Metallica To Celebrate ‘The Black Album’ With Remaster & ‘The Metallica Blacklist’ ft. 53 artists

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Metal legends Metallica have announced the 30th-anniversary celebrations of their self-titled fifth album – AKA The Black Album – with two landmark releases.

The Black Album is one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed records of all time. It’s 1991 release not only gave Metallica their first No. 1 album in no fewer than 10 countries, including a 4-week run at No. 1 in the U.S., its unrelenting series of singles — including ‘Enter Sandman’, ‘The Unforgiven’, ‘Nothing Else Matters’, ‘Wherever I May Roam’, and ‘Sad But True’ — fuelled the band’s rise to stadium headlining, radio and MTV dominating household name status. The album’s impact and relevance continue to grow—as proven by one indisputable fact: The Black Album remains unchallenged as the best-selling album in the history of Nielsen Soundscan, outselling every release in every genre over the past 30 years. To commemorate its 30th anniversary, the GRAMMY-winning, 16x platinum-certified Black Album is now set to receive its definitive re-release, being remastered for ultimate sound quality.

Check out the remastered ‘Enter Sandman’ here:

But that’s not all the band is doing to celebrate the release, today also announcing ‘The Metallica Blacklist’. Much more than a mere tribute album, ‘The Metallica Blacklist’ celebrates the enduring influence of this musical milestone with one of the most ambitious projects ever conceived by the Metallica team: An unprecedented 50+ artists spanning an unbelievably vast range of genres, generations, cultures, continents and more, each contributing a unique interpretation of their favourite Black Album cut.

The Metallica Blacklist’s 53 tracks find singer-songwriters, country artists, electronic and hip hop artists sharing their love of these songs alongside punk rockers, indie darlings, icons of rock, metal, world music and many, many more… and for 50+ good causes: Profits will be divided evenly between charities of the artist’s choice and Metallica’s All Within My Hands Foundation. ‘The Metallica Blacklist’ is a fitting and limitless homage, one that features bands who’ve shared stages with Metallica alongside artists who are younger than the original album. It’s a truly staggering, at times mystifying assemblage of musicians, dozens of whom have little to nothing in common other than the shared passion for the music that’s united them for this album: 1 Album. 12 Songs. 53 Artists. Unlimited Possibilities.

Both the newly remastered Black Album, and ‘The Metallica Blacklist’ will be available on September 10th on a variety of physical formats.

‘The Black Album’ remaster will be available in multiple configurations including 180 gram Double Vinyl LP, Standard CD and 3 CD Expanded Edition, digital, and Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set (containing the album remastered on 180G 2LP, a picture disc, three live LPs, 14 CDs (containing rough mixes, demos, interviews, live shows), 6 DVDs (containing outtakes, behind the scenes, official videos, live shows), a 120-page hardcover book, four tour laminates, three lithos, three guitar picks, a Metallica lanyard, a folder with lyric sheets, and a download card). Avalible to pre-order here.

‘The Metallica Blacklist’ will be available digitally on September 10th, with physical formats to follow on October 1st including 4 CD and a limited edition 7 LP vinyl pressing. Pre-orders will instantly receive multi-platinum selling recording artist, songwriter, philanthropist and trailblazer Miley Cyrus’ version of ‘Nothing Else Matters’ featuring WATT, Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Trujillo and Chad Smith, and Latin music superstar Juanes’ interpretation of ‘Enter Sandman’. Avalible to pre-order here.