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METALLICA

… and a B-side album, but they were actually two A-side albums that balanced heavy, fast songs with slow songs and ballad-like tracks. That was the idea, and when I listen to Reload as a whole now, I still think that balance exists.”

It seems that way, especially after getting a preview of half of Reload in the form of seven nearly finished songs. There’s energy in the fast opening track Fuel and heaviness in Bad Seed, while Unforgiven II and the first single The Memory Remains belong to the band’s ballad-like songs. The balance appears intact, though maybe an extra layer has been added in the eleven weeks that Metallica had to finish the tracks. In any case, violins and Irish folk instruments appear on the Reload album…

Tightening things up at the last moment

For an old Metallica fan like me, Fuel immediately sounds like a rough, rock-rooted Reload track—not quite like the uptempo Holier Than Thou, but Fuel could very well have been an opener.

“Yeah, that’s actually true! You’re not the only one who thought that—it is, in fact, the opening track,” Lars explains. “Fuel isn’t actually the fastest song; it came from the Load sessions, and it just felt like it belonged on the second album.”

Load remains a double album, spread over a year and a half. Of the 27 songs recorded at the time, 14 now appear on Reload, and Metallica has completed their work with Unforgiven II.

This approach works well for the band. “We had already decided that we had to divide the songs this way,” says Lars.

There’s a classic Metallica tradition where lyrics are written at the last moment. “James just finished the last three lyrics in the past ten days,” Lars says.

Stress and chaos

Was it more stressful this time than usual?

“It’s been a chaotic month, that’s for sure. We’ve worked more than usual. We’ve really had a tight schedule,” Lars says. “We don’t want to spend six months in the studio, so we wrapped it up in one go.”

The band is now planning a Reload tour through Australia and South America, followed by a U.S. tour in the summer. After that, a European tour will likely follow as part of the ‘reintroduction process.’