Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Metallica's Load returns to No. 1 on the U.K.’s Official Rock & ...

Happy anniversary for Metallica's Load album. “At that time we did Load, writing that kind of stuff wasn’t exciting to me anymore,” James Hetfield told me in 1997. “None of us were writing that stuff, ...

Metallica fans started flocking into stores on June 4, 1996 to buy the band's newest album, Load – to the tune of 680,000 units sold in America during that first week alone. Others despaired, however, ...

In honor of Metallica's massive Load deluxe box set, Loudwire Nights has decided to pit the two biggest Load singles against each other for this week's Chuck's Fight Club. So who do you got - "Hero of ...

When considering the legacy of Metallica, pretty much everyone agrees that their first five albums (Kill ‘Em All, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, … And Justice for All, and Metallica/The Black ...

Metallica released their sixth album, Load, in June 1996. It was a massive hit, topping charts in countries around the globe. Earlier today (April 29), the band announced a remastered version of the ...

Let it never be said that I’m a man who can’t admit his own mistakes. Last week it was the authorship of “Slave Girl.” This week, it’s the best Metallica album. A couple years ago I made the bold ...

It’s the spring of 1996, and I’m in Right Track Recording studios in New York, where Metallica are putting the finishing touches to what will become Load. Listening to the playback, I somewhat ...

Metaphors alone don’t do justice to the career path of Metallica, mostly because there are so many that could be applied to their unusual trajectory: treacherous ocean voyage, marathon, following ...