Label: Blackend

Reissued 6/13/2025, Originally released 1996

The Metallica remaster collection continues with the 5x-platinum Load, available everywhere on June 13.  Produced by Bob Rock, Load is the follow-up to Metallica, the best-selling album of the Soundscan era. Load contains fan favorites including “Until It Sleeps,” “Hero of the Day,” and “King Nothing.” The band released several several IG tracks today, including “Until It Sleeps (Remastered),” “Until It Sleeps (Herman Melville Mix),” “Until It Sleeps (Live at Slim’s, San Francisco, CA - June 10th, 1996),” and “F.O.B.D. ("Until It Sleeps" Rough Chorus Vocal Idea Mix).” Load (Remastered) will be available as a limited edition deluxe box set (over 1800 minutes!), 180G 2LP, 3CD Expanded Edition, CD, cassette, and digital. The extended version of “The Outlaw Torn,” originally cut due to manufacturing constraints, is newly remastered and will be included for the first time on the 180G 2LP, 3CD Expanded Edition, and deluxe box set

Track listing:

1xCD / 3xCD / Cassette

1. Ain't My Bitch (Remastered)
   
2. 2 X 4 (Remastered)
   
3. The House Jack Built (Remastered)
   
4. Until It Sleeps (Remastered)
   
5. King Nothing (Remastered)
   
6. Hero of the Day (Remastered)
   
7. Bleeding Me (Remastered)
   
8. Cure (Remastered)
   
9. Poor Twisted Me (Remastered)
   
10. Wasting My Hate (Remastered)
    
11. Mama Said (Remastered)
    
12. Thorn Within (Remastered)
    
13. Ronnie (Remastered)
    
14. The Outlaw Torn (Remastered)

3xCD Track listing ONLY:

1. Bitch (Ain't My Bitch Original Arrangement Rough Mix)
   
2. 2 X 4 (Take 16)
   
3. Jack (The House Jack Built Re-Edit Version 1 Rough Mix)
   
4. F.O.B.D. (Until It Sleeps Rough Chorus Vocal Idea Mix)
   
5. Load (King Nothing Take 16)
   
6. Mouldy (Hero of the Day Instrumental Mix)
   
7. Boss (Bleeding Me Demo)
   
8. Believe (Cure Riff) [Version 2]
   
9. Dusty (Poor Twisted Me Take 12)
   
10. Streamline (Wasting My Hate Original Arrangement Rough Mix)
    
11. Mama (Mama Said Acoustics Only Alternate Mix)
    
12. NC-17 (Torn Within Riff) [Version 2]
    
13. The Blue and the Gray (And the Red) [Ronnie Vocal Idea]
    
14. Outlaw (The Outlaw Torn Vocal Tag Alternate Mix)
    
15. Ain't My Bitch (Live at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Irvine, CA, 8/4/1996)
    
16. 2 X 4 (Live at Donington Park, Castle Donington, UK, 8/26/1995)
    
17. The House Jack Built (Birmingham, UK, Live Rehearsal)
    
18. Until It Sleeps (Live at Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway, 11/23/1996)
    
19. King Nothing (Live at Slim's, San Francisco, CA, 6/10/1996)
    
20. Hero of the Day (Live at 100.7 WMMS Coffee Break Concert)
    
21. Bleeding Me (Live in Stockholm, Sweden, 11/16/1996)
    
22. Wasting My Hate (Live at Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway, 11/23/1996)
    
23. Mama Said (Live on Sverige-Soviet, Stockholm, Sweden, 11/15/1996)
    
24. Devil's Dance (Live in Tuktoyaktuk, Canada, 9/3/1995)
    
25. Fuel (Live at Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, IL, 2/9/1997)
    
26. Overkill (Live at Earls Court, London, UK, 10/12/1996)
    
27. Kill/Ride Medley (Live at Donington Park, Castle Donington, UK, 8/26/1995)