The campaign also features a massive box set for diehard fans of the 1997 album
Gimme fuel, gimme fire, gimme the reissue I desire.
Metallica have announced the definitive re-release of its 4x platinum album ReLoad. The reissue features a remastered version of the band’s seventh studio album on vinyl, CD, and cassette. to be released June 26th via the band’s own Blackened Recordings.
Remastered by Reuben Cohen at Lurssen Mastering with Greg Fidelman overseeing, the ReLoad Remastered Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set is available now for pre-order at the link below, where full package details and track listings can be viewed. Pre-orders of the Deluxe Box will receive instant grat versions of “The Memory Remains” including the remastered original recording, Instrumental Mix, Take 18 Floor Take, and Live in Brisbane.
ReLoad (Remastered) is available in formats including standard 180g 2LP, Wal-Mart exclusive color 140g 2LP, CD, 3CD Expanded Edition, cassette and digital (including a Spatial Audio mix using Atmos). Pre-orders and pre-saves of all configurations include “The Memory Remains (Remastered)” instant grat. Additionally, “The Memory Remains (Live in Philadelphia)” video is live now.
The ReLoad Remastered Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set is a passionately and thoroughly curated document of 1997-1998 era Metallica, bursting with exclusives including previously unreleased demos, rough mixes, live performances, on-air and television appearances, and much more. This one-time numbered pressing features the remastered ReLoad album on 180g double vinyl, “The Memory Remains” 7”, and Live at Ministry of Sound ’97, a 140g triple album recorded live. The set’s 15 CDs range from the remastered ReLoad album to never-before-released collections of riffs, demos and rough mixes, B-Sides and rarities, and a wealth of live material, while its 4 DVDs offer a plethora of behind the scenes, in-studio and live footage, on-air and television appearances, the band’s pop-up performance at the CoreStates Complex Parking Lot in Philadelphia, visits to Seoul, and more. Rounding out the box’s content are memorabilia including a pack of 13 Rorschach Test cards, an 11×17 Gimme Fuel poster, a sticker, a Pushead print, a 10-pack of guitar/bass picks, lyric sheets, three laminated tour passes and a deluxe 128-page book with never-before-seen photos and stories from whose who were there.
The release of ReLoad (Remastered) also marks the opening of the #GetTheReLoadOut fan cover competition. Last year, thousands of Metallica fans across social media submitted their interpretations of Load tracks for the #GetTheLoadOut Fan Cover Competition. The band is opening up round two — this time as #GetTheReLoadOut — to celebrate the ReLoad reissue with a new second category: In addition to the more traditional musical covers, performance and visual artists are also invited to participate. A different track off the album will be highlighted each week throughout the competition, culminating in two Grand Prize Winners each taking home a Metallica-autographed ReLoad Remastered Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set.
Originally released November 18, 1997, ReLoad was the third consecutive Metallica album to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200, ultimately spending nearly 80 weeks on the chart and attaining #1 status in six countries, and top 10 in nearly a dozen more. The 1995-1997 sessions at The Plant in Sausalito CA that yielded both ReLoad and Load found James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Jason Newsted exploring expanded creative terrain and pushing the boundaries of Metallica’s sonic identity.
On ReLoad, this meant bold decisions ranging from the inclusion of hurdy-gurdy and violin on the somber “Low Man’s Lyric” to Marianne Faithfull’s haunting guest vocal on “The Memory Remains.” Like its 1996 predecessor, ReLoad has only grown in stature in the years since its release, with its incendiary opener “Fuel” and the timeless “The Memory Remains” remaining staples of the band’s setlists on the ongoing M72 World Tour.
Just as Metallica are set to hit the road for their 2026 world tour, the band has added two more gigs to their docket. In the fall, Metallica are set to play two intimate shows at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The gigs are a celebration of the venue’s 25th anniversary, and will follow the band’s No Repeat Weekend format. Very special guests will be Suicidal Tendencies and Spiritbox, opening on different nights.
“We hope to see you there as we join a long list of artists who have performed at the arena, including Bruce Springsteen, Prince, Lady Gaga, Chris Rock, Ozzy Osbourne, Billy Joel, Beyoncé, and many more,” Metallica said in a statement. “Twenty-five years and over 3,000 events later, we’re honored to help celebrate this milestone.”
Suicidal Tendencies will kick things off on November 19, while Spiritbox will open on November 21, our new friends Spiritbox. Single-Day and 2-Day tickets will be available on Friday, April 10, at 10 AM ET/7 AM PT. Tickets for both dates will also be available beginning Saturday, April 11, at the Mohegan Sun Box Office.
Fifth Members may purchase tickets early through the Fan Club Pre-sale beginning Wednesday, April 8, at 10 AM ET/7 AM PT.
Metallica are set to have a wild year in 2026. Recently, due to unprecedented demand, the group added 16 new shows to their upcoming residency at Sphere in Las Vegas. After the initial 8 shows sold out in record time with hundreds of thousands of fans waiting in the queue, the band has more than doubled their residency, stretching it into 2027.
Check out the full list of new shows below, plus a link to try and grab tickets HERE.
Since 2023, Metallica have been relentlessly pushing their latest album, 72 Seasons. The band recently wrapped up the fifth leg of their massive M72 World Tour, which included a big return to Philadelphia. The band has been selling out stadiums around the globe, playing No Repeat weekends that feature two shows in every city with a completely different setlist each night. After a run like this, you would think the band might be looking to wind things down and take some time to regroup – but not Metallica.
This summer, the heavy metal juggernauts are returning to Europe and the UK for another leg of their M72 World Tour. The trek will feature very special guests Gojira, Pantera, Knocked Loose, and Avatar. The trek will be hitting London, Cardiff, Dublin, Berlin, Bucharest, Athens, and more. The trek will see Metallica play 16 shows across 9 countries. They will be hitting London, Cardiff, Dublin, Berlin, Bucharest, Athens, and more. Select cities will feature Metallica’s No Repeat Weekend format across two shows.
Turns out, the band had much more planned.
After much anticipation, Metallica announced their Life Burns Faster residency at Sphere in Las Vegas last week. The band initially announced 8 concerts at the revolutionary venue, joining the likes of U2, Eagles, Dead & Company, and more. The run will take place in October and will continue the No Repeat Weekend tradition that began with the 2023 kick-off of the band’s M72 World Tour, with no songs repeated on each Thursday and Saturday throughout the course of the run.
Metallica’s standing at the vanguard of new and unique live experiences has seen the band play to millions of fans across all seven continents in every shape and size of venue imaginable. Their current M72 World Tour has played to more than 4 million fans from Europe and North America to the Pacific Rim and Middle East since its spring 2023 kick-off, its performances and production universally hailed as among the best of Metallica’s 40-plus years of traversing the globe.
The band’s Sphere residency will see live staples and surprises spanning the Metallica catalog enhanced by the venue’s immersive technologies that will allow fans to experience the sound and fury of the band’s live performance in new experiential dimensions. Whether you’ve seen Metallica from the upper reaches of a stadium or arena, at an intimate club or theater gig or from the famed Snake Pit surrounded by the 360-degree M72 stage, Sphere’s technology, including the world’s highest resolution LED display that wraps up, over and around the audience; Sphere Immersive Sound, which delivers audio with unmatched clarity and precision to every guest; and multi-sensory 4D technology, will present a wholly unique and entirely new Metallica experience for all who attend — including James, Lars, Kirk and Robert.
Metallica co-founder and drummer Lars Ulrich states, “About 12 seconds into the opening night of Sphere with U2 back in ‘23, I thought ‘We have to do this, it’s completely uncharted territory!’ This residency gives us another chance to reinvent how we interact with our fans in a live setting. We are beyond excited to share this with the world in six months time, and way fuckin’ psyched to go next level!”
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