#189 Building the Perfect LOAD - METALLICA

After touring a crapload for The Black Album and effectively unloading their classic thrash sound from the 80’s, METALLICA released LOAD in June of 1996 and RELOAD in November of 1997 (same sessions, different loads). The original intent was for “The Loads” to be released as a double album (aka “One Massive Load”), but since there was concern that so much new material released at once might be “too much to swallow”, potentially overloading fans, LOAD & RELOAD were released separately as two distinct loads, united as one.

While there are lingering hints of The Black Album era across both of “The Loads”, these 2 records sound like absolutely nothing else in the band’s entire catalog. Loaded up with various sonic experimentations, including 70’s classic rock, country, and even some slight stoner metal style riffs, “The Loads” are definitely a different flavor and texture for that little old thrash band from the Bay Area.

Get your relaxers ready because it’s time to “get swole” and find out which STD might help boost your self-esteem. Time to find yourself a nice “Icelandic chick”, take a load off, prepare to experience a very different version of METALLICA and JOIN US as we engage in the arduous task of BUILDING THE PERFECT LOAD.

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Show Notes:

(00:01): “That dude is a dude…” / #noteven #buildingtheperfect #evillaughter / #thisepisodesclinkyoftheepisode / “I’d like to exercise my #vetopower…” / “We could get crazy…” / #yay / “There’s not a recipe for greatness…” / #peachandlemon / ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised*** / ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!*** #introjingle / #thisepisodesbeeroftheepisode ***What should we do for episode 200?*** #burpmontageASMR / ***Leave us a voicemail at 980-666-8182 or send us an email at metalnerdery@gmail.com *** / “You know they cut him out of the show?” / More pops… / #WickedWeedBrewing #DrDankPineappleDream #sixpointsevenpercentABV (IPA with pineapple…) / “It smells like pot…” / “It was a weed waft…” / “Which way do you want it?”

(13:11): If you’d like to leave us a voicemail you can give us a call at 980-666-8182!!! #TheVoicemailSegment / A message from Ken regarding #Bjork (check out our #MegaforceRecords episode / “We’re talking about the Iceland dick chick, right?” #dickchick / “They’re like in the taint…” / “It’s the #gofish of segments…” / #RussellsReflectionsASMR and talk of #metalfestivals / #Hellfest #sidemetalband / “Look at all the headliners!!!” / The difference between festival shows as a young person vs as an older person / “Why do you think that is?” / #goodforyou / #Download vs #WackenOpenAir

(28:39): #WellPlayYourShittah #Butcher METALLSTROM/FACE THE BUTCHER / “You know that song that goes…?” / #flanahnah / #TheDocket BUILDING THE PERFECT LOAD (It’s time to do the Loads) / Not 6 months…more like 18 months… / The difference in #TheLoads relative to what was happening in music at the time / “What do we do now without repeating ourselves?” / “I play backup guitar with #CoalChamber…” / Relative? Or Relevant? / “It loosened the loads…”

(40:19): Right out of the gate… / “It sounded like #stonermetal to me…” / 2X4 #ZZTopDoomASMR #HappySabbath / THE HOUSE JACK BUILT (“He doesn’t like any of it…that’s why we’re doing it.”) / THE MEMORY REMAINS (That riff is stoner metal…) DEVIL’S DANCE (Sabbath, doomy kinda vibe…) / “It’s a different band…” / The track listing thus far…

(50:55): “Play a little bit of #bolth…” / UNTIL IT SLEEPS (Remember, this was the first new #Metallica anyone had heard since #TheBlackAlbum) / “This should be the opener…” KING NOTHING (“Unlike #AndJusticeForAll there’s some bass right there…”) / “This sounds like Black Album all day…” / “Cum and or blood…” / #MooYeah / BLEEDING ME (Very old school, #classicrock 70’s vibes…) / “That’s when I fuck up my vowels…” / THE UNFORGIVEN II (“It’s a country song…it’s got twang…”)

(1:03:17): The “filler” tunes… / “They played that on 96 Rock…” / SLITHER (Weeland? Or Weiland?) “Yeah, this is NOT Metallica…” (It’s almost #ACDC) / CURE (“I don’t feel very good…”) / ***Stay tuned for our upcoming #KISS #DeathMatch*** / POOR TWISTED ME (kinda stoner) “I think they would have been better off making a stoner album”

(1:10:50): “To be fair…” / WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE / The evolution & changing of a band’s sound (sometimes you’ll grow into something that people don’t like…) / The lifecycle & peak of an artist / An evening with…and touring the ever-living fuck out of The Black Album / PRINCE CHARMING (“This sounds more like fucking Metallica…”)

(1:20:00): “Ronnie’s weird…” THORN WITHIN (#SexTypeThingASMR) “This was after that…” / “Sorry, that sounded weird…” RONNIE #LynyrdTallica (“Been waitin’ on the bus all day…”) / “We’re gonna audit this next one…” / LOW MAN’S LYRIC / ATTITUDE (definitely more rockin’…) / “The music and the vocals don’t match…” / 6 & 6… / Too much thinking and not enough #wittybanter (#toofocused) and NOT enough #dickjokes / “I’ve got a dick joke for you…” #thebestSTD / “Could be swole…” / FIXXXER (kinda stoner metal-ish) #NineInchNailsASMR #CreepySlayerHarmony / “How could you ever feel good about yourself as a person…?” / So, here’s #ThePerfectLoad as read by Lars / ***THANK YOU FOR JOINING US IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PERFECT LOAD!!!*** #untilthenext #thelastword ***PLEASE VISIT THE BUNKERPOON GIFT SHOPPE AT metalnerdery.com/merch TO PURCH YOUR MERCH!!!*** / #outroreel #bolthbolthbolthbolthbut