Metallica - Reload (3Cd Remastered 2025)

Facts Originally released November 18, 1997, ReLoad was the third consecutive Metallica album to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200, ultimately spending nearly 80 weeks on the chart and attaining #1 status in six countries, and top 10 in nearly a dozen more. The 1995-1997 sessions at The Plant in Sausalito CA that yielded both ReLoad and Load found James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Jason Newsted exploring expanded creative terrain and pushing the boundaries of Metallica’s sonic identity. On ReLoad, this meant bold decisions ranging from the inclusion of hurdy-gurdy and violin on the somber “Low Man’s Lyric" to Marianne Faithfull’s haunting guest vocal on “The Memory Remains." Like its 1996 predecessor, ReLoad has only grown in stature in the years since its release, with its incendiary opener “Fuel" and the timeless “The Memory Remains" remaining staples of the band’s setlists on the ongoing M72 World Tour.