But stop criticizing Load! Why so hard on this album since its release in 1996 and today? Certainly with Load Metallica surely disappointed fans of the first hour of waiting "four horsemen" a new album by thrash metal. But the previous and excellent work of the group released 5 years earlier under the title Black Album had already hinted a slight turn about the musical direction of 4 in San Francisco. Load has lost to Metallica fans "trash" but won him many fans with the release of single "Until It Sleeps" on the air (even in France, is to say!). It appears that some people have criticized loosely Metallica, accusing them of treachery towards the metal and blaming them for giving a business side to their music for the sole purpose of making money. But we must open our eyes: Metallica guys have almost 40 brooms and it is normal at this age the acne disappears and we become a little more mature, while sobering; and this is exactly the path followed by the band's music over the years. Therefore, Load is a heavy album, heavy, hard rock with old sounds and even blues ("Bleeding Me," "Ronnie"), and we must say that Metallica also excels in this style! If you want to play a very good Hard Rock album, select "Load", by cons, if you go with the intention of listening to the trash, go your way ...