What if James never go on rehabilitation before St.anger and he loses his fight with depression and alcoholism? Maybe people after his premature death will start to view load and reload as a reflection of his dark times and start praising this masterpiece. Luckily James won, he is alive and load and reload still misunderstood gems.
Like Chester Bennington of Linkin Park in their last album, One More Light. If Chester never killed himself, the lyrics there would pass unnoticed and the fans would crucify the album and the band, until they put out something to make fans happy (like what happened to Metallica)
Paolo, I say the something to my friends exactly, I think James is a winner of darkness and depression, he he's the other side of the story, and it makes me even more proud of being a Metallica fan since forever, specially because I shared so many deamons, and by following this band I'm also a winner. We are really a family, bless you brother!
I'm with you right there. I bought this album when it came out, never really appreciated it until about now. These, you have to listen to the lyrics vs the music to appreciate them for what they are.
Maus nope. all the personal and abstract shit doesn't agree with me at all. james isn't that interesting a person himself. not like I don't like the later stuff! but only the first 4 albums have good lyrics
@@jimlundquist3600 Me too! I was about 15 feet from the boys! I only went Friday night, and I definitely feel like I got the better set of the two nights!
@@USMCTexan Yeah, I went both nights, and agree that night one had the better set. Can't beat Fixxxer debut! I didn't do rail this time, normally do. Next time, haha!
I saw the show on Amazon and when I heard the intro for this song at first I thought they were trolling us but they weren’t. Now if only Iron Maiden could play more songs from Somewhere In Time live.
If some unknown did Load and Reload like Metallica did it would be guaranteed a masterpiece. It's hindered by the fact so many Metallica fans want thrash
Yet another undervalued gem. So many people have blinders on and if it ain't the original thrash Metallica style, they won't give it the time of day. A real shame, but it's their loss, not mine
carroll tuton We're very proud to have you! I was born in March of 85, ..been a HUGE fan for 30 years solid of my life so far...and I hope to have MANY MANY more years of being a part of this beautifully acquired family!! Bless you, my friend!
James hetfield is such an amazing dude. Sometimes I wonder to myself why I love Metallica 100x more then any other band. I think it’s mainly hetfield. His vocals and lyrics are crazy good. I can relate to just about every song he writes.
This goes to show how powerful a band Metallica is. Blues metal is a style not many can master, but Metallica killed it! They'll always be my favorite because when they put their twist on something, it always kicks ass.
That Guitar Guy Metallica proved with St. Anger and the Loads they CAN do anything and do it well. And then there’s S&M! First of all, metal is a way of life to most people, not just music, so they take changes personally. Other metal bands don’t stray from the formula because of that, or they don’t have the talent or the balls! Metallica are MUSICIANS, not just metalheads. They proved that. They aren’t afraid to experiment, grow, change. You can’t stagnate in metal mode your entire career because that’s what you fans want, especially if you’re growing and changing as a person. They always said they do what THEY want. Everyone’s not gunna like that and you can’t make everyone happy. If people don’t like it, they can listen to one of their albums they do like. It took me 10 years to truly appreciate the Loads and I love them now. Sometimes you just need to grow into stuff...or out. 🖤
@@PippaPPod you're 100% correct. It bugs me when people say they sold out. Yes their style changed yes it was successful but they did what they wanted the way they wanted and didn't care what anyone thought. It wasn't like like said hey we need to change and sound like this so we can be more mainstream. It just kind of happened that way. What metallica does is the opposite of selling out. They do what they want period and don't care what anyone says. They've never done what the label told them or anything of the sort. People see it as a change that made them more of a house hold name and automatically equate that to selling out but that is incorrect imo.
This song for me, has TREMENDOUS meaning to my life. All my childhood I've grown up knowing that somewhere my dad is out there, I've never seen him, he abused my mother and then ran away when I was born and ever since he's haunted me I want to find him one day and send him this song on a blank CD. I want to heal what fathers done but the pins just keep on jabbing me, happy fathers day.
my farther did the same he was a drunk and would beat my mother i met him once when i was 25 i beat the shit out of him but gained no satisfaction i have come to believe that some things cant be healed and we just have to live whit it the best we can.
''to fall in love with life again'' James delivery of that line was supercalifragilisticexpialidociously great. it sounds so emotional. such a heartwarming phrase delivered with desperation, sadness, and pessimistic attitude.
jordan davidson couldn't agree more man there is so much hate for load reload st anger and death magnetic lot of it has to deal with the fact that many people want to hear the same sounds from the band knowing the older they get Metallica just can't replicate the sounds from the 80s and early 90s not vocal wise anyways personally I applaud Metallica for trying out new styles both musically and vocally
I can't believe I have been a Metallica fan for 10 years now, and I've just barely listened to this song. I always shyed away from the under appreciated songs from reload/load. This song is so underrated, why did people hate on this so bad? It's so good. I will never shy away from another Metallica song ever again. Especially from the up and coming album.
Braydon Harris , people hated it because the cut there hair and went" mainstream" and then Lars did the Napster shit, which I dont kn why pl got mad about if u wanted there music then. They worked hard to make it u should pay for it
I got yelled at, smacked down, punished in my childhood but I was never shown love, never complimented by father or mother. I never heard sentences such as I love You and always felt like a complete failure because of the way I got treated by my parents. Now I'm coming to realize it had nothing to do with me and it was their problems. They WERE emotionally fucked up. Let us hope for the better now.
A highly under-rated lyricist in the metal genre indeed! 80s was about war, politics and justice while 90s were about his pure demons. Hats off to Hetfield for being a lyrical masterpiece and humble while at it too. Ahem Mustaine
The amount of variety in Metallica's music means that I pretty much always have some of their music that I can listen to, no matter what mood I'm on. I could never get enough of their work. Great song.
Outlaw Torn, Fixxxer, Bleeding Me, Hero of the Day, Fuel, Memory Remains, Unforgiven II, Until It Sleeps, Mama Said, Devil's Dance, Better Than You, Where The Wild Things Are, Cure, King Nothing, Ain't My Bitch, The House That Jack Built, Wasting My Hate, these are all examples of fantastic songs and proof that Load and Reload are criminally underrated (although I do prefer Load)!
This is my life. More true now than ever. I haven’t heard this in years and it made me cry-and I don’t cry easily. Sometimes I wonder how James can know how much I suffer and how I feel. Well, we all suffer and James speaks my language. Maybe not everyone’s. Maybe St. Anger isn’t for everyone but that doesn’t mean it’s crap! I’ve always loved James lyrics, especially since I’m basically a lyrics chick. People can hate St. Anger all they want. Maybe it’s not musically what they consider metal enough, but I think it’s a lyric driven album. This album is a journey-Hetfield’s and the band-and a metamorphosis. It’s the film, Some Kind of Monster, set to music. I 🖤 these guys even though my body’s too broken to bang my head anymore. Stick another pin in me...shoot me again I ain’t dead yet. I’m still here trying to fall in love with life again. Thanks JAYMZ, Kirk, Lars, Cliff, Jason, Rob. 🖤
The second most wanted to song to be played live, first being Frayed Ends, but when its done in Finland, demand is gonna grow high for this song... hopefully we are close...
The most edgy account in the world Eye of the Beholder has been played countless times in the past. We’re talking about songs that have never been played live before.
Metallica are pure genius. I have been a fan since 1987. Let me tell you when I heard Load for the first time I was blown away!!! I was like what the fuck? Did the guys take music comp lessons or what? I had no idea they were such skilled musicians. The best album they have ever made. its just sad that their fans are too narrow minded to appreciate it.
Haven't heard this one in like 3-4 years. Just saw some dude commented about including this one to the upcoming european tour. Gosh, I've got goosebumps all over me. Guess it's the time to listen Load & Reload again
This is, I think their most naked, open and honest song. All of their earlier stuff seems more impersonal. Generically anonymous. Amazing, but non-specific. Get me? (I'm a little faded...) This is, quite literally, James pouring his heart out about his battle with his (meataphorical) demon - drugs n' booze. Criminally underrated. Shit hot. \,,/ (oO) \,,/ That is all.
I never noticed, but when the lyrics "A ritual's due" is uttered , the following lines, "shell of shotgun, pint of gin" follow the Three Weird Sister's spell. The ol "Eye of Newt, toe of frog", like the casting of a spell, but for modern times. Just when you think Metallica is beyond bad ass, you look closer and the bar is raised further.
Some days I hide in my father's line Afraid to shake the cold off of this spine Fever comes and fever goes Numbness felt between my toes Visions real that n'one believe Magical miracles do deceive Cannot run away again No where to go, blood lining thin I call out alone to the silence Not even my own voice answers me You're no Fixxxer. You're no Fixxxer to me.
I love the evolution of Metallica. Love the first 4 records but so glad they made hard rock albums and switched it up and keep changing a bit. What a band!!
@Conrad Nickelson What do you consider the mediocre ones? I'm just curious since Load and ReLoad are my favorite albums from them. The two I can think of that people consider shit songs from those albums are Wasting My Hate and Slither.
superb song. reminds me of being a struggling 18 year old. most of this album i didn't think was great, but this song and hetfields vocals resonated with me. superb song
One of the the most mind boggling lyrics ever, when I was a kid. Things started to become clearer the older I got. The "Blood for Face, Sweat for Dirt, Three X's for the Stone" bit has always been so profound to me, that I took my user name from it. Brilliant & underrated, the whole damn album.
or how he goes from the hopeful "fall in love with life again" to the desperately begging for it all to stop with "no more pins in me" my god... that hits hard.
Lo and behold. I had no idea that this gem lay hidden in the dogturd that is REload... This is deep, bleak stuff, quite arty, actually. I love it. This reminds me of so many dark moments in my life... James' vocals are just perfect.
When you look at just metallica yeah it is bad, but oh boy when you look at the bigger picture you are just picking out the worst in the best of the best.
The issue with these two albums and this era of the band's history isnt that they're bad albums, it's that there's a lot of filler on them. If they'd condensed and included the best 10 to 12 songs it would have been a masterpiece. Alas, we have 2 mediocre albums.
I have been a Metallica fan since like 1994 when I was 15 and I personally think Load and Reload are two of their best. I bought both day one: Load in June of 1996, and Reload November of 1997. Fucking epic, both
What an epic song. Cant get loud enough. I remember listening to this song as a 12yr old when this album came out and wondering why I got chills/goosebumps. Still get em.
Load and ReLoad helped me make it through some really tough days following a very tragic event involving my son. For myself, Metallica holds great value. Load and ReLoad masrerpieces of art..
With Mama Said on Load talking about his mother and this masterpiece on Reload about his father, it paints a bleak picture of James' childhood...I knew he didn't have a good relationship with his parents but holy shit he must have REALLY hated them...
Ya know I ignore load and reload for a long time but once they played this song live and I saw it I can't stop listening to this one over and over. Listened to it every day since the live version was posted
Finally the most underrated song ever fixxxer gets a mention, when I first heard it all the way through I couldn't believe everyone didn't know it. It's stupid it isn't more known.
Right now what you are finally experiencing is what only james and the band was experiencing back then.....it all makes sense now....Metallica forever people🤘🏼
This is probably the deepest song they ever did. Bleeding Me, Outlaw Torn, Until It Sleeps, and Fixxxer. The big four of the gut-wrenchers James wrote. Maybe Unforgiven 1 and 3, I'll put them up there too. But those 4 are untouchable.
Metallica are the kings!! Everyone else is chasing. Thrash, mellow-it doesn't matter. From the Nothing Else Matters to My Apocalypse they kill it!! Most professional band, BEST SOUND LIVE (hall of fame sound crew), best, creative tour schedules to keep them always at full energy. My son and I have seen them 6 and 5 times since 2017 and EVERY time they bring the energy!! I gravitate to QUALITY aka Jordan, Brady & Metallica.
This was the First metal album that i listened to in my life, back more than 20 years ago and i was lucky cause even when i started to like death,extreme and thrash i still deeply loved load and reload being my first baby steps in metal......and when i cooled down into more complicated quite stuff ,still i love load and reload.......
What if James never go on rehabilitation before St.anger and he loses his fight with depression and alcoholism? Maybe people after his premature death will start to view load and reload as a reflection of his dark times and start praising this masterpiece. Luckily James won, he is alive and load and reload still misunderstood gems.
Paolo Solla It's sad that nearly nobody knows about the background of load, reload and st.anger.
Like Chester Bennington of Linkin Park in their last album, One More Light. If Chester never killed himself, the lyrics there would pass unnoticed and the fans would crucify the album and the band, until they put out something to make fans happy (like what happened to Metallica)
Paolo, I say the something to my friends exactly, I think James is a winner of darkness and depression, he he's the other side of the story, and it makes me even more proud of being a Metallica fan since forever, specially because I shared so many deamons, and by following this band I'm also a winner.
We are really a family, bless you brother!
Paolo Solla these albums got me through some very dark times in my teenage years.
Kinda thought it that way, but damn that is pretty tight.
Took me over 20 yrs to give this album a chance, boy did I miss out. I was one of those one dimentional Metal heads.... This is a masterpiece
Better late than never :)
Welcome brother. Better late than never
Indeed man. I even listen to sickest black, death and noise metal but I appreciate these songs of Metallica, largely because of the lyrics.
Welcome to the club, brother.
I'm with you right there. I bought this album when it came out, never really appreciated it until about now. These, you have to listen to the lyrics vs the music to appreciate them for what they are.
James is a truly genius lyricist.
up to and justice for all, he was. after that, not so much anymore
are you stupid or what the whole reload and load have truly great and honest lyrics
Maus nope. all the personal and abstract shit doesn't agree with me at all. james isn't that interesting a person himself.
not like I don't like the later stuff! but only the first 4 albums have good lyrics
I know I'm going to get a lot of haters because of this, but I think St. Anger(the album) has great lyrics.
Agreed as well as good songs
I can't believe they finally played this masterpiece live
Lol that’s why I came here because of the show from last night
I was there man, it was mind blowing!
@@jimlundquist3600 Me too! I was about 15 feet from the boys! I only went Friday night, and I definitely feel like I got the better set of the two nights!
@@USMCTexan Yeah, I went both nights, and agree that night one had the better set. Can't beat Fixxxer debut! I didn't do rail this time, normally do. Next time, haha!
I saw the show on Amazon and when I heard the intro for this song at first I thought they were trolling us but they weren’t. Now if only Iron Maiden could play more songs from Somewhere In Time live.
If some unknown did Load and Reload like Metallica did it would be guaranteed a masterpiece. It's hindered by the fact so many Metallica fans want thrash
Epic Masterpieces!!!
In a perfect would Load and Reload would've been called masterpieces...
If they had been one album, and the mediocre tracks been scrapped, it would've been a masterpiece.
Demon Rantz yes
As much as I love thrash Metallica, even I think these two albums are equally as great as their more acclaimed albums.
Is it me or does Load and Reload both end in absolute classics in The Outlaw Torn and Fixxxer?
Low mans lyric is very good as well
Fixxxer, TOT, Low Man’s Lyric and Mama Said > Nothing Else Matters
@@DarkHallwayz Add Bleeding Me
Yeah. And 2 of James' favorite songs according to him: th-cam.com/video/gDmHFdw5hZg/w-d-xo.html
@@cadencooper1828 and hero of the day and until it sleep
Yet another undervalued gem. So many people have blinders on and if it ain't the original thrash Metallica style, they won't give it the time of day. A real shame, but it's their loss, not mine
well said...load and reload were 2 of their most well written albums and people don't even give them a chance
I don't find anything wrong with the Load/Reload albums but most people just have a problem with what the albums stood for.
+Michael Shoemaker
100% Agreed
What about St. Anger?
+Britany Lopez Ever youtubed St. Better or the Full - Rerecorded St. Anger these 2 guys did?
Im very proud to be part of the Metallica family.
3 years down. Me too
20 years
Oh Yes.
carroll tuton We're very proud to have you! I was born in March of 85, ..been a HUGE fan for 30 years solid of my life so far...and I hope to have MANY MANY more years of being a part of this beautifully acquired family!! Bless you, my friend!
Yeah great ... Nice to be in that ...
Some of their best writing, musically and lyrically. It may not be the thrash fans crave but their is true genius in this.
This is one kick ass song by one of the most kick ass bands ever.
TheYankeefly26
James hetfield is such an amazing dude. Sometimes I wonder to myself why I love Metallica 100x more then any other band. I think it’s mainly hetfield. His vocals and lyrics are crazy good. I can relate to just about every song he writes.
Exactly
Agreed. And he didn't even want to be the singer until everyone told him to.
They wanted the dude from anthrax
The best band of all time and the more you listened the more you trapped
He’s a amazing guitarist and an amazing lyricist
This goes to show how powerful a band Metallica is. Blues metal is a style not many can master, but Metallica killed it! They'll always be my favorite because when they put their twist on something, it always kicks ass.
That Guitar Guy
Metallica proved with St. Anger and the Loads they CAN do anything and do it well. And then there’s S&M! First of all, metal is a way of life to most people, not just music, so they take changes personally. Other metal bands don’t stray from the formula because of that, or they don’t have the talent or the balls! Metallica are MUSICIANS, not just metalheads. They proved that. They aren’t afraid to experiment, grow, change. You can’t stagnate in metal mode your entire career because that’s what you fans want, especially if you’re growing and changing as a person. They always said they do what THEY want. Everyone’s not gunna like that and you can’t make everyone happy. If people don’t like it, they can listen to one of their albums they do like. It took me 10 years to truly appreciate the Loads and I love them now. Sometimes you just need to grow into stuff...or out. 🖤
@@PippaPPod facts ☝️
Nailed it
@@PippaPPod you're 100% correct. It bugs me when people say they sold out. Yes their style changed yes it was successful but they did what they wanted the way they wanted and didn't care what anyone thought. It wasn't like like said hey we need to change and sound like this so we can be more mainstream. It just kind of happened that way. What metallica does is the opposite of selling out. They do what they want period and don't care what anyone says. They've never done what the label told them or anything of the sort. People see it as a change that made them more of a house hold name and automatically equate that to selling out but that is incorrect imo.
This song for me, has TREMENDOUS meaning to my life. All my childhood I've grown up knowing that somewhere my dad is out there, I've never seen him, he abused my mother and then ran away when I was born and ever since he's haunted me I want to find him one day and send him this song on a blank CD. I want to heal what fathers done but the pins just keep on jabbing me, happy fathers day.
my farther did the same he was a drunk and would beat my mother i met him once when i was 25 i beat the shit out of him but gained no satisfaction i have come to believe that some things cant be healed and we just have to live whit it the best we can.
Jesse James you are not alone my friend
amager probably because you beat up your own fucking family.
You're definitely not alone my friend.
There's two sides to every story.
Severely underrated.
If it's underrated, how come you're here commenting on a 20 year old song?
Skoshtwo Fair enough.
it's still underrated.
I'd like to see these "ratings" before judging.
Skoshtwo Well when it it comes to metallica ..everything from load reload and st anger are thrown under the rug by many many people unfortunately :(
''to fall in love with life again''
James delivery of that line was supercalifragilisticexpialidociously great. it sounds so emotional. such a heartwarming phrase delivered with desperation, sadness, and pessimistic attitude.
Thats the best part of the song to me. Damn good.
At 8 minutes.
and the desperate pleading of "no more pins in me"
Load and reload are so underrated, as well as st anger. James is just a pure genius and a metal legend
jordan davidson I absolutely love Load and Reload. So much good stuff.
jordan davidson couldn't agree more man there is so much hate for load reload st anger and death magnetic lot of it has to deal with the fact that many people want to hear the same sounds from the band knowing the older they get Metallica just can't replicate the sounds from the 80s and early 90s not vocal wise anyways personally I applaud Metallica for trying out new styles both musically and vocally
fixxxer 1138 I'm glad they did this, cuz I love all songs from this era
I love all metallica
Same here my oldest brother got me hooked on the band with master of puppets been a fan since then and this was back around 1995
I can't believe I have been a Metallica fan for 10 years now, and I've just barely listened to this song. I always shyed away from the under appreciated songs from reload/load. This song is so underrated, why did people hate on this so bad? It's so good. I will never shy away from another Metallica song ever again. Especially from the up and coming album.
Braydon Harris , people hated it because the cut there hair and went" mainstream" and then Lars did the Napster shit, which I dont kn why pl got mad about if u wanted there music then. They worked hard to make it u should pay for it
I've been a fan since they started in the 80's and I've never heard this song
Same….I’ve loved Metallica for 15+ years but only recently listened to Load/ReLoad…..this song is great (a little too long) but still good
I got yelled at, smacked down, punished in my childhood but I was never shown love, never complimented by father or mother. I never heard sentences such as I love You and always felt like a complete failure because of the way I got treated by my parents. Now I'm coming to realize it had nothing to do with me and it was their problems. They WERE emotionally fucked up. Let us hope for the better now.
fuck off murph
Seems like you didn't get loved either drop.
Lol. Murph I'm not here to complain, I'm sharing my story. so fuck off
Did murphy forget his pills?
Drop D Murphy are you on your period?
I love James' lyrics
Who doesn't
A highly under-rated lyricist in the metal genre indeed! 80s was about war, politics and justice while 90s were about his pure demons. Hats off to Hetfield for being a lyrical masterpiece and humble while at it too. Ahem Mustaine
*James's. You don't leave off the s just cuz there is an s at the end of a name.
The amount of variety in Metallica's music means that I pretty much always have some of their music that I can listen to, no matter what mood I'm on. I could never get enough of their work. Great song.
Dylan Same.
I used to undermine both Load and ReLoad, but now I see the true light of the albums.
This song is amazing
I AM THE TABLE you're one of those people I see all over the comments of videos
I SEEN YOU BEFORE÷
I honestly love Load and Reload and I am not ashamed to admit it!!
I agree 👍
They should had trimmed the fat and release them as one album, like originally planned
Same here man. Amazing albums
Now say that about st.anger 😜
I feel the same about st. Anger
Outlaw Torn, Fixxxer, Bleeding Me, Hero of the Day, Fuel, Memory Remains, Unforgiven II, Until It Sleeps, Mama Said, Devil's Dance, Better Than You, Where The Wild Things Are, Cure, King Nothing, Ain't My Bitch, The House That Jack Built, Wasting My Hate, these are all examples of fantastic songs and proof that Load and Reload are criminally underrated (although I do prefer Load)!
And attitude
check out Inamorata from the newest album
I cant believe they preformed this one for the first time live tonight THE FIRST FUCKING TIME!!!!!
I was there!!!
Jealous…
you can say what you want about metallica but they always have and will kick ass
This is my life. More true now than ever. I haven’t heard this in years and it made me cry-and I don’t cry easily. Sometimes I wonder how James can know how much I suffer and how I feel. Well, we all suffer and James speaks my language. Maybe not everyone’s. Maybe St. Anger isn’t for everyone but that doesn’t mean it’s crap! I’ve always loved James lyrics, especially since I’m basically a lyrics chick. People can hate St. Anger all they want. Maybe it’s not musically what they consider metal enough, but I think it’s a lyric driven album. This album is a journey-Hetfield’s and the band-and a metamorphosis.
It’s the film, Some Kind of Monster, set to music. I 🖤 these guys even though my body’s too broken to bang my head anymore. Stick another pin in me...shoot me again I ain’t dead yet. I’m still here trying to fall in love with life again. Thanks JAYMZ, Kirk, Lars, Cliff, Jason, Rob. 🖤
great words!
The second most wanted to song to be played live, first being Frayed Ends, but when its done in Finland, demand is gonna grow high for this song... hopefully we are close...
Justice has been served for The Frayed Ends Of Sanity! Fucking love that song! Hope they play this live soon as well.
Andrew Medina they did
big chippie no they did not. In the 90's, they played a jam of this song but never played it live entirely. It still has yet to be played entirely
I think the second most wanted is Eye Of The Beholder
The most edgy account in the world Eye of the Beholder has been played countless times in the past. We’re talking about songs that have never been played live before.
Metallica are pure genius. I have been a fan since 1987. Let me tell you when I heard Load for the first time I was blown away!!! I was like what the fuck? Did the guys take music comp lessons or what? I had no idea they were such skilled musicians. The best album they have ever made. its just
sad that their fans are too narrow minded to appreciate it.
Coy Leigh Agree, load& reload are masterpieces
I wouldn't say that Load is their worst album, but it also isn't their best. I like it a lot, but for me, AJFA surpasses it in a lot of ways.
This and Load were my first albums I heard by Metallica so they hold a special place in my heart.
Haven't heard this one in like 3-4 years. Just saw some dude commented about including this one to the upcoming european tour.
Gosh, I've got goosebumps all over me.
Guess it's the time to listen Load & Reload again
the feels man, they are real.
Whoa, Het is a fuckin genius, powerful lyrics!!!
Best way to close an album out ever.
Too bad a majority of this records is fucking garbage..
*record. For the ages, I actually liked Load a lot.
The Outlaw Torn was amazing too
It’s great but the best way to close an album is either Ktulu, Dyers Eve or Spit out the Bone
close an Era
The metallica drummer is just 🔥 as hell
I was 14 when i first listened
I still love
This song and album are jewel box.
This is, I think their most naked, open and honest song. All of their earlier stuff seems more impersonal.
Generically anonymous.
Amazing, but non-specific.
Get me?
(I'm a little faded...)
This is, quite literally, James pouring his heart out about his battle with his (meataphorical) demon - drugs n' booze.
Criminally underrated.
Shit hot.
\,,/ (oO) \,,/
That is all.
This song is directed at his mother who basically held him captive from free thinking.
It’s a good song indeed. Lyrically it’s sort of like Dyers Eve but less outwardly angry and more inwardly questioning.
\,,/ (oO) \,,/
This song and the Unforgiven II have some of the most powerful lyrics that James has written
I never noticed, but when the lyrics "A ritual's due" is uttered
, the following lines, "shell of shotgun, pint of gin" follow the Three Weird Sister's spell. The ol "Eye of Newt, toe of frog", like the casting of a spell, but for modern times. Just when you think Metallica is beyond bad ass, you look closer and the bar is raised further.
one of the most underrated songs ever
Great song, great lyrics. Another Metallica masterpiece.
7:03 is so damn awesome!
Yeah bro it's freaking cute this bad ass new their job XD
+Victor Angarskiy ha?
Quite good, but not as good as 7:35 ;)
OMG this song is so underrated
Some days I hide in my father's line
Afraid to shake the cold off of this spine
Fever comes and fever goes
Numbness felt between my toes
Visions real that n'one believe
Magical miracles do deceive
Cannot run away again
No where to go, blood lining thin
I call out alone to the silence
Not even my own voice answers me
You're no Fixxxer. You're no Fixxxer to me.
MetalFaceOff WTF is this bullsheet?
Chris a good read
Nice!
Badass
Rest in peace my friend 😂😂😂😂😂
They played it!
Proving once again, they listen to their fans
Weak crowd reaction. "and that's why we don't play it live £
this song is pure heroine like all the songs from Metallica
Such an underrated Metallica song
I have related to this song for so many years. Metal or not, what he was going through was harsh. Not everyone can relate, but it's beautiful
I love the evolution of Metallica. Love the first 4 records but so glad they made hard rock albums and switched it up and keep changing a bit. What a band!!
there aint music like this these days
Exactly yes
I really love this song, dont know why everyone hates this albums.
'cause fans change usually like direction of wind
No, I love this song and the albums. We are thousands, the problem is that newbies fans are millions ... :(
I love Load & Reload!
Demon Rantz i even love st anger
@Conrad Nickelson What do you consider the mediocre ones? I'm just curious since Load and ReLoad are my favorite albums from them. The two I can think of that people consider shit songs from those albums are Wasting My Hate and Slither.
superb song. reminds me of being a struggling 18 year old. most of this album i didn't think was great, but this song and hetfields vocals resonated with me. superb song
Back when lars used a Ride. Btw this is one of my favorite Metallica songs, oooh that chorus!
One of the the most mind boggling lyrics ever, when I was a kid. Things started to become clearer the older I got. The "Blood for Face, Sweat for Dirt, Three X's for the Stone" bit has always been so profound to me, that I took my user name from it. Brilliant & underrated, the whole damn album.
I think this track is the best on the album although Fuel, Memory remains, Unforgiven 2 and Low man's lyrics are also pretty good
or how he goes from
the hopeful "fall in love with life again"
to the desperately begging for it all to stop with "no more pins in me"
my god... that hits hard.
Both load and reload have always been freaking awesome 🤟🏾
For Me the best song from Load-Re-load era. Maybe even the best one since AJFA album.
I love all of Metallica s albums they have all played a big part in memorys in my life would love to here this live
The gods have readed our prayers ...
It takes anguish to feel this song...
To feel this album.
Deep anguish and contortion of self.
Wrought by others and self alike.
Lo and behold. I had no idea that this gem lay hidden in the dogturd that is REload... This is deep, bleak stuff, quite arty, actually. I love it. This reminds me of so many dark moments in my life... James' vocals are just perfect.
When you look at just metallica yeah it is bad, but oh boy when you look at the bigger picture you are just picking out the worst in the best of the best.
The issue with these two albums and this era of the band's history isnt that they're bad albums, it's that there's a lot of filler on them. If they'd condensed and included the best 10 to 12 songs it would have been a masterpiece. Alas, we have 2 mediocre albums.
Dogturd?
Load and Reload are two of the best albums Metallica has ever produced 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻 back in the day of real METAL.🔥🔥🔥
I have been a Metallica fan since like 1994 when I was 15 and I personally think Load and Reload are two of their best. I bought both day one: Load in June of 1996, and Reload November of 1997. Fucking epic, both
I’ve been a Metallica fan for 16 years and I’ve just listened to this now. What took me so long?!
I find myself listening to this album over and over. Week after week. Month after month. Never gets old! Perfection!!
As a 32 years Metallica fan I only can say: I love this song. Remembered my childhood.
BADASS SONG. How comes that i never heard it !!!
Some People: "You Sold Out!"
Jason Newsted: "Yeah We Sold Out...Sold Out Every Show."
What an epic song. Cant get loud enough. I remember listening to this song as a 12yr old when this album came out and wondering why I got chills/goosebumps. Still get em.
Man we should talk more about Kirk's playing in this... So creepy, it fits so well!
22 years listening to tallica
And everyday for us something new
\,,/
Last song on Reload. Gets you thrashing all over again & you have to restart the album. Sooo underrated.
Load and ReLoad helped me make it through some really tough days following a very tragic event involving my son. For myself, Metallica holds great value. Load and ReLoad masrerpieces of art..
With Mama Said on Load talking about his mother and this masterpiece on Reload about his father, it paints a bleak picture of James' childhood...I knew he didn't have a good relationship with his parents but holy shit he must have REALLY hated them...
THE GREATEST BAND EVEA LOVE THEM!!!
Оne of very underestimate songs. It is like line up from To Live is To die, Outlaw Torn and Fixxxer. Very powerful lyrics.
Ya know I ignore load and reload for a long time but once they played this song live and I saw it I can't stop listening to this one over and over. Listened to it every day since the live version was posted
These days I've been listening Load and ReLoad albums and all I can say thanks Metallica for these masterpieces!
Highly underrated song. If this song wouldve been on a more popular album, this song wouldve been alot bigger. Bet it wouldve been on the radio.
i love it...it helps me and will only help others that truly suffer life's torture
🤘
I come here at least once a day. Easily the best song of Metallica's Load/ReLoad era for me🤘🤘
i just love the music and lyrics! Hope they play this song live soon.
They've been doing Unforgiven II now so let's hope they do this next.
I have a tattoo with the word Fixxxer on my arm ... and the metallica word (gothics letters) on my back ... I love this fucking song ...
Finally the most underrated song ever fixxxer gets a mention, when I first heard it all the way through I couldn't believe everyone didn't know it. It's stupid it isn't more known.
One of my favorite Metallica songs in high school. God it's so Good
This song is so underrated. Everything about it is fantastic, especially the main riff. Metallica are the masters of low-key bangers like this.
The lyrics are actually so genius
Right now what you are finally experiencing is what only james and the band was experiencing back then.....it all makes sense now....Metallica forever people🤘🏼
No more,
No more pins in me..
so tell me, can you heal what father's done?
can you heal the broken worlds within
?
can you strip away so we may start again?
tell me, can you heal what father's done?
here comes the pins!
Man, Load and ReLoad are great albums, most of the songs on these albums are my favorite
This is probably the deepest song they ever did. Bleeding Me, Outlaw Torn, Until It Sleeps, and Fixxxer. The big four of the gut-wrenchers James wrote. Maybe Unforgiven 1 and 3, I'll put them up there too. But those 4 are untouchable.
James 's vocals is hypnotising ❤
Metallica are the kings!! Everyone else is chasing. Thrash, mellow-it doesn't matter. From the Nothing Else Matters to My Apocalypse they kill it!! Most professional band, BEST SOUND LIVE (hall of fame sound crew), best, creative tour schedules to keep them always at full energy. My son and I have seen them 6 and 5 times since 2017 and EVERY time they bring the energy!! I gravitate to QUALITY aka Jordan, Brady & Metallica.
A masterpiece, after here it's live debut.
I would love to sing this song at any karaoke night. This is one of my all time favorite songs by Metallica. Keep on rockin!
I've been a fan of this song since this album was released.
I love their music so much
Seriously people hating on this are stuck in the 80s and early 90s Metallica evolved with the times and did it well
Load and reload is the best album's of Metallica. Enough said.
Those bends always give me goosebumps. Awesome song!
Absolutely and criminally underrated
This was the First metal album that i listened to in my life, back more than 20 years ago and i was lucky cause even when i started to like death,extreme and thrash i still deeply loved load and reload being my first baby steps in metal......and when i cooled down into more complicated quite stuff ,still i love load and reload.......
for many years ive been clicking your bell and then when I come back months or weeks later its always un-clicked. love your music style.
Been saying since high school in the 90s these songs are going to age really really well....ahead of their time