Metallica's Reload Reissue: Deluxe Box Set & Fan Contest

0:00It's April 28th. Entertainment and celebrity news. Today starts now, AI-powered and trending. Metallica's diving back into their catalog with a huge reissue of their 1997 album Reload, dropping June 26th on Blackened. Recordings. It's fully remastered by Ruben Cohen with Greg Fidelman overseeing and hits in vinyl, CD, cassette, digital, and even Dolby Atmos mixes. The real star is this deluxe box set that unpacks their late 90s vibe with unreleased demos, rough mixes, live tracks, archival videos, a thick, book, and tons of memorabilia. They've kicked things off with a polished version of the memory remains that Mary and Faithful collab plus a fresh 1997 live. Clip surfacing now. Back when it dropped November 18th 1997, Reload hit number 1 on the Billboard 200, their third straight, Char Topper and hung around for almost 80 weeks. It came from the same sessions as Load in 1996 as they mixed in blues, alt-rock, and wild instruments moving past pure thrash.

1:07Fans were split at first, but tracks like Fuel and the Memory Remains turned into tour must plays, still killing it on the current M72 world. Tour. Now they're launching a fan contest called Get the Reload Out, opening it up to covers, visuals, and performances with signed deluxe sets for winners. This lines up perfect with their Las Vegas spear residency starting October 1st and the M72 European leg firing up May 9th in Athens, keeping that Metallica fire burning strong.