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On this day 23 years ago, June 4, 1996, Load was released.

I know some of you here still don't like this album. When it was released, I was in the same boat. "WTF is this shit?!" However, it didn't take long to warm up to it. To this day, I still fully enjoy almost this entire album and still listen to it on a regular basis.

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On this day 23 years ago, June 4, 1996, Load was released.

I know some of you here still don't like this album. When it was released, I was in the same boat. "WTF is this shit?!" However, it didn't take long to warm up to it. To this day, I still fully enjoy almost this entire album and still listen to it on a regular basis.

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It does take some listens to grow but it did for me. Good album.
 

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And then there is the flipside ... on this day in 2003, this turdlette of an album was released.

St Anger (June 5, 2003)

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I've tried, I really have tried to like this album. While there are some positives sprinkled all over the album, the lack of true guitar solos combined with possibly the single-worst drum sound on any metal album... EVER... it's hard to get through (for me).

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If some of the songs were shorter and the snare was turned on I could forgive the lack of solos. It would have been a tolerable listen.
 

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New song and it's great.
 

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Maybe they heard the new Megadeth sounding so retro and heavy they realized they had to step up their game?
 

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