メタリカ、1997年アルバム『リロード』のリマスター再発を発表

Metallica announce remastered reissue of 1997 album Reload, featuring never-before-heard demos, live recordings and more | Louder Skip to main content Music Magazines Why subscribe? 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This updated version of the California metal giants’ quadruple-Platinum-selling seventh studio album has been remastered by Reuben Cohen and Greg Fidelman at Lurssen Mastering and will come in a variety of formats. The most extensive package will be the Reload Remastered Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set , which the band call “a passionately and thoroughly curated document of 1997-1998 era Metallica, bursting with exclusives including previously unreleased demos, rough mixes, live performances, on-air and television appearances, and much more”. The package comes with the remastered Reload album on double vinyl, as well as the seven-inch vinyl single The Memory Remains and the triple-vinyl live album Live At Ministry Of Sound ’97 . It also comes with 15 CDs – including the Reload remaster and collections of demos, live recordings, rough mixes and other rarities – and four DVDs of behind-the-scenes, live performance and studio rehearsal footage. Other options include the remastered album on 2LP, CD, cassette and 3CD formats. All of them are available for preorder now via the Metallica website . To accompany the news, Metallica have put out the remastered version of The Memory Remains , plus a live recording of the single taken from their 1997 performance in the car park of CoreStates Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Listen to them both below. The Reload reissue will come out almost exactly a year after Metallica similarly remastered and re-released their 1996 album, Load . The two albums were recorded simultaneously from May 1995 to April ’96 at The Plant at Sausalito, California, produced by Bob Rock. Metal Hammer Newsletter Sign up below to get the latest from Metal Hammer, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors The Load / Reload era was a controversial one for Metallica. The albums saw the band move away from their iron-clad metal sound and embrace more blues and country influence, irritating a portion of their fanbase. The members also shed their metal image by cutting their hair and doing promotional photoshoots with Anton Corbijn, best known for his work with Depeche Mode and U2 . Lead guitarist Kirk Hammett reflected on the controversy during a 2025 interview with Rolling Stone and said that fans have come to embrace the material. “But when those albums first came out, it was like, ‘Fuck Load ,’” he remembered. “‘Fuck Reload , fuck Metallica.’ But nowadays we play [ Reload opener] Fuel and people go nuts. We play [ Load ’s lead single] Until It Sleeps and people fucking know every fucking word.” Metallica, who have since re-embraced heavy metal and put out their latest album 72 Seasons in 2023, are currently gearing up for a summer European tour. Certain stops will see the band employ their No-Repeat Weekends format, where the play the same venue on two different dates with entirely different setlists. See their schedule and get tickets via their website . Metallica: The Memory Remains (Live in Philadelphia, PA - November 11, 1997) - YouTube Watch On Metallica: Reload deals £12.99 Preorder £39.99 Preorder We check over 250 million products every day for the best prices powered by Matt Mills Online Editor, Metal Hammer Louder’s resident Gojira obsessive was still at uni when he joined the team in 2017. Since then, Matt’s become a regular in Metal Hammer and Prog, at his happiest when interviewing the most forward-thinking artists heavy music can muster. He’s got bylines in The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, NME and many others, too. When he’s not writing, you’ll probably find him skydiving, scuba diving or coasteering. 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