Metallica announce deluxe reissue of Load

Metal legends Metallica have announced that their 1996 album Load will be getting a rather stellar reissue.

Coming on June 13 via the band's Blackened Recordings label, their five-time-platinum-selling album has been remastered by Reuben Cohen at Lurssen Mastering, assisted by Greg Fidelman.

Load will be released on CD, 2LP and digital formats, as well as a limited-edition deluxe box set which promises to be "an ambitious and comprehensive time capsule of 1995-97 era Metallica" according to the press release. And that certainly sounds accurate, with the box set offering demos, rough mixes, live performances and TV appearances. It also contains a Mama Said picture disc, and the Loadapalooza live album, recorded at at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre on August 4, 1996, alongside a slew of goodies including a Pushead patch, guitar and bass picks, lyric sheets and more.

According to Metallica's Instagram, the set offers over 1800 minutes of Load. What more could you want?

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