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The Metallica Blacklist ft. 53 Artists of Various Genres Paying Tribute to The Black Album

Metallica marks the 30th anniversary of its self-titled fifth album — a/k/a The Black Album — with two landmark releases, both out September 10th on the band’s own Blackened Recordings:
 
The Black Album is one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed records of all time. Its 1991 release not only gave Metallica its first #1 album in no fewer than 10 countries, including a 4-week run at #1 in the U.S., its unrelenting series of singles — “Enter Sandman”, “The Unforgiven”, “Nothing Else Matters”, “Wherever I May Roam”, and “Sad But True” — fuelled the band’s rise to stadium headlining, radio and MTV dominating household name status. The album’s reception from the press was similarly charged, building over the years from the top 10 of the 1991 Village Voice Pazz & Jop national critics poll to becoming a constant presence in the likes of Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time. The album’s impact and relevance continue to grow—as proven by one indisputable fact: The Black Album remains unchallenged as the best-selling album in the history of Nielsen Soundscan, outselling every release in every genre over the past 30 years.
 
To commemorate its 30th anniversary, the GRAMMY-winning, 16x platinum-certified Black Album is receiving its definitive re-release. Remastered for ultimate sound quality, The Black Album remaster will be available in multiple configurations including 180 gram Double Vinyl LP, Standard CD and 3 CD Expanded Edition, digital, and Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set (containing the album remastered on 180G 2LP, a picture disc, three live LPs, 14 CDs (containing rough mixes, demos, interviews, live shows), 6 DVDs (containing outtakes, behind the scenes, official videos, live shows), a 120-page hardcover book, four tour laminates, three lithos, three guitar picks, a Metallica lanyard, a folder with lyric sheets, and a download card).
 
Much more than a mere tribute album, The Metallica Blacklist celebrates the enduring influence of this musical milestone with one of the most ambitious projects ever conceived by the Metallica team: An unprecedented 50+ artists spanning an unbelievably vast range of genres, generations, cultures, continents and more, each contributing a unique interpretation of their favourite Black Album cut.

TRACKLISTING

ALESSIA CARA & THE WARNING / ENTER SANDMAN

MAC DEMARCO / ENTER SANDMAN

GHOST / ENTER SANDMAN

JUANES / ENTER SANDMAN

RINA SAWAYAMA / ENTER SANDMAN

WEEZER / ENTER SANDMAN

SAM FENDER / SAD BUT TRUE (LIVE)

JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT / SAD BUT TRUE

MEXICAN INSTITUTE OF SOUND FEAT. LA PERLA & GERA MX / SAD BUT TRUE

ROYAL BLOOD / SAD BUT TRUE

ST. VINCENT / SAD BUT TRUE

WHITE REAPER / SAD BUT TRUE

YB / SAD BUT TRUE

BIFFY CLYRO / HOLIER THAN THOU

THE CHATS / HOLIER THAN THOU

OFF! / HOLIER THAN THOU

PUP / HOLIER THAN THOU

COREY TAYLOR / HOLIER THAN THOU

CAGE THE ELEPHANT / THE UNFORGIVEN

VISHAL DADLANI, DIVINE, SHOR POLICE / THE UNFORGIVEN

DIET CIG / THE UNFORGIVEN

FLATBUSH ZOMBIES FEAT. DJ SCRATCH / THE UNFORGIVEN

HA*ASH / THE UNFORGIVEN

JOSÉ MADERO / THE UNFORGIVEN

MOSES SUMNEY / THE UNFORGIVEN

J BALVIN / WHEREVER I MAY ROAM

CHASE & STATUS FEAT. BACKROAD GEE / WHEREVER I MAY ROAM

THE NEPTUNES / WHEREVER I MAY ROAM

JON PARDI / WHEREVER I MAY ROAM

SEBASTIAN / DON’T TREAD ON ELSE MATTERS

PORTUGAL. THE MAN FEAT. AARON BEAM / DON’T TREAD ON ME

VOLBEAT / DON’T TREAD ON ME

THE HU / THROUGH THE NEVER

TOMI OWÓ / THROUGH THE NEVER

PHOEBE BRIDGERS / NOTHING ELSE MATTERS

MILEY CYRUS FEAT. WATT, ELTON JOHN, YO-YO MA, ROBERT TRUJILLO, CHAD SMITH / NOTHING ELSE MATTERS

DAVE GAHAN / NOTHING ELSE MATTERS

MICKEY GUYTON / NOTHING ELSE MATTERS

DERMOT KENNEDY / NOTHING ELSE MATTERS

MON LAFERTE / NOTHING ELSE MATTERS

IGOR LEVIT / NOTHING ELSE MATTERS

MY MORNING JACKET / NOTHING ELSE MATTERS

PG ROXETTE / NOTHING ELSE MATTERS

DARIUS RUCKER / NOTHING ELSE MATTERS

CHRIS STAPLETON / NOTHING ELSE MATTERS

TRESOR / NOTHING ELSE MATTERS

GOODNIGHT, TEXAS / OF WOLF AND MAN

IDLES / THE GOD THAT FAILED

IMELDA MAY / THE GOD THAT FAILED

CHERRY GLAZERR / MY FRIEND OF MISERY

IZÏA / MY FRIEND OF MISERY

KAMASI WASHINGTON / MY FRIEND OF MISERY

RODRIGO Y GABRIELA / THE STRUGGLE WITHIN

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The Metallica Blacklist will be available digitally on September 10th, with physical formats to follow on October 1st including 4 CD and a limited edition 7 LP vinyl pressing. Pre-orders will instantly receive multi-platinum selling recording artist, songwriter, philanthropist and trailblazer Miley Cyrus’ version of “Nothing Else Matters” featuring WATT, Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Trujillo and Chad Smith, and Latin music superstar Juanes’ interpretation of “Enter Sandman.”
 
* All profits from The Metallica Blacklist will be split evenly between the All Within My Hands Foundation and 50+ charities chosen by the artists who play on the album. All Within My Hands was founded by the band in 2017 as a way for the entire Metallica family to give back to communities that have supported the band by supporting workforce education, the fight against hunger, and other critical local services.

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