The band recently announced an upcoming box set to celebrate the album’s 30th anniversary
Metallica are currently trekking across North American on another leg of their massive M72 World Tour. While fans in Philadelphia anxiously await the band’s arrival next weekend for a two-show stand at Lincoln Financial Field over Memorial Day Weekend, Metallica have revealed a rare live video from the Load era. The band released Friday a performance of the deep cut “2×4.” The clip is from a show at the Astoria 2 in London, England on August 23, 1995, before Load was released in 1996. It will be featured in the forthcoming Load reissue.
Check out the official video below.
Recently, Metallica announced a massive reissue of Load slated to commemorate the record’s 30th anniversary. The remastered album arrives on June 13. It will be available as a Deluxe Box Set, 2-LP, 3-CD Expanded Edition, Standard CD, Cassette, and via digital download. Dubbed “The Whole Kitchen Sink,” the box set includes more than ten pounds of content across six pieces of vinyl, 15 CDs, four DVDs, a 128-page book, and reproduced memorabilia.
All versions are available for pre-order HERE.
This summer, the band is heading overseas to take part in Black Sabbath’s massive final concert in Birmingham, England.
Metallica’s eleventh studio album 72 Seasons arrived in April of 2023 via the band’s own label, Blackened Recordings. Produced by Greg Fidelman with frontman James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, 72 Seasons is Metallica’s first full length collection of new material since 2016’s Hardwired…To Self-Destruct. The 12-track album clocks in at just over 77 minutes. It debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Rock and Top Hard Rock Albums Charts. It also topped the UK Albums and UK Rock & Metal Albums charts, and went No. 1 in several other countries around the world. It was released in formats including 2-LP 140-gram black vinyl and limited edition variants, CD and digital download.