albums.......maybe a tad long and in places goofy but who cares? Mick When AJFA came out, One and that creepy video got a lot of airplay on MTV, back when it played music :codger: :lol: People were complaining then that they were becoming too commercial. I didn't (and don't) really care for that song. But when Enter Sandman was released I remember thinking, "Whoa, wait a minute. I might have misjudged these guys." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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treeduck Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Metallica - Load Metallica - ReLoad Sorry, real fans tm. These are great hard rock albums. Reload is. Load is a complete mess though. Easily their most unfocused and inconsistent album. As bad as St. Anger is, at least they had an idea for what they were setting out to do. Load was just their throw shit on the wall and see what sticks album. I enjoy both a lot to be honest me too. they're both overly long but also full of great tunes. MickIn the near future I'm going to change my name to MICK signed MICK with a big dick! RICK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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