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Load is the sixth studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica, released on June 4, 1996 by Elektra Records in the United States and by Vertigo Records internationally. The album showed more of a hard rock side of Metallica than the band's typical thrash metal style, which alienated much of the band's fanbase. It also featured influences from genres such as Southern rock, blues rock, country rock and alternative rock.

Load was released on June 4, 1996 through Elektra Records, it sold 680,000 units in its first week (making it the biggest opening week for Metallica) and the biggest debut of 1996. Load debuted (and spent four consecutive weeks) at on Billboard 200. The album has sold over five million copies in United States and is certified 5x platinum by the RIAA. Four singles were released in part of the marketing campaign of the album: "Until It Sleeps", "Hero of the Day", "Mama Said", and "King Nothing".

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Load, released approximately five years after the commercially successful album Metallica, saw the band shifting toward hard rock and away from their thrash metal roots. As on previous releases, the album's fourteen songs began as rough demos created by principal songwriters James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich in Ulrich's basement recording studio, "The Dungeon".

Дата релиза 04 Июнь 1996. Лейблы Elektra Records. but on the other hand, try to pretend this is the first album you listen from this band. and you might figure it's not so bad, not so bad at all.

Load is Metallica’s sixth studio album and featured a more blues and rock influence than on previous releases. Its cover features a mix of blood and sperm. Hence the album’s name, Load. Perhaps one of the most controversial Metallica releases, the band took tons of criticism from fans about their new sound. While it was rumored they would go thrash once again, this would not happen until the 2008 release of Death Magnetic. The singles choose were Until It Sleeps, Hero of the Day, Mama Said and King Nothing.

Load is the sixth studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica, released on June 4, 1996 by Elektra Records in the United States and by Vertigo Records internationally. Load sold 680,000 units in its first week, making it the biggest opening week for Metallica as well as the biggest debut of 1996. It was certified 5 platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipping five million copies in the United States. Four singles-"Until It Sleeps", "Hero of the Day", "Mama Said", and "King Nothing"-were released as part of the marketing campaign for the album.