Metallica has announced the definitive re-release of its quadruple platinum seventh studio album ReLoad, to be released June 26th via the band’s own Blackened Recordings.

Remastered by Reuben Cohen at Lurssen Mastering with Greg Fidelman overseeing, the ReLoad Remastered Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set is available now for pre-order at https://metallica.lnk.to/reloadreissue where full package details and track listings can be viewed. Pre-orders of the Deluxe Box will receive instant grat versions of “The Memory Remains” including the remastered original recording, Instrumental Mix, Take 18 Floor Take, and Live in Brisbane.

ReLoad (Remastered) is available in formats including standard 180g 2LP, Wal-Mart exclusive color 140g 2LP, CD, 3CD Expanded Edition, cassette and digital (including a Spatial Audio mix using Atmos). Pre-orders and pre-saves of all configurations include “The Memory Remains (Remastered)” instant grat. Additionally, “The Memory Remains (Live in Philadelphia)” video is live now at https://metallica.lnk.to/TheMemoryRemainsPhilly97

The ReLoad Remastered Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set is a passionately and thoroughly curated document of 1997-1998 era Metallica, bursting with exclusives including previously unreleased demos, rough mixes, live performances, on-air and television appearances, and much more. This one-time numbered pressing features the remastered ReLoad album on 180g double vinyl, “The Memory Remains” 7”, and Live at Ministry of Sound ’97, a 140g triple album recorded live. The set’s 15 CDs range from the remastered ReLoad album to never-before-released collections of riffs, demos and rough mixes, B-Sides and rarities, and a wealth of live material, while its 4 DVDs offer a plethora of behind the scenes, in-studio and live footage, on-air and television appearances, the band’s pop-up performance at the CoreStates Complex Parking Lot in Philadelphia, visits to Seoul, and more. Rounding out the box’s content are 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 from whose who were there.

The release of ReLoad (Remastered) also marks the opening of the #GetTheReLoadOut fan cover competition. Last year, thousands of Metallica fans across social media submitted their interpretations of Load tracks for the #GetTheLoadOut Fan Cover Competition. The band is opening up round two — this time as #GetTheReLoadOut — to celebrate the ReLoad reissue with a new second category: In addition to the more traditional musical covers, performance and visual artists are also invited to participate. A different track off the album will be highlighted each week throughout the competition, culminating in two Grand Prize Winners each taking home a Metallica-autographed ReLoad Remastered Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set.

Originally released November 18, 1997, ReLoad was the third consecutive Metallica album to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200, ultimately spending nearly 80 weeks on the chart and attaining #1 status in six countries, and top 10 in nearly a dozen more. The 1995-1997 sessions at The Plant in Sausalito CA that yielded both ReLoad and Load found James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Jason Newsted exploring expanded creative terrain and pushing the boundaries of Metallica’s sonic identity. On ReLoad, this meant bold decisions ranging from the inclusion of hurdy-gurdy and violin on the somber “Low Man’s Lyric” to Marianne Faithfull’s haunting guest vocal on “The Memory Remains.” Like its 1996 predecessor, ReLoad has only grown in stature in the years since its release, with its incendiary opener “Fuel” and the timeless “The Memory Remains” remaining staples of the band’s setlists on the ongoing M72 World Tour.