metallica black album came out on august 12, 1991.
metallica black album came out on august 12, 1991.
what year did metallica black album come out?
august 12 , 1991
metallica (commonly known as the black album) is the fifth studio album by american heavy metal band metallica. released on august 12, 1991 by elektra records, it received widespread critical acclaim and became the band's best-selling album. "metallica" produced five singles that are considered to be among the band's best-known songs, which include "enter sandman", "the unforgiven", "nothing else matters", "wherever i may roam", and "sad but true". a sixth song, "don't tread on me", was also issued to rock radio shortly after the album's release, but the song did not receive a commercial single release. the album marked a change in the band's sound from the thrash metal style of the previous four albums to a slower and heavier one rooted in heavy metal. metallica promoted the album with a series of tours. in 2003, the album was ranked number 255 on "rolling stone"s 500 greatest albums of all time.
metallica (album)
real-life albums which feature a completely black (or partially black) cover include genesis' "from genesis to revelation", utopia's "oblivion", status quo's "hello!", the beatles' "past masters", prince's "the black album", jay-z's "the black album", joy division's "unknown pleasures", kino's "chyorny albom", lupe fiasco's "", the roots' "organix", the eagles' "the long run", peter hammill's "a black box", ac/dc's "back in black", faust's "faust so far" and the damned's "the black album". the three latter examples were released in 1980 and were successful around the time the film was being developed. however, the velvet underground's 1968 release "white light/white heat" was probably the first album to spark this trend. another example is metallica's self-titled fifth album (often referred to as "the black album"). the members of spinal tap made pointed references to this when they appeared in metallica's long form video "a year and a half in the life of metallica". in the scene, they humorously confront the members of metallica; "we need to talk about the black album"; guest, in character as nigel tufnel confronts james hetfield and kirk hammett with "where did the idea come from to do an all-black album, metallica representatives?", causing hetfield and hammett to immediately begin coughing as a way to delay responding. in another scene in the metallica video, the band members are shown working in the studio when the test graphics for their album art arrive for their approval. james hetfield can be heard muttering the words, "none more black. the answer is 'none more black'."
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