Load (Remastered) (3CD Expanded Edition)
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Pre-Order, released on: 06/13/2025
Metallica is continuing to release remasters of their catalog, with the latest being the 5x-platinum LOAD. Produced by Bob Rock, LOAD is the follow-up to Metallica, the best-selling album of the Soundscan era. LOAD contains fan favorites including “Until It Sleeps,” “Hero of the Day,” and “King Nothing,” and for the first time ever, the original extended version of “The Outlaw Torn” that was originally edited due to manufacturing limits. Remastered by Reuben Cohen at Lurssen Mastering and overseen by executive producer Greg Fidelman.
The 3CD Expanded Edition includes 41 tracks across 3 CDs of the newly remastered album, previously unreleased, demos, rough mixes, & live tracks from their worldwide tour. The CDs are housed in a digipak with an embossed cover and includes a 36-page booklet.
CD 1: Load (Remastered) // DDP: Load (Remastered Expanded Edition) [Disc 1]
1 Ain't My Bitch (Remastered)
2 2 x 4 (Remastered)
3 The House Jack Built (Remastered)
4 Until It Sleeps (Remastered)
5 King Nothing (Remastered)
6 Hero of the Day (Remastered)
7 Bleeding Me (Remastered)
8 Cure (Remastered)
9 Poor Twisted Me (Remastered)
10 Wasting My Hate (Remastered)
11 Mama Said (Remastered)
12 Thorn Within (Remastered)
13 Ronnie (Remastered)
14 The Outlaw Torn (Remastered)
CD 2: Riffs, Demos & Rough Mixes // DDP: Load (Remastered Expanded Edition) [Disc 2]
1 Bitch ("Ain't My Bitch" Original Arrangement Rough Mix)
2 2 x 4 (Take 16)
3 Jack ("The House Jack Built" Re-Edit Version 1 Rough Mix)
4 F.O.B.D. ("Until It Sleeps" Rough Chorus Vocal Idea Mix)
5 Load ("King Nothing" Take 16)
6 Mouldy ("Hero of the Day" Instrumental Mix)
7 Boss ("Bleeding Me" Demo)
8 Believe ("Cure" Riff II)
9 Dusty ("Poor Twisted Me" Take 12)
10 Streamline ("Wasting My Hate" Original Arrangement Rough Mix)
11 Mama ("Mama Said" Acoustics Only Alternate Mix)
12 NC-17 ("Thorn Within" Riff)
13 The Blue and The Gray (and The Red) ("Ronnie" Vocal Idea)
14 Outlaw ("The Outlaw Torn" Outlaw of Torn Vocal Tag Alternate Mix)
CD 3: Poor Touring Me // DDP: Load (Remastered Expanded Edition) [Disc 3]
1 Ain't My Bitch (Live at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Irvine, CA - August 4th, 1996)
2 2 x 4 (Live at Donington Park, Castle Donington, England - August 26th, 1995)
3 The House Jack Built (Birmingham, England Rehearsal)
4 Until It Sleeps (Live at Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway - November 23rd, 1996)
5 King Nothing (Live at Slim's, San Francisco, CA - June 10th, 1996)
6 Hero of the Day (Live at 100.7 WMMS Coffee Break Concert)
7 Bleeding Me (Live at Globen, Stockholm, Sweden - November 16th, 1996)
8 Wasting My Hate (Live at Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway - November 23rd, 1996)
9 Mama Said (Live on Sverige-Sovjet, Stockholm, Sweden - November 15th, 1996)
10 Devil's Dance (Live in Tuktoyaktuk, Canada - September 3rd, 1995)
11 Fuel (Live at Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, IL - February 9th, 1997)
12 Overkill (Live at Earls Court, London, England - October 12th, 1996)
13 Kill/Ride Medley (Live at Donington Park, Castle Donington, England - August 26th, 1995)