- heavy metal, hard rock, metal, rock
- 63 min
- 12 tracks
- Vertigo
Metallica is the fifth studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released on August 12, 1991, by Elektra Records. Recording sessions took place at One on One Recording Studios in Los Angeles over an eight-month span that frequently found Metallica at odds with their new producer Bob Rock. The album marked a change in the band's music from the thrash metal style of their previous four albums to a slower, heavier, and more refined sound.
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Character
Grave, spare, earnest and character-led.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune3.5/4 ★
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- Los Angeles Times3.5/5 ★
- MusicHound Rock5/5 ★
- Pitchfork7.7/10
- Q3/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Select4/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1Enter Sandman5:32
- A2Sad but True5:25
- A3Holier Than Thou3:48
- B1The Unforgiven6:27
- B2Wherever I May Roam6:44
- B3Don’t Tread on Me4:00
- C1Through the Never4:04
- C2Nothing Else Matters6:29
- C3Of Wolf and Man4:17
- D1The God That Failed5:09
- D2My Friend of Misery6:50
- D3The Struggle Within3:54
12 tracks, 63 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Metallica
- Label
- Vertigo
- Released
- 1991
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- XE
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