Load, featuring hits such as "King Nothing" and "Mama Said," came out in '96, and its successor, Reload (featuring "Fuel, "The Unforgiven II"), in '97. The records seemed to deepen the split in ...
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, ...