The band Metallica's fifth album, Metallica, the cover of which is completely black.
Metallica was the band Metallica's fifth album, released August 12 1991 through Elektra Records. It is also called The Black Album because of its cover, which is almost completely black, with just one of the band's symbols visible as a slightly different shade of black. The cover is a parody of the Beatles' The White Album, just as the fictional band Spinal Tap have an album with an all-black cover, referenced by the Metallica release. The album was their first mainstream, commercial success.

Tracks

  1. "Enter Sandman" (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
  2. "Sad But True" (Hetfield/Ulrich)
  3. "Holier Than Thou" (Hetfield/Ulrich)
  4. "The Unforgiven" (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
  5. "Wherever I May Roam" (Hetfield/Ulrich)
  6. "Don't Tread On Me" (Hetfield/Ulrich)
  7. "Through The Never" (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
  8. "Nothing Else Matters" (Hetfield/Ulrich)
  9. "Of Wolf And Man" (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
  10. "The God That Failed" (Hetfield/Ulrich)
  11. "My Friend Of Misery" (Hetfield/Ulrich/Newsted)
  12. "The Struggle Within" (Hetfield/Ulrich)

Charting singles

1991  Metallica             The Billboard 200               No. 1
1991  Enter Sandman         The Billboard Hot 100           No. 16
1991  Enter Sandman         Mainstream Rock Tracks          No. 10
1992  Nothing Else Matters  The Billboard Hot 100           No. 34
1992  Sad But True          The Billboard Hot 100           No. 98
1992  The Unforgiven        The Billboard Hot 100           No. 35
1992  Wherever I May Roam   The Billboard Hot 100           No. 82
1992  Nothing Else Matters  Mainstream Rock Tracks          No. 11
1992  The Unforgiven        Mainstream Rock Tracks          No. 10
1992  Wherever I May Roam   Mainstream Rock Tracks          No. 25
1993  Sad But True          Mainstream Rock Tracks          No. 15