Metallica (1991)
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| Title: | Metallica (better known as The Black Album) |
| Creator: | Metallica & Bob Rock |
| Date(s): | August 12, 1991 |
| Medium: | Music, Music Video, Video |
| Fandom: | Metallica |
| Language: | English |
| External Links: | http://www.metallica.com, Album Release Page |
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The Album
The album was recorded at One on One Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, to record the album, and also at Little Mountain Sound Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia for about a week.
Track List
- Enter Sandman
- Sad But True
- Holier Than Thou
- The Unforgiven
- Wherever I May Roam
- Don't Tread On Me
- Through the Never
- Nothing Else Matters
- Of Wolf and Man
- The God That Failed
- My Friend of Misery
- The Struggle Within
Box Set Reissue
In 2021 it was the album's 30th Anniversary, it got a box set reissue completed with the album entirely reissued on both LP and CD. "Sad But True" on a double-sided picture disc, Live at Wembley Stadium, London show on April 20th, 1992, live at Tushion Airfield Moscow, Russia September 28th, 1991 where the band apparently played for over a million people (The following were all on Vinyl). Included were handwritten lyric sheets, a book filled with pictures of the band on tour; promo posters, pictures of possible album art, packaging, interviews from the guys in the band, and management. There were 14 CDs included, and 6 DVDs. A lanyard and replica tour/backstage passes.
CDs as listed (Full Track Listing)
- Metallica (Remastered)
- Interviews: The David Fricke Tapes
- Interviews: The Steffan Chirazi Tapes
- Riffs & Demos (Disc 1)
- Riffs & Demos (Disc 2)
- Pre-Production Rehearsals + Radio Edits
- Rough & Alternate Mixes (Disc 1)
- Rough & Alternate Mixes (Disc 2)
- Some Shit From Day On The Green, Oakland, CA - October 12th, 1991
- Live At Arco Arena, Sacramento, CA - January 11th, 1992 (Disc 1)
- Live At Arco Arena, Sacramento, CA - January 11th, 1992 (Disc 2)
- Live At Arco Arena, Sacramento, CA - January 11th, 1992 (Disc 3) + Covers & B-Sides
- Live At Maimarktgelände, Mannheim, Germany - May 22nd, 1993 (Disc 1)
- Live At Maimarktgelände, Mannheim, Germany - May 22nd, 1993 (Disc 2)
DVDs as listed
- A Year And A Half In The Life Of Metallica Outtakes
- Live At Gentofte Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark - August 10th, 1991 + Bonus Shit
- Live At Frankenhalle, Nuremberg, Germany - November 29th, 1992
- Live At Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium - July 4th, 1993
- Music Videos (Behind The Videos) + Halfin's Home Movies
- Wherever We May Roam
A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica was a documentary that the band filmed while they were in the studio making The Black Album. There is video footage of the band recording, mixing the record, doing promotion for the album, as well as touring up until late 1992. The documentary was split into two parts with extra footage being released in 2021 with the release of Metallica - The Deluxe Remastered Box Set.
This documentary was a precursor to what would come from their next documentary Some Kind of Monster in 2004.