Metallica - Metallica (The Black Album) (180g vinyl 2LP ) ( 2021 remaster )

Release date: 10-09-2021 (originally released in 1991)

2021 EU remastered 180g vinyl 2LP - In 1991, Metallica released their self-titled album - better known by fans as The Black Album - and saw their popularity soar to stratospheric heights. The band's first with producer Bob Rock, the 12-song set was a subtle departure from previous outings with shorter songs, a fuller sound and simpler arrangements.

Tracks: (2LP )
A1 Enter Sandman
A2 Sad But True
A3 Holier Than Thou

B1 The Unforgiven
B2 Wherever I May Roam
B3 Don't Tread On Me

C1 Through The Never
C2 Nothing Else Matters
C3 Of Wolf And Man

D1 The God That Failed
D2 My Friend Of Misery
D3 The Struggle Within

It shot straight to No. 1 all over the world, going on to sell in excess of 15 million copies in the U.S. alone and 22 million across the globe. The Black Album spawned several legitimate singles including signature classics like "Enter Sandman," "The Unforgiven," "Nothing Else Matters," "Wherever I May Roam" and "Sad but True," and earned various awards along the way including a Grammy.

One of those aforementioned singles, "Enter Sandman," became Metallica's "Paranoid" and/or "Ace Of Spades" with regards to its enduring popularity, and it consistently remains one of the band's most requested. Metallica also broke new ground here with the track, "Nothing Else Matters," adding a traditional 'ballad-style' song to their ever aggressive musical lexicon.

Q Magazine fittingly proclaimed that Metallica's The Black Album elevated the band “from cult metal heroes into global superstar