Metallica have announced that they are celebrating their classic album ‘Reload’ with a remaster and a special limited-edition box set.

‘ReLoad (Remastered)’ will be released on June 26, and they have packed so much stuff into this HUGE box set.

Starting with a numbered pressing on 180g double vinyl of the remastered album, it will also include a ‘The Memory Remains’ 7”, and Live at Ministry of Sound ’97, a 140g triple album recorded live.

Then there are 15 CDs, ranging from the remastered album to never-before-released collections of riffs, demos, rough mixes, B-Sides, rarities, and live material. Then four DVDs showing off loads of behind-the-scenes, in-studio and live footage, on-air and television appearances, pop-up performances, visits around the world, and more.

And finally a whole load of memorabilia, including a pack of 13 Rorschach Test cards, an 11×17 Gimme Fuel poster, a sticker, a Pushead print, a 10-pack of guitar/bass picks, lyric sheets, three laminated tour passes and a deluxe 128-page book with never-before-seen photos and stories.

Phew. Comprehensive, to say the least.

You can pre-order the box set right here.

And to give you a taste of what to expect from that content, here is the remastered version of ‘The Memory Remains’.

And here it is being performed live in Philadelphia back in 1997.

The announcement comes just as the band are getting ready to make their way around Europe on the latest leg of their M72 World Tour.

MAY

09 – ATHENS Olympic Stadium *
13 – BUCHAREST Arena Națională * 
19 – CHORZÓW Stadion Śląski *
22 – FRANKFURT Deutsche Bank Park *
24 – FRANKFURT Deutsche Bank Park +
27 – ZURICH Stadion Letzigrund*
30 – BERLIN Olympiastadion, Germany*

JUNE

03 – BOLOGNA Stadio Renato Dall’Ara*
11 – BUDAPEST Puskas Arena + 
13 – BUDAPEST Puskas Arena *
19 – DUBLIN Aviva Stadium+
21 – DUBLIN Aviva Stadium * 
25 – GLASGOW Hampden Park, Scotland* 
28 – CARDIFF Principality Stadium, Wales* 

JULY

03 – LONDON London Stadium, UK*
05 – LONDON London Stadium, UK+ 

* Gojira and Knocked Loose support

+ Pantera and Avatar support

And that’s all before the band take over the Las Vegas Sphere for a residency in the Autumn. The show, entitled ‘Life Burns Faster’, will take place on October 01 and 03, 15 and 17, 22 and 24, and 29 and 31, and will align with the ‘No Repeat Weekends’ of their M72 World Tour, meaning no song will be repeated over the two nights of each Thursday and Saturday performance.



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