- heavy metal, hard rock, alternative rock, rock
- 79 min
- 14 tracks
- Vertigo
Load is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on June 4, 1996, through Elektra Records in the United States and Vertigo Records internationally. It was recorded between May 1995 and April 1996 primarily in Sausalito, California, with additional sessions in New York City.
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Character
Spare, grave, character-led and earnest.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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- AllMusic2.5/5 ★
- Drowned in Sound9/10
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB
- Los Angeles Times3.5/4 ★
- NME7/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 ★
- The Village VoiceC+
- Pitchfork6.6/10
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Tracks
- 1Ain’t My Bitch5:04
- 22 × 45:28
- 3The House Jack Built6:39
- 4Until It Sleeps4:28
- 5King Nothing5:30
- 6Hero of the Day4:22
- 7Bleeding Me8:18
- 8Cure4:54
- 9Poor Twisted Me4:00
- 10Wasting My Hate3:57
- 11Mama Said5:20
- 12Thorn Within5:52
- 13Ronnie5:17
- 14The Outlaw Torn9:49
14 tracks, 79 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Metallica
- Label
- Vertigo
- Released
- 1996
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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