21 Things You Didn't Know About Metallica

16. The Load Album Cover Probably Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means

James Hetfield from Metallica performs at a private concert for SiriusXM listeners at the Apollo Theater on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Blackened

Thanks to the artwork on the front of the controversial Load album being from the experimental photographer Andres Serrano, it's actually a shot of the artists blood and semen squished in between two sheets of plexigass. Lovely.

Sure it actually looks pretty badass, but now you know that guy's 'load' got around more than a regular visitor to a fertility clinic.

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