Metallica, an LA-based band that achieved superstardom by 1983 with the release of their first set – Kill ‘Em All. That superstardom continued to climb all the way through their continuing career. With 11 studio sets to their library, and the best-selling (21 million in the US alone!) Live Shit: Binge & Purge (1983), the band has done admirably for themselves and continue to do so. For a time, the band has been reissuing their sets in remastered packages. And now it’s time for another.
On June 26, Metallica will further immortalize ReLoad (1997) with a brand new remaster of the original set and appended with a MASSIVE collection of live performance tracks, previously unreleased demos, rough mixes, and a ton more. The entire boxed set will contain 15CDs, 4DVDs, 5LPs for a total of 236 unreleased tracks. Now, THAT’S digging into – and saving in – the vaults. the Box, to be called ReLoaded, will pack in a 128-page book, a lyric folder, an 11×13 poster, a print, 3 tour pass laminates, 13 Rorschach test cards pack, 10 guitar and bass picks, and a Fully Loaded sticker.
ReLoaded will be reissued in the previously mentioned 15CD/4DVD/5LP box, and in addition, CD with album remastered, 3CD Expanded, 2LP Black vinyl, Cassette, and DD.
ReLoaded (2026 Remaster) – Metallica
CD1 (ReLoad)
01 Fuel
02 The Memory Remains
03 Devil’s Dance
04 The Unforgiven II
05 Better Than You
06 Slither
07 Carpe Diem Baby
08 Bad Seed
09 Where the Wild Things Are
10 Prince Charming
11 Low Man’s Lyric
12 Attitude
13 Fixxxer
CD 2-5: Shadowcast (Riffs, Demos, Session Takes, Rough & Alternate Mixes)
CD2
01 Fuel (Riff)
02 Fuel (Riff II)
03 Fuel (Riff III)
04 Memory (“The Memory Remains” Riff)
05 Devil Dance (“Devil’s Dance” Riff)
06 Devil Dance (“Devil’s Dance” Riff II)
07 Better (“Better Than You” Riff)
08 Drivin’ (“Slither” Riff)
09 Drivin’ (“Slither” Riff II)
10 Skimpy (“Carpe Diem Baby” Riff)
11 Bastard (“Bad Seed” Riff)
12 Bastard (“Bad Seed” Riff II)
13 Martini (“Where the Wild Things Are” Riff)
14 Martini (“Where the Wild Things Are” Riff II)
15 Fish Tank (“Prince Charming” Riff)
16 Lenny (“Attitude” Riff)
17 Lenny (“Attitude” Riff II)
18 Fixer (“Fixxxer” Riff)
19 Bastard (“Bad Seed” Demo)
20 Better (“Better Than You” Demo)
21 Devil Dance (“Devil’s Dance” Demo)
Originally released by The Metallica Club in 1998 as part of “Fan Can 3”
22 Drivin’ (“Slither” Demo)
23 Fixer (“Fixxxer” Demo)
Originally released by The Metallica Club in 1998 as part of “Fan Can 3”
24 Fuel (Demo)
Originally released in 1998 as a B-side to “Fuel”
25 Lenny (“Attitude” Demo)
26 Fish Tank (“Prince Charming” Demo)
27 Skimpy (“Carpe Diem Baby” Demo)
Originally released by The Metallica Club in 1998 as part of “Fan Can 3”
28 Memory (“The Memory Remains” Demo)
Originally released in 1997 as a B-side to “The Memory Remains”
29 Martini (“Where the Wild Things Are” Demo)
CD3
01 Unforgiven 2 (“The Unforgiven II” Demo)
*Originally released in 1998 as a B-side to “The Unforgiven II”
02 Mine Eyes (“Low Man’s Lyric” Demo)
Originally released by The Metallica Club in 1998 as part of “Fan Can 3”
03 Voodoo Queen (“Fixxxer” Vocal Idea)
04 Sweat (“Attitude” Vocal Idea)
05 Bad Seed (Vocal Idea)
06 Devil Dance (“Devil’s Dance” Vocal Idea)
07 Unforgiven 2 (“The Unforgiven II” Vocal Idea)
08 Mine Eyes (“Low Man’s Lyric” Demo from The Plant)
09 Mine Eyes (“Low Man’s Lyric” Demo Idea)
10 Better (“Better Than You” Take 7 – May 18, 1995)
11 Fuel (Take 2 – May 18, 1995)
12 Fish Tank (“Prince Charming” Take 11 – May 23, 1995)
13 Drivin’ (“Slither” Take 12 + Take 47 Edit – May 24, 1995)
CD4
01 Fixer (“Fixxxer” Take 4 – May 24, 1995)
02 Skimpy (“Carpe Diem Baby” Take 11 – May 30, 1995)
03 Martini (“Where the Wild Things Are” Take 25 – May 31st, 1995)
04 Lenny (“Attitude” Take 11 – July 24, 1995)
05 Bastard (“Bad Seed” Take 9 – July 25, 1995)
06 Devil Dance (“Devil’s Dance” Take 11 – July 31st, 1995)
07 Memory (“The Memory Remains” Take 18 – November 6, 1995)
08 Mine Eyes (“Low Man’s Lyric” Take 2 – December 5, 1995)
09 Unforgiven 2 (“The Unforgiven II” – Take 4, December 6, 1995)
10 Memory (“The Memory Remains” Marianne Faithfull Outtake – August 21, 1997)
11 Fixer (“Fixxxer” September ’95 Rough Mix)
12 Fuel (“Fuel for Fire” October ’95 Rough Mix)
Originally released in 1997 as a B-side to “The Memory Remains”
13 Better (“Better Than You” October ’95 Rough Mix)
14 Fixer (“Fixxxer” July ’97 Rough Mix)
CD5
01 Better (“Better Than You” July ’97 Rough Mix)
02 Bad Seed (August ’97 Rough Mix)
03 Martini (“Where the Wild Things Are” August ’97 Rough Mix)
04 Unforgiven 2 (“The Unforgiven II” August ’97 Rough Mix)
05 Fuel (August ’97 Rough Mix)
06 Mine Eyes (“Low Man’s Lyric” August ’97 Rough Mix)
07 Skimpy (“Carpe Diem Baby” September ’97 Rough Mix)
08 Fixer (“Fixxxer” Intro Piece)
09 Lenny (“Attitude” September ’97 Rough Mix)
10 Memory (“The Memory Remains” September ’97 Rough Mix)
11 Drivin’ (“Slither” September ’97 Rough Mix)
12 Devil Dance (“Devil’s Dance” September ’97 Rough Mix)
13 Fish Tank (“Prince Charming” October ’97 Rough Mix)
14 Memory (“The Memory Remains” Instrumental Mix)
CD 6 & 7: Escape from the Studio ’97 + Remixes from The Vault
Recorded live at Little John’s Farm during the Reading Festival in Reading, England on August 24, 1997
All live tracks mixed by Greg Fidelman
Previously Unreleased except for the two DJ Spooky remixes
CD6
01 Intro Jam (Live)
02 So What (Live)
03 Master of Puppets (Live)
04 King Nothing (Live)
05 Sad But True (Live)
06 Fuel (Live)
07 Hero of the Day (Live)
08 Ain’t My Bitch (Live)
09 One (Live)
10 Until It Sleeps (Live)
11 For Whom the Bell Tolls (Live)
12 Wherever I May Roam (Live)
13 Nothing Else Matters (Live)
14 Enter Sandman (Live)
CD7
01 Encore Jam (Live)
02 Stone Cold Crazy (Live)
03 Creeping Death (Live)
04 Battery (Live)
05 Last Caress (Live)
06 Motorbreath (Live)
Remixes From The Vault
07 For Whom the Bell Tolls (The Irony of It All) – Remixed by DJ Spooky
*Originally released in 1997 on “Spawn: The Album”
08 For Whom the Bell Tolls (Haven’t Heard It Yet Mix) – Remixed by DJ Spooky
Originally released in 1997 as a B-side to “The Memory Remains”
09 Fuel (Unreleased Boymerang Viper Mix) -Remixed by Boymerang
The Unforgiven (Unreleased Whipping Boy Mix) – Remixed by Greg Brimstone
10 Enter Sandman (Unreleased Overseer Mix) – Remixed by Overseer
CD 8 & 9: Poor Acoustic Me
CD8 (Live At The Bridge School Benefit – Mountain View, CA – October 19, 1997)
01 Low Man’s Lyric (Live) – Featuring David Miles on Hurdy Gurdy
Originally released in 2022 on the “Live at Bridge School Benefit 1997” Vinyl Club single
02 Helpless (Live)
03 Tuesday’s Gone (Live) – Featuring Jerry Cantrell
04 Poor Twisted Me (Live)
Originally released in 2022 on the “Live at Bridge School Benefit 1997” Vinyl Club single
05 Fade to Black (Live)
Originally released in 2006 on “The Bridge Collection” compilation album
06 The Four Horsemen (Live)
Originally released in 2006 on “The Bridge Collection” compilation album
07 Nothing Else Matters (Live)
08 Last Caress (Live)
Live at virgin Radio – London, England – November 14, 1997 – Previously Unreleased
09 Low Man’s Lyric (Live)
10 The Four Horsemen (Live)
11 Nothing Else Matters (Live)
CD9
Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You – Live on KSJO – December 18. 1997
(Previously Unreleased except for “Tuesday’s Gone”)
01 The Four Horsemen (Rehearsal) – Featuring Jerry Cantrell and Les Claypool
02 Poor Twisted Me (Rehearsal) – Featuring Pepper Keenan, Jerry Cantrell, and Sean Kinney
03 Tuesday’s Gone (Rehearsal) – Featuring Gary Rossington, Pepper Keenan, Jerry Cantrell, Les Claypool, Jim Martin, and Sean Kinney
04 Last Caress (Rehearsal) – Featuring Gary Rossington and Jim Martin
05 Low Man’s Lyric (Live) – Featuring David Miles and Jim Martin
06 Helpless (Live)
07 The Four Horsemen (Live) – Featuring Jerry Cantrell, Les Claypool, John Popper, and Sean Kinney
08 Poor Twisted Me (Live) – Featuring Pepper Keenan, Jerry Cantrell, John Popper, and Sean Kinney
09 Nothing Else Matters (Live) Featuring Chris Isaak
10 On the Phone with Mike Piazza (Live)
11 Creeping Death (Live) – Featuring Pepper Keenan
12 Intro to Tuesday’s Gone (Live)
13 Tuesday’s Gone (Live) – Featuring Gary Rossington, Pepper Keenan, Jerry Cantrell, Les Claypool, John Popper, Jim Martin, and Sean Kinney – Originally released in 1998 on “Garage Inc.”
14 Last Caress (Live) – Featuring Gary Rossington, John Popper, Jim Martin, Sean Kinney, and Jim Breuer
CD 10 & 11: Poor Australian Me ’98
Recorded live at Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Australia, on April 20, 1998
Previously Unreleased except where noted
CD10
01 Intro Jam (Live)
02 So What (Live)
03 Master of Puppets (Live)
04 King Nothing (Live)
05 Sad But True (Live)
06 Originally released in 1998 as a B-side to “Fuel”
07 Guitar Doodle (Live)
08 Fuel (Live) – Originally released in 1998 as a B-side to “Fuel”
09 The Memory Remains (Live)
10 Bleeding Me (Live)
11 Bass/Guitar Doodle (Live)
12 Nothing Else Matters (Live) – Originally released in 1998 as a B-side to “Fuel”
13 Until It Sleeps (Live) – Originally released in 1998 as a B-side to “Fuel”
14 For Whom the Bell Tolls (Live)
CD11
01 Wherever I May Roam (Live) – Originally released in 1998 as a B-side to “Fuel”
02 One (Live) – Originally released in 1998 as a B-side to “Fuel”
03 Kill / Ride Medley (Live)
04 Low Man’s Lyric (Acoustic) (Live)
05 The Four Horsemen (Acoustic) (Live)
06 Motorbreath (Acoustic) (Live)
07 Creeping Death (Live)
08 Enter Sandman (Live)
09 Battery (Live)
CD 12 & 13: Poor North American Me ’98
Recorded live at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ, on July 17, 1998
Previously Unreleased
CD12
01 The Ecstasy of Gold (Live)
02 Breadfan (Live)
03 Master of Puppets (Live)
04 Of Wolf and Man (Live)
05 The Thing That Should Not Be (Live)
06 Fuel (Live)
07 The Memory Remains (Live)
08 Bleeding Me (Live)
09 Bass/Guitar Doodle (Live)
10 Nothing Else Matters (Live)
11 Until It Sleeps (Live)
12 King Nothing (Live)
CD13
01 Wherever I May Roam (Live)
02 One (Live)
03 Fight Fire with Fire (Live)
04 Low Man’s Lyric (Acoustic) (Live)
05 The Four Horsemen (Acoustic) (Live)
06 Last Caress (Acoustic) (Live)
07 Encore Jam (Live)
08 Sad But True (Live)
09 Enter Sandman (Live)
10 Creeping Death (Live)
CD 14 & 15: Poor Re-Touring Me ’97 – ’98: The Soundboard Tapes – Previously Unreleased
CD14
01 Intro Jam (Live at Yoyogi Daiichi Taiikukan, Tokyo, Japan – May 8, 1998)
02 Helpless (Live at Blockbuster Pavilion, Charlotte, NC – June 27, 1998)
03 Master of Puppets (Live at Meadows Music Theater, Hartford, CT – July 21, 1998)
04 Of Wolf and Man (Live at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, TX – August 2, 1998)
05 The Thing That Should Not Be (Live at Den Grå Hal, Copenhagen, Denmark – November 16, 1997)
06 Ain’t My Bitch (Live at Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia – April 4, 1998)
07 Fuel (Live at Starplex Amphitheatre, Dallas, TX – July 31, 1998)
08 The Memory Remains (Live at Retama Park, San Antonio, TX – August 1, 1998)
09 Whiplash (Live at Fukuoka Kokusai Center, Fukuoka, Japan – May 3, 1998)
10 King Nothing (Live at Queens Wharf Entertainment Centre, Wellington, New Zealand – April 17, 1998)
11 Bleeding Me (Live at Winnebago County Fairgrounds, Pecatonica, IL – July 5, 1998)
12 Bass/Guitar Doodle (Live at Pine Knob Music Theatre, Detroit, MI – July 10, 1998)
13 Nothing Else Matters (Live at Perth Entertainment Centre, Perth, Australia – April 11, 1998)
14 Until It Sleeps (Live at Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – May 7, 1998)
CD15
01 Devil’s Dance (Live at Perth Entertainment Centre, Perth, Australia – April 12, 1998)
02 For Whom the Bell Tolls (Live at Osaka-jou Hall, Osaka, Japan – April 30, 1998)
03 Wherever I May Roam (Live at The Supertop, Auckland, New Zealand – April 18, 1998)
04 One (Live at Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul, South Korea – April 25, 1998)
05 Fight Fire with Fire (Live at Sandstone Amphitheater, Kansas City, KS – July 29, 1998)
06 Low Man’s Lyric (Acoustic) (Live at Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre, Denver, CO – September 8, 1998)
07 Poor Twisted Me (Acoustic) (Live at Yoyogi Daiichi Taiikukan, Tokyo, Japan – May 8, 1998)
08 Motorbreath (Acoustic) (Live at Polaris Amphitheater, Columbus, OH – July 4, 1998)
09 Encore Jam (Live at Cal Expo, Sacramento, CA – September 1, 1998)
10 Sad But True (Live at Cal Expo, Sacramento, CA – September 1, 1998)
11 Creeping Death (Live at Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – May 6, 1998)
12 Enter Sandman (Live at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Irvine, CA – August 28, 1998)
13 Encore Jam #2 (Live at Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia – April 6, 1998)
14 Damage, Inc. (Live at L’Élysée Montmartre, Paris, France – November 18, 1997)
4DVD (Studio Shit + Music Videos + TV Appearances – Previously Unreleased except where noted
STUDIO SHIT: NOVEMBER 1995
01 Writing in Lars’ Dungeon Pt. 2
02 Rehearsals at The Plant Pt. 2
Music Videos
03 The Memory Remains (Official Music Video)
Originally released in 2006 on “The Videos: 1998-2004”
04 The Unforgiven II (Official Music Video)
Originally released in 2006 on “The Videos: 1998-2004”
05 Fuel (Official Music Video)
Originally released in 2006 on “The Videos: 1998-2004”
06 Fuel (Hot Rod Edit)
MTV’S RELOAD, REHEARSE, REQUEST
Recorded live at Baker Hamilton Square in San Francisco, CA on March 21, 1998
Taken from a VHS featuring the uncensored live feed found in Lars’ Vault
07 Low Man’s Lyric (Live)
08 Helpless (Live)
09 Last Caress (Live)
10 Fuel (Live)
11 Devil’s Dance (Live)
12 One (Live)
13 For Whom the Bell Tolls (Live)
14 King Nothing (Live)
15 Creeping Death (Live)
16 Motorbreath (Live)
17 So What (Live)
TV Appearances
18 The Memory Remains (with Marianne Faithfull) (Live on Top of the Pops)
19 The Memory Remains (with Marianne Faithfull) (Live on TFI Friday)
20 King Nothing (Live on Recovery TV)
21 Fuel (Live on Recovery TV)
DVD2 (Banned in Philly)
Recorded live in the parking lot of CoreStates Center in Philadelphia, PA on November 11, 1997
Originally released by The Metallica Club in 2001 as part of “Fan Can 4”
01 Intro (Live)
02 Helpless (Live)
03 The Four Horsemen (Live)
04 Of Wolf and Man (Live)
05 The Thing That Should Not Be (Live)
06 Fuel (Live)
07 The Memory Remains (Live)
08 King Nothing (Live)
09 Bleeding Me (Live)
10 No Remorse (Live)
11 Am I Evil? (Live)
12 Stone Cold Crazy (Live)
13 The Wait (Live)
14 Master of Puppets (Live)
15 Damage, Inc. (Live)
DVD3 (Poor East Asian Me ’98)
Recorded live at Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul, South Korea, on April 24, 1998
Taken from an unedited VHS tape found in Lars’ Vault – Previously UnreleasedIntro Jam (Live)
01 So What (Live)
02 Master of Puppets (Live)
03 King Nothing (Live)
04 Sad But True (Live)
05 Fuel (Live)
06 The Memory Remains (Live)
07 Bleeding Me (Live)
08 Bass/Guitar Doodle (Live)
09 Nothing Else Matters (Live)
10 Until It Sleeps (Live)
11 For Whom the Bell Tolls (Live)
12 Wherever I May Roam (Live)
13 One (Live)
14 Kill/Ride Medley (Live)
15 Low Man’s Lyric (Live)
16 The Four Horsemen (Live)
17 Motorbreath (Live)
18 Creeping Death (Live)
19 Enter Sandman (Live)
20 Battery (Live)
DVD4 (Poor Californian Me ’98)
Recorded live at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA on August 30, 1998
Taken from a pair of VHS tapes found in Lars’ Vault – Previously Unreleased
01 The Ecstasy of Gold
02 Breadfan (Live)
03 Master of Puppets (Live)
04 Of Wolf and Man (Live)
05 The Thing That Should Not Be (Live)
06 Fuel (Live)
07 The Memory Remains (Live)
08 Bleeding Me (Live)
09 Bass/Guitar Doodle (Live)
10 Nothing Else Matters (Live)
11 Until It Sleeps (Live)
12 King Nothing (Live)
13 Wherever I May Roam (Live)
14 One (Live)
15 Fight Fire with Fire (Live)
16 Low Man’s Lyric (Live)
17 The Four Horsemen (Live)
18 Last Caress (Live)
19 Sad But True (Live)
20 Enter Sandman (Live)
21 Creeping Death (Live)