Metallica. Metallica (1991)

Metallica (also known as The Black Album, in reference to The White Album, because of its largely black and nearly-featureless cover) is the 1991 self-titled album by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was the band's fifth studio album.

Metallica was released August 12, 1991, through Elektra Records and is the band's best-selling album to date, with 14.95 million copies sold in the United States alone (as of July 21, 2007). In 2003, the album was ranked number 252 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

On the cover, only the band's logo and a coiled snake (derived from the Gadsden flag - which could be seen hanging on a wall in the "One on One" recording studio where the album was recorded) are visible. The motto of the Gadsden flag, "Don't Tread on Me", is also the title of a song featured on the album.

Track listing

All songs written by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich except where noted.

1. "Enter Sandman" (Kirk Hammett, Hetfield, Ulrich) – 5:32
2. "Sad But True" – 5:25
3. "Holier Than Thou" – 3:48
4. "The Unforgiven" (Hammett, Hetfield, Ulrich) – 6:27
5. "Wherever I May Roam" – 6:44
6. "Don't Tread on Me" – 4:00
7. "Through the Never" (Hammett, Hetfield, Ulrich) – 4:04
8. "Nothing Else Matters" – 6:29
9. "Of Wolf and Man" (Hammett, Hetfield, Ulrich) – 4:17
10. "The God That Failed" – 5:09
11. "My Friend of Misery" (Hetfield, Jason Newsted, Ulrich) – 6:50
12. "The Struggle Within" – 3:54
13. "So What?" (European and Asian release bonus track) – 3:08

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