Load (deluxe edition)
~ Release by Metallica (see all versions of this release, 40 available)
Annotation
Limited deluxe edition (20,000 units):
- 15 CDs (album, demos, riffs, takes, rough mixes, alternate mixes, b-sides, live).
- 5 LPs (album, live).
- 1 picture disc single.
- 4 DVDs (live, interviews, music videos, documentaries).
- Lyric folder.
- Poster
- Magazine cover print.
- 2 tour laminates.
- Rorschach test cards.
- 5 guitar and bass picks.
- Pushead patch.
- 128-page hardcover book with essays, photographs, and complete tracklisting.
- Digital download card for all music except picture disc single.
Annotation last modified on 2026-01-01 10:26 UTC.
Tracklist
| 112" Vinyl: Load (remastered) |
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| 212" Vinyl: Load (remastered) |
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| 312" Vinyl: “Mama Said” Picture Disc |
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| 412" Vinyl: Loadapalooza '96 |
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| 512" Vinyl: Loadapalooza '96 |
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| 612" Vinyl: Loadapalooza '96 |
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| 7CD: Load |
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| 8CD: Shadowcast (disc 1) |
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| 9CD: Shadowcast (disc 2) |
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| 10CD: Shadowcast (disc 3) |
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| 11CD: Shadowcast (disc 4) |
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| 12CD: Shadowcast (disc 5) |
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| 13CD: B-Sides & Rarities |
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| 14CD: Escape From the Studio '95 (disc 1) |
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| 15CD: Escape From the Studio '95 (disc 2) |
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| 16CD: Club Shows & Rehearsals (disc 1) |
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| 17CD: Club Shows & Rehearsals (disc 2) |
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| 18CD: Poor Norwegian Me '96 (disc 1) |
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| 20CD: Poor Touring Me '96 - '97 (disc 1) |
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| 21CD: Poor Touring Me '96 - '97 (disc 2) |
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| 22DVD-Video: Studio Shit + U.K. Shenanigans |
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| 23DVD-Video: Polar Beach Party |
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| 24DVD-Video: Poor Swedish Me '96 |
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| 25DVD-Video: On the Air: Music Videos + TV Appearances |
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| 26Download Card |
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Credits
Release
| art direction: | Alex Tenta |
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| photography: | Tim Angove (credited with Metallica photographs) John Arrowsmith (Photographer) Diego Bortolaso (credited with Metallica photographs) Jelle Boucher Joe Bradish (credited with Metallica photographs) Jameson Calantoc (credited with Metallica photographs) Xavier Xavi Zoroa Casado (credited with Metallica photographs) Danny Clinch (photographer, harmonica player, and film director) Anton Corbijn (photography) John Dropchuk (credited with Metallica photographs) Philip Earles (credited with Metallica photographs) Sascha Fetzberger (credited with Metallica photographs) Jay Friedstein Ryan Fritz (credited with Metallica photographs) Jean Frohman (credited with Metallica photographs) Andy Gaggioli (credited with Metallica photographs) Bradley Gillespie (credited with Metallica photographs) Felix Gomez (credited with Metallica photographs) Arkadiusz Gryczuk (credited with Metallica photographs) Chris Gutierrez (credited with Metallica photographs) Ross Halfin Don Hammond (credited with Metallica photographs) Zach Harmon Jason Meade Steffen Kuhmunch (credited with Metallica photographs) Steven Lambert (credited with Metallica photographs) Mark Leialoha Andreas Link (credited with Metallica photographs) Jeannie Malsam (credited with Metallica photographs) Carlo Merlini (credited with Metallica photographs) Brett Miolen (credited with Metallica photographs) Rae Moss (credited with Metallica photographs) Iain Ralston (credited with Metallica photographs) Grant Robinson (credited with Metallica photographs) Ira Rothschild (credited with Metallica photographs) Thomas Thron (credited with Metallica photographs) Masahiro Ueno (credited with Metallica photographs) Brian Vecci (credited with Metallica photographs) Antonio Zuccaro (credited with Metallica photographs) |
| legal representation: | Peter Paterno |
| liner notes: | John Arrowsmith (Photographer) Signe Birkedal (Danish promoter) Dan Braun (credited for various tour management, production management, and crew roles) Anton Corbijn (photography) Paul DeCarli Adam Dubin Mike Fraser (Canadian record producer, engineer and mixer) Zach Harmon Sheri Howell (former VP of Music and Talent, MTV) Wayne Isham (video director) Harald Kohl Matt Mahurin Jason Newsted Dan Nykolayko Gary Perkins (stage manager) Bob Rock Andres Serrano Tony Smith (former Metallica tour manager) Greg Thompson (music executive) |
| miscellaneous support: | Willie LaRose (task: business management) David Lloyd (Metallica business management) (task: business management) Dan Nykolayko (task: project coordinator) Eleni Psaltis (task: project coordinator) Marc Reiter (art director, product manager, manager, executive-producer & interviewer) (task: Blackened Recordings) Brant Weil (task: Blackened Recordings) |
| additional engineer: | Kent Matcke |
| executive producer: | Greg Fidelman (Greg Fields, US producer, engineer, mixer and songwriter) |
| mastering: | George Marino (mastering engineer) |
| remastering: | Reuben Cohen |
| compiler: | Dan Nykolayko Jeff Yeager |
| design and artwork: | Satori (UK graphic design firm) |
| lacquer cut: | Chris Bellman (mastering engineer) |
| mastered at: | Sterling Sound (New Jersey studio, operational since Apr 2018) in Edgewater, New Jersey, United States |
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| remastered at: | Lurssen Mastering in Burbank, California, United States |
| lacquer cut at: | Bernie Grundman Mastering (Los Angeles) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/34265812 [info] |
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| purchase for mail-order: | https://www.metallica.com/store/load-remastered-deluxe-box-set/REMLOADDLX.html [info] |
Release group
| associated singles/EPs: | Ain’t My Bitch (remastered) Hero of the Day Hero of the Day EP King Nothing Mama Said Until It Sleeps |
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| included in: | The Metallica Collection |
| part of: | Orpheus New Music Charts – June 14, 2025 (from oprheus.network) (order: 27) |
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