Lyrically speaking, Load is probably their crowing achievement. James really begins to let it out. It's a great album. 'Bleeding Me' is a standout track but so is the next track, King Nothing'

BLEEDING ME!!!!!

The video is also inspired by Hieronymus Bosch painting "Garden of Earthly Delights". The video (or painting) goes well with the song.

Until it sleeps was the only song recorded as duet with both Hetfield and Newsted singing the heavy versus and certain parts of the chorus together. That's what makes this song truly shine. Newsted was the greatest backup singer Metallica ever had.

If I remember correctly, Until it Sleeps deals specifically with James' mom's cancer, hence the "So tell me why you've chosen me. Don't want your grip, don't want your greed[...]", also the "I'll tear me open, make you gone. No longer will you hurt anyone." is a metaphor for removing cancer cells so nobody will be hurt by losing a loved one to cancer and James' anger at his mom, for not doing that ("And the hate still shapes me").

The Outlaw Torn is my all time favorite Metallica song. I'm not sure if you will like it though. It's slow, moody, atmospheric, epic and cathartic

Best song on the Load album is Bleeding me, followed by The Outlaw Torn. Absolutely 2 of my favorite Metallica songs.

One of the few songs I like on this album, probably one of my favorites on the album in fact.

Bleeding Me by a mile!

I’m sure you’re not gonna check this now, but fun fact! This video was voted best music video of 1996 (year I was born) 🤘🏻long live Metallica!

The Outlaw Torn and Bleeding Me- 2 of the greatest Metallica songs ever written.

Bleeding Me and Outlaw Torn - still listen to either of them at least once a week.

Bleeding me and outlaw torn.

If you like this one, check out the version they did on the S&M album. The orchestra adds a whole new dimension to the post-chorus.

Bleeding me and the Outlaw Torn are my favourite songs of this album but i also like Mama Said, Until it Sleeps, Hero of the day and King Nothing

Until it sleeps,King Nothing,Wasting My Hate are really strong songs for me but my absolute favourites off Load and 2 of my favourite Metallica songs are Bleeding Me and The Outlaw Torn. Great reaction as always!!!

Can’t wait for you to get to Bleeding Me , and The Outlaw Torn. Epic pieces from load and among the greatest of their career .

When I was younger, I always used to laugh at the part of the song at 2:10 and even now, I'm not sure why. Something about just how normal he sounds. Like if I played just that five seconds of the song for my Mom, she would have been like "Ooo, he's got a really nice voice!" and little would she know. Heheh

Bleeding me.

This had a lot of controversy because they had offically cut their long hair, and people were claiming that they were going grunge. This is my favorite song on load. Can’t wait to see more of your evolution with Metallica.❤️

Outlaw Torn and Bleeding Me

Bleeding Me

Until it Sleeps, King Nothing and Bleeding Me are the best tracks

Even if the volume is already at 9-1/2, you just have to crank it that little bit more to the right for this song. It's been one of my favorites since its release.

Bleeding Me is my personal favorite jam on Load

The Outlaw Torn is my favourite from Load.

'Bleeding me' is the best

Bleeding Me / Outlaw Torn

Oh man, this video is aggressively 1990s and I love it. I was 9 when this came out, and with my Catholic upbringing this video both scared the shit out of me and fascinated me and I instantly became a fan lol It reminds me of a Marilyn Manson video from this era.

The video depicts surreal concepts dealing with the fall of man, taken from various paintings by Hieronymus Bosch.

My top three from load: - outlaw torn - thorn within - bleeding me

The Outlaw Torn 🔥 🔥 🔥

Love this song,it brings me back to the mid 90’s in 95-97, this was one of the jams from 95-97

this song was the first song that allowed me to let people know how much pain and darkness I live with. then I heard fade to black, and that song really expressed how I feel. I fight every day to keep the darkness at bay.

Best song on this album is either Bleeding Me or Outlaw Torn

Hero of the day is great but last sound on load the outlaw torn. Is amazing his vocals on the chorus is fantastic

I was 16 when this album came out. My younger inner metal head was expecting another Black Album or Master of Puppets. I was anticipating some fast or heavy riffs, since Metallica’s music up until that point, was driven by guitar riffs. I remember seeing the video on MTV the very first time and could not believe what I was hearing and watching. No big guitar riff, James’s voice had drastically changed, they all cut their hair and the over all sound was completely different. I was shocked and confused. I’m 43 now, have been playing guitar about 25 years and write my own music and now I understand why they did this. No musician likes repeating themselves and evolving is much needed. IMO, at the time Metallica wanted to prove that they could do more then play fast or write heavy riffs. This was their experimental peak and they had to get this outa their system. Is Load my favorite album? No, but I respect it. ‘The Outlaw Torn’ is a masterpiece though. I’ll always respect Metallica cuz they have the balls to take chances. A lot of their peers are afraid cuz they don’t wanna alienate the fans or they’re afraid of being called sellouts. Metallica doesn’t give a shit and for that, I tip my hat to them.

I like "Ronnie" and "Mama Said"

I'm in agreement with @bobbybaker475 Bleeding Me is by far the most underrated Metallica song ever. A standout on the album for all the right reasons, or the wrong reasons, depending on how close your relationship to music is. I'm definitely excited to hear your take on it.

Piece of art...

I don’t know how but I know you will enjoy load sooooo much. This is one of my fav albums. That video got a Grammy Metallica forever!. Wait till you get the rest it gets better and heavier. Wasting my hate, king nothing, Thorn within, bleeding me, the outlaw thorn!.

So impatiently waiting for Bleeding Me.

Can’t wait for bleeding me and Outlaw Torn and also Mama Said

My best metallica song

I got into metallica because of this song and video ... and you are right in the 90,s, having the right video was important

For me 1.Bleeding me 2.The outlaw torn 3.Mama said 4.King nothing 5.until it sleeps 6.Thorn within

Outlaw torn , or bleeding me!!! Definitely

Best song either Bleeding Me or Outlaw Torn 😊

Bleeding me and outlaw torn

James' father died during the making of this album as well Lilly. James Hetfield's father also died of cancer as well. You can definitely feel the emotional pain that James was going through because of his father's death starting with the last song, "The House Jack Built". His relationship with his father wasn't the same even though James ended up buying his father a house, and they both went hunting together. James' father also made an appearance in the documentary "A Year and a half in the life of Metallica" which covers the making of The Black Album. James even asked his father why his father thought that James' mother died, and his father danced around the question and didn't give James an answer. James is still a religious person, but he doesn't follow the religious beliefs of the Christian Science religion anymore.

Sanitarium has always gave me a vibe that I couldn't shake.

As i mentioned over and over, This album was a metallica transformation- Short hair, married and cautious. For those who are old enough to remember, Metallica got TORCHED over this transformation. Go back and read about it lol. I didn’t mind it but i acknowledged the change. Metallica knew it also and acknowledged the hate they got

For me the best song on Load album is "Bleeding me". I really love that one! And my other favourite songs are "Mama said", "King of nothing" and "Thorn within". Oh yes, and "Until it sleeps" too. :)

Ive always loved your reactions, it feels more like just hanging out vs some one breaking everything down and explaining and pausing every 8 seconds. congrats on hitting 100K Lilly

Two really great songs from the Reload album are The Memory Remains and Fuel

Bleeding me!!!!

I can relate because my oldest sister died 3 months before I was born so I grew up knowing that lost and was always on the dark side

Love this album. Hero of the day is the best song

This was my gateway into grunge. I was experiencing Metallica/Megadeth for the first time while the grunge era was starting. I wouldn’t have crossed over to grunge without Metallica and Alice In Chains leading me there with their metal take on grunge.

You pretty much get the whole LOAD era shock in one music video. Didn’t realize along with grunge that the age of mainstream rock was slowly coming to an end.

I personally think King Nothing is my favourite song on the album.

Their new thing with all the videos is a change actually. Until the video for One they never did videos for their music. I was lucky enough to grow up inan area that had a metal music radio station so i heard them early on. Great reaction

I was 15 when this album was released. My friend had recently introduced me to Metallica via the black album. I connected with this song for no other reason than the amount of anger I could invoke while singing it. It was probably therapeutic even without me knowing. I stopped listening to Metallica when Garage Inc came out but I still love this album and a few others.

"KING NOTHING" KILLS EVERYTHING!!!!🤘"UNTIL IT SLEEPS" BEST SONG EVER!!!

The video is inspired by the work of a medieval Dutch painter Jheronimus Bosch.

Yes bleeding me and low mans lyrics are crazy good

Your reactions are awesome, some of the best as far as metallica goes, my understanding was always that this song was about cancer. And the lyrics make more and more sense to me now after losing my dad to bowel cancer on September 12 2023 at the age of 67. That's my take on it, I've heard he wrote it about cancer but I'm really not sure, music is art and always up for interpretation by everyone, that's what makes it so great. Please keep up your reactions, they're awesome.

You are truly very intelligent. Good for you. 🖤

It's awesome song and I going through the same pain for 2 years too

King Nothin', then Fuel from the next album Reload.

The outlaw torn is my favorite off this album. Should have been longer! 😁 I feel Until it sleeps lyrically is about cancer itself and what it did to both his parents, but of course mainly his mother, and the video represents how religion played a part it all of it for him. That's my interpretation of it anyway. 😊🤘

One of the better songs off Load. "The Outlaw Torn" is the best song off Load!

This is my all time third favorite Metallica Song. My top 3 is like that: 1 - The Unforgiven 2 - Fade to Black 3 - Until it Sleeps This song is shorter, but has a lot of meanings. Has some really really cool parts. Very unique sounding. I can listen this song for all eternity without stopping. Probably I will release my top 60 Metallica songs or something in the last song of the Load album.

Who remembers on MTV, when they dropped this Load album, the 4 semis traveling around the USA, with 1 containing the band for a surprise winner??? I forget the name of it, but was fun to watch and pray to win the contest 😎

Bleeding Me and The Outlaw Torn are the two best songs on Load

Without a doubt, "Bleeding me" and "The outlaw torn" are the best of this album ando also they're two of the three favorites James Hetfield's songs. Enjoy them!! 🤘🏻🎶

Can't wait to hear your take on Bleeding Me, Mama Said, Ronnie, and The Outlaw Torn. Mama Said has a video, but the song is edited, just as a head's up.

Yes, do "Bleeding Me" ! These are both about addiction

Bleeding Me hit me like a sledgehammer the first time I heard it , been sober since.

The outlaw torn.

Summer this came out was the summer my dad passed away my senior year. Emotion,,,,wow!

I love load album if you play this album to the sound system and stereo to your home not on headphone by any mobile player. I started to play this on cassette tape.

This isn't my FAVORITE on the album, but it's probably top 3-5 for me. The Outlaw Torn and Bleeding Me are tied for #1. Like many songs on this album, the music isn't necessarily heavy like classic thrash metal, but it's lyrically and emotionally heavy. I remember liking this song when I heard it for the first time (on S&M) but I only understood about half the words. Over time, I started understand more, and the song started to hit different. It's kinda funny that Load, Reload, and St. Anger are their least popular albums, generally shunned by their thrash-only fans, but they have the deepest and most relatable lyrics. So these albums still have a following, but that following is a bit different than their other albums. I actually love all Metallica, but Kill em All is probably my least favorite, with Load, Ride, and Justice being my top 3.

King Nothing & Bleeding Me are my favorites from Load

All songs my by Metallica by favorite

The most mainstream metallica song

Bleeding me

Goddam i miss jamming with my bud rip Joe miss you wish you were here right now i miss you on the drums me on the guitar....lol remember when we went to guitar center and tore up the drum section lol i think we piss them off that day lol miss the good times

The 90's were a trip, let me tell you lol.

The last song, Outlaw Torn, is the best one.

This song is about hatred and anger and the struggle to hold on to themselves

Man the iconography here is crazy

5 suggestions 1.) The Day that Never Comes-Metallica 2.) Dance with the Devil- Immortal Technique 3.) Shield Wall- Amon Amarth 4.) 96 Quite Bitter Beings-CKY 5.) Lithium- Evanescence

good song.

You got it right with this being about the torment swirling around in James mind due to his upbringing. Remember too that the other guys in the band have their own issues. Kirk made a sorta sad statement in an interview, basically that he and James aren't very similar but always came together when the subject or concept went to a messed up place in their lives. Imagine only connecting on terrible subjects and being friends/bandmates for this long! Truly one of the most amazing bands of all time. I was in high school when these albums came out and I felt the door had been opened up and I was seeing the actual people for once. It led me into my first band, leading to a 15 year music journey! I'm creeping up on 44 and just bought a guitar and amp the other day to see if there's still any mileage in these hands lol!

BLEEDING ME!!!! Please for the love of all things holy do Bleeding Me!!!

I remember seeing this video when it cam out in 1996 and like everybody else was like "Whoa WTF?!!🤨😲, was such as shock considering at the time had only been a Metallica fan a few years and seen how they were up to that point, the Badasses then this completely turned all of it on it's head because were originally not interest in doing any videos early on, that's why One was their first one they did already 4 albums in, they were at war with Glam rock and saw them as "Posers" and didn't want to do anything they did, mainly videos and they were popular then, but once Metallica changed their minds and started doing videos, they really got INTO them, like with the Black album, so when they did this video with all the changes they made themselves, caught everyone by surprise

The outlaw torn!

This song is about Anxiety and depression. it's not about losing a loved one.

Bleeding Me is the best song on this album