METALLICA – Metallica / The Black Album (Remastered Expanded Edition 2021)

It’s finally here. METALLICA’s eponymous album, better known as ”The Black Album”, is remastered and will be available everywhere on September 10th on various formats.
This 3-CD Expanded Edition has an alternate cover handpicked by Lars Ulrich and includes 3 discs featuring the newly remastered album and previously unreleased, demos, rough mixes, & live tracks.
‘The Black Album’ is one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed records of all time, with global sales of over 35 million, and contains a series of unrelenting singles, “Enter Sandman,” “The Unforgiven”, “Nothing Else Matters,” “Wherever I May Roam,” and “Sad But True.”
The remastering by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering is awesome.

CD 1 – METALLICA (REMASTERED 2021)
01. Enter Sandman (Remastered 2021) (05:31)
02. Sad But True (Remastered 2021) (05:24)
03. Holier Than Thou (Remastered 2021) (03:47)
04. The Unforgiven (Remastered 2021) (06:27)
05. Wherever I May Roam (Remastered 2021) (06:44)
06. Don’t Tread on Me (Remastered 2021) (04:00)
07. Through the Never (Remastered 2021) (04:04)
08. Nothing Else Matters (Remastered 2021) (06:28)
09. Of Wolf and Man (Remastered 2021) (04:16)
10. The God That Failed (Remastered 2021) (05:08)
11. My Friend of Misery (Remastered 2021) (06:49)
12. The Struggle Within (Remastered 2021) (03:52)

CD 2 – RIFFS, DEMOS, ROUGH MIXES & EASY LISTENING MUSIC
01. Enter Sandman (From Kirk’s Riff Tapes) (01:11)
02. Enter Sandman (May 13th, 1991 Rough Mix) (05:35)
03. Sad But True (July 12th, 1990, Demo) (05:11)
04. Holier Than Thou (August 13th, 1990, Demo) (03:48)
05. The Unforgiven (Pre-Production Rehearsal) (06:43)
06. Wherever I May Roam (July 30th, 1990, Writing in Progress) (06:05)
07. Don’t Tread on Me (August 13th, 1990, Demo) (03:58)
08. Through the Never (Take 53 – October 22nd, 1990) (04:13)
09. Nothing Else Matters (From James’ Riff Tapes) (04:54)
10. Of Wolf and Man (June 2nd, 1991 Rough Mix) (04:18)
11. The God That Failed (August 31st, 1990, Demo) (04:44)
12. My Friend of Misery (Pre-Production Rehearsal) (06:23)
13. The Struggle Within (Take 12 – November 10th, 1990) (03:25)
14. Nothing Else Matters (Elevator Version) (06:31)

CD 3 – WHEREVER WE MAY ROAM
01. Enter Sandman (Live at Tushino Airfield, Moscow, Russia / September 28th, 1991) (05:21)
02. Sad But True (Live at Day on the Green, Oakland, CA / October 12th, 1991) (05:38)
03. Holier Than Thou (Live at L.C. Walker Arena, Muskegon, MI / November 1st 1991) (04:02)
04. The Unforgiven (Live at Arco Arena, Sacramento, CA / January 11th, 1992) (07:31)
05. Wherever I May Roam (Live at Day on the Green, Oakland, CA / October 12th, 1991) (06:57)
06. Creeping Death (Live at Arco Arena, Sacramento, CA / January 11th, 1992) (08:03)
07. Through the Never (Live at Arco Arena, Sacramento, CA / January 11th, 1992) (04:22)
08. Nothing Else Matters (Live at Wembley Stadium, London, England / April 20th, 1992) (06:23)
09. Of Wolf and Man (Live at Maimarktgelände, Mannheim, Germany / May 22nd, 1993) (04:16)
10. For Whom the Bell Tolls (Live at Day on the Green, Oakland, CA / October 12th, 1991) (05:59)
11. One (Live at Tushino Airfield, Moscow, Russia / September 28th, 1991) (08:14)
12. Whiplash (Live at Tushino Airfield, Moscow, Russia / September 28th, 1991) (05:41)
13. So What (Live at Maimarktgelände, Mannheim, Germany / May 22nd, 1993) (03:31)

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