Re: Why the Load albums were good

Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 08:37:01 +0100
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"Derek Abma" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message
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> In the mid-90s, metal or hard rock as we knew it a few years before
> was almost non-existent. The world was ruled by alternative rock.
> Though not a bad thing in itself, it drowned out a lot of what really
> rocked.
>
> Then came the return of Metallica in '96. It brought a refreshing
> prescence to the music scene. Other things were going on at the time
> too, like the reunions of Kiss and Motley Crue, which made the rock
> scene exciting again.
>
> The reason I like the Loads is because I compare them the what else
> was going on in music at the time, not what Metallica used to do.
>
> I have no hestitation in calling both Load and ReLoad "metal," though
> they weren't "thrash" or "speed metal," which generally stopped with
> And Justice for All.
>
> Sure, Load was a little Alt-sounding. It's hard to say whether that
> was Metallica trying to fit in or just being influenced by what was
> going on around them. Re-Load was more bluesy, probably an honest
> expression of their early-70s influences.
>
> Metallica,Ozzy, Aerosmith and Kiss are probably the only ones of
> dozens of 80s/early 90s rock bands who survived the 90s and held on to
> their Grade-A star power into the new millenium. Van Halen probably
> would have joined them if they hadn't changed singers again, and Kiss
> only did because they did the make-up gimmick again.
>
> These nu metal bands can probably thank Metallica for keeping it going
> in the 90s.
'96 was the not best for metal releases, Edge Of Sanity - Crimson, Iced
Earth -Dark Saga, In Flames - The Jester Race, Satyricon -Nemsis Divinia
being the exception to the rule. Even Hypocrisy's - Abducted was nothing
special. However your arguments still don't make Load into a decent
release. Whether you compare it to what released that year or in the last
20 it still makes for mediocre rock music (btw even Metallica called the
Loads rock music, not metal).
Wyrd