Metallica: Load

Music CD Load is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on 4 June 1996 by Elektra Records. The album was Metallica's first release with Elektra after moving from their long-time label Warner Bros. Records. Load debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 680000 copies in its first week. The album spawned five singles that charted on the Billboard Hot 100, including the number-one hits "Until It Sleeps" and "The Unforgiven II". The album marked a shift in the band's sound from the thrash metal of their previous albums to hard rock.