1996- Load

After 5 long years Metallica released another album. It was a huge feat to make an album to be the follow up of the Black Album in the first place, but 5 years seemed to be a little too long. The final product was a completely new style from the original roots of thrash and speed to a major focus of a “heavy” sound. This was the first step in the long road of failing for Metallica. The album drove away a large portion of the original fan base to other more intense bands in order to get their cravings. The simple statement I leave you with is “why fix something that isn’t broken?”.