The self-titled album from Metallica, often referred to as The Black Album, was the bands breakthrough album. It features a more radio-friendly sound than its thrash predecessor ...And Justice for All with slower song tempos and less complex song structures.

• "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"
• "So What?" (import bonus track)

• 1991: "Enter Sandman"
• 1991: "Don't Tread On Me"
• 1991: "The Unforgiven"
• 1992: "Nothing Else Matters"
• 1992: "Wherever I May Roam"
• 1992: "Sad but True"

• "Metallica is no longer the cutting edge of metal, as it was in the beginning, but the band is expanding its musical and expressive range on its own terms. This can only be a positive step for a group that is effectively bridging the gap between commercial metal and the much harder thrash of Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth".—Rolling StoneRolling Stone:Metallica Review (January 21, 1997)