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
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.