METALLICA to play special club show
07-08-2025
METALLICA will play a special intimate concert on Thursday, August 28 to celebrate the launch of Maximum Metallica, a new music channel on SiriusXM. The event will take place at Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett, Long Island, New York, with the channel officially launching the following day (August 29) on Channel 42 and the SiriusXM app. A recording of the show will premiere on the channel the following Monday (September 1) at 12 p.m. ET.
METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich broke the news of the concert during an appearance Wednesday morning (August 6) on SiriusXM‘s “The Howard Stern Show”.
METALLICA comments: “We’re back on SiriusXM, this time to stay!! We are beyond excited to announce our all-new, year-round music channel, Maximum Metallica, launching on Friday, August 29, at 12 PM ET / 9 AM PT.
“You’ll find Maximum Metallica on Channel 42, where you’ll hear ‘The Most Metallica Anywhere,’ including the hits, deep cuts, live shows, rare recordings, and exclusive interviews, plus behind-the-scenes stories and surprises straight from us. Whether you’re new to the METALLICA Family or you’ve lived all 176 Seasons alongside us, there is something for every fan on Maximum Metallica.
“To celebrate the launch of the channel, we’ll be hitting the stage next to the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett, NY, on Thursday, August 28. Fifth Members can enter to win tickets to attend this exclusive show; get all the details and entry info at metallica.com/contests. SiriusXM is also offering fans the chance to win a complete trip to the show from anywhere in the U.S.
“If you cannot join us in Amagansett, the full show will be recorded and broadcast on Maximum Metallica (Channel 42),premiering on Monday, September 1 at 12 PM ET / 9 AM PT, with replays throughout the week. The show will also be available to stream on demand on the SiriusXM app.
“Maximum Metallica will be available for free in all SiriusXM-equipped vehicles throughout September. If you are not a SiriusXM subscriber and want to experience all the service has to offer, check out their free three-month trial to listen in your vehicle (if satellite radio is enabled) or stream on the app.
“Finally, a massive thanks to our good friend Howard Stern for helping us share the news!”
SiriusXM is going full throttle with the addition of Maximum Metallica, a new full-time channel dedicated to one of the most celebrated rock bands of all time. “The Most Metallica Anywhere,” the exclusive channel delivers continued access to METALLICA‘s expansive catalog — from mega hits and deep cuts to live shows and behind-the-scenes stories straight from the band. Additionally, fans can expect rare recordings, exclusive interviews, and surprises curated by the bandmembers themselves. Whether you’re a lifelong fan or a recent addition to the METALLICA family, this is your front-row seat to all things METALLICA.
METALLICA‘s performance will be the latest in a series of special concerts SiriusXM has presented at Stephen Talkhouse. Artists who have previously performed for SiriusXM listeners at the famed Hamptons music venue include Brandi Carlile, COLDPLAY, Dave Matthews, Ed Sheeran, Jelly Roll, THE KILLERS and MUMFORD & SONS.
METALLICA has released the definitive re-release of the band’s five-times-platinum sixth studio album “Load”, out on June 13 via the band’s own Blackened Recordings. The album was orifinally released on Electra Records.
Remastered by Reuben Cohen at Lurssen Mastering with Greg Fidelman overseeing, the “Load” remastered limited-edition deluxe box set is available now for pre-order at Metallica.com, where full package details and track listings can be viewed. Pre-orders of the deluxe box will receive instant grat tracks “Until It Sleeps (Remastered)”, “Until It Sleeps (Herman Melville Mix)”, “F.O.B.D. (‘Until It Sleeps’ Rough Chorus Vocal Idea Mix)” and “Until It Sleeps (Live at Slim’s, San Francisco, CA – June 10th, 1996)”.
“Load (Remastered)” will be released in formats, including standard 180g 2LP, CD, cassette and digital (including a Spatial Audio mix using Atmos). Standard pre-orders receive “Until It Sleeps (Remastered)” IG, expanded edition pre-orders receive “Until It Sleeps (Remastered)” and “F.O.B.D. (‘Until It Sleeps’ Rough Chorus Vocal Idea Mix)” IGs. The 2LP, 3CD expanded and deluxe digital versions for the first time ever feature the extended version of “The Outlaw Torn”, originally edited for release due to time constraints of the CD format.
The “Load” remastered limited edition deluxe box set is an ambitious and comprehensive time capsule of 1995-97 era METALLICA, jam-packed with exclusives including previously unreleased demos, rough mixes, live performances, on-air and television appearances, and much more. The one-time pressing will include the remastered “Load” album on 180g double vinyl, a “Mama Said” picture disc, and “Loadapalooza ’96”, a 140g triple album recorded live during METALLICA‘s Lollapalooza headlining run at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre on August 4, 1996. The set’s 15 CDs range from the remastered “Load” album to never-before-released collected riffs, demos and rough mixes, B-Sides and rarities, and a wealth of live material, while its four DVDs offer a plethora of behind the scenes, in-studio and live footage, on-air and television appearances, the band’s Polar Beach Party visit to Tuktoyaktuk, Canada, and more. Rounding out the box’s content are memorabilia including a pack of 14 Rorschach Test cards, a Pushead patch, an 11×17 Lollapalooza poster, a Rolling Stone cover reproduction, a five-pack of guitar/bass picks, lyric sheets, two laminated tour passes and a deluxe 128-page book.
Originally released June 4, 1996, “Load” was the second METALLICA album to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, where it would remain for four straight weeks. The 1995 sessions at The Plant in Sausalito, California that resulted in “Load” (as well as 1997’s “Reload”) would find guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield, drummer Lars Ulrich, guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Jason Newsted creating yet another landmark of the METALLICA catalog. Currently, two of “Load”‘s four singles — “Until It Sleeps” and “King Nothing” — have been lighting up crowds the world over in regular rotation on the setlists of the band’s “M72” world tour.
Released in 1996, “Load” marked a new direction for METALLICA, featuring what one critic has described as “a fresh take on LYNYRD SKYNYRD-tinged boogie rock for the 1990s.”
Although “Load” and 1997’s “Reload” were warmly received by critics at the time, they’ve since taken their place among the most reviled work of METALLICA‘s career.
In a 2013 interview with Revolver magazine, Ulrich said that “Load” and “Reload” are “great records” that “are creatively on par with every other record we’ve made. Obviously, they’re bluesier records, and at that time, we were listening to a lot of LED ZEPPELIN, DEEP PURPLE and AC/DC, and we had a different kind of foundation than records before or after,” he said. “And I understand that there are people who couldn’t quite figure out what was going on with the haircuts and the rest of it, and that’s fine. But musically, if you strip all that other stuff away, if you just listen to the 27 songs — ‘Load’ and ‘Reload’ were intended as one double-record — it’s a great collection of songs that is on par with everything else that we’ve done creatively.”
Hetfield has repeatedly expressed his dislike of the “Load” album cover and its inspiration, telling Classic Rock magazine in a 2009 interview: “Lars and Kirk (Hammett, guitar) were very into abstract art, pretending they were gay. I think they knew it bugged me. It was a statement around all that. I love art, but not for the sake of shocking others. I think the cover of ‘Load’ was just a piss-take around all that. I just went along with the make-up and all of this crazy, stupid shit that they felt they needed to do.”
METALLICA released their last album ’72 Seasons’ 14th in April 2023.
Speaking on the concept of the album title, Hetfield says: “72 seasons. The first 18 years of our lives that form our true or false selves. The concept that we were told ‘who we are’ by our parents. A possible pigeonholing around what kind of personality we are. I think the most interesting part of this is the continued study of those core beliefs and how it affects our perception of the world today. Much of our adult experience is reenactment or reaction to these childhood experiences. Prisoners of childhood or breaking free of those bondages we carry.”
The complete track listing for “72 Seasons” is:
- 72 Seasons
- Shadows Follow
- Screaming Suicide
- Sleepwalk My Life Away
- You Must Burn!
- Lux Æterna
- Crown Of Barbed Wire
- Chasing Light
- If Darkness Had A Son
- Too Far Gone?
- Room Of Mirrors
- Inamorata
Says METALLICA: “The album package was once again conceived and art directed by our good friend, acclaimed designer David Turner and his team. David, who won a Grammy for his work on ‘Death Magnetic’, is the man behind the look and feel of all of our recent releases, including ‘Through The Never’, ‘S&M2’, and ‘Hardwired’.”
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