wait

this place a place

I couldn't help but laugh when that song was popular, because people weren't listening to the lyrics.

casting magic missile

What song?

Pumped up kicks.

I don't know if I've ever heard that song.

Looking at the lyrics though, it reminds me of Ronnie from Metallica.

https://youtu.be/SDTZ7iX4vTQ

Just a happy, upbeat song about a school shooter

I thought it was about a drug deal until my (ex-)wife corrected me. 😂😂

Thanks for posting the video, that last joke makes a lot more sense after reading the lyrics, and it makes a lot more sense as to how people would miss lyrics like that actually hearing the song.

I think most people knew what the song was about. Outrage culture hadn't peaked yet so everyone just pretended it was about cool shoes.

Thanks @wolfman1911 for bringing me back to Metallica's most hated album. Over the years I have learned to enjoy it and I am having it run in the background now!

Load is Metallica's most hated album? I would have thought it was St. Anger from the way people describe it. I really like both, so I guess I'm just a weirdo.

Ha, you might be right.
I should clarify and say the most hated album till i stopped listening to Metallica. Which was when Jason Newsted left the band after the garage Inc. album.

There's a lot of filler on both Load and Reload. They could have combined the good tracks into one album and it would be really good.

But, in my opinion, Metallica reached their peak with Ride the Lightning

Maybe, but I liked the slow pace of Load and think mashing both albums together would make them less cohesive!

They could have released a double album.

It definitely has more groovy songs

King Nothing
2x4
Hero of the Day

I find Reload better

Looking at my playlists, I kept 6 songs from Reload and 3 from Load

Combing those two would make a very good album, imo

https://youtu.be/kDHQByHXbUw

@Dan V that's fair.

Also, a hot take that no one wants to admit, *...And Justice for All* kind of sucks

Now we are speaking the same language! Never got the vibe of that album!

I like *One* and *To Live is to Die* but every other song sounds exactly the same

@Dan V
*"Combing those two would make a very good album, imo"*
That's what critics were saying at the time; *'The last gasp of a dying band.'*

They kind of had a resurgence with Death Magnetic, from what I understand

I don't know, I haven't listened to anything since *Garage Inc.*

I find double albums, in general, to be a bad idea. Too much fluff

*Use Your Illusion*, *Stadium Arcadium*, etc

And critics agree with you... IIRC, sales records also agreed with you. (I didn't get either...)