I don't see how you can credit Hammet with steering them away from the Load phase. Load was when he started really writing for Metallica, and Reload was written at the same time as Load, so the only place they went from their was St. Anger, and as much as I hate Load, it kicks the **** out of St. Anger. Also I'm not sure what other styles of music he has demonstrated in his playing besides Metal and blues, two genres of playing Dave plays quite well.
Also when you say that metal fans don't listen to other kinds of music what are you basing that off of? I will admit I am a pretty strictly metal guy, but thats not because its all I listen to, its because I listen to a lot and thats all I like. I used to like rap when I was young, but one day you grow up and say ,"what the **** am I listening to?" My dad got me into Zeppelin after that, and from there I moved onto metal.
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