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METAL UP YOUR PODCAST - All Things Metallica

Episode 365 - Revisiting the Load/Reload Era

METAL UP YOUR PODCAST - All Things Metallica

Clint Wells

Clint Wells, Ethan Luck, Heavy Metal, Arts, Nashville, Metal Up Your Podcast, Metal, Music, Society & Culture, Thrash Metal, Metallica

4.9775 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2023

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Clint and guest host, Lee Gomilla, break down a popular YouTube video claiming that Metallica faltered musically and aesthetically during the Load/Reload era. They talk haircuts, guy liner, twangy guitars and the context surrounding two of Metallica’s more controversial albums. Clint also addresses Kirk’s recent comments guitar solos and how important they really are. Enjoy!

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0:00.0

Metallica, here they come, the kings of metal! on I burn

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You are listening to Metal Up Your Podcast

0:31.7

With your host, Clint Wells

0:36.1

All Things Metallica No, We're With your host, Clint Wells.

0:40.6

All Things Metallica.

0:44.2

You reach the end of the line.

0:48.6

All right.

0:49.9

Episode 365.

0:55.2

Looking back at the load era with my friend Lee Gamilla, guest hosting the show me we watched this video a bunch of listeners of the show sent me this this is a a YouTube

1:00.6

channel called a darker standard and they described themselves as an alternative music review

1:06.5

and retrospective channel with an in-depth look on albums and moments all across the spectrum of

1:11.2

music style and popularity. Yeah, like maybe 20 people sent me this, like ask me what I think,

1:16.9

because his video is entitled, Metallica Falters the story of load and reload. And it's about

1:24.1

27 to 30 minutes long, me and Lee Gamilla, who's also kind of a load air cap.

1:28.8

Burn it down. As you can imagine, we talk about all the stuff that comes along with talking about

1:33.3

the load era, the change in style, the change in aesthetic. Are they country rock albums?

1:38.8

Are they alternative albums? Did they falter? You can imagine where we land on that, but we just sort

1:46.0

to take the video piece by piece. And it sparked some interesting conversation about then and about now.

1:50.5

And it was good to, after being in M72 era, you know, 72 seasons era, it was cool to go back

1:57.0

a little bit to those mid-90s, sweet, sweet years and kind of unpack some load stuff.

2:02.7

So that's what the bulk of the episode is going to be.

2:04.7

I'm going to do a little bit of housekeeping.

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