In 1991, Metallica released a self-titled album that everyone has called The Black Album ever since. It's the band's magnum opus, and it still rules today. To celebrate the album's 30th anniversary, a new project called The Metallica Blacklist is coming soon (see it at Amazon). It's a behemoth collection of covers of the 12 songs on The Black Album, performed by musicians like Weezer, Phoebe Bridgers, Jason Isbell, St. Vincent, Cage the Elephant, Portugal the Man, and many, many more.
All told, The Metallica Blacklist contains 53 tracks, with 53 bands, musicians, and electronic and hip hop artists offering their own unique take on their favorite song from The Black Album. Some of them sound similar to the original; others go their own way. For instance, there's a Miley Cyrus version of "Nothing Else Matters" featuring Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, and more. It gets wild, friends.
Preorder The Metallica Blacklist
You can already stream a bunch of the tracks on Spotify to see what you think. The full album lands on digital and streaming on September 10. But if you want to own The Metallica Blacklist in physical form, you can preorder it on CD or in limited-edition vinyl now. Better yet, Amazon has both physical versions on sale. Preorder above, or keep scrolling down to see the full track and which bands are covering which songs.
All profits from The Metallica Blacklist are going to various charities. These includes Metallica's charitable foundation All Within My Hands, plus the various artists' charity of choice. You can find details of where the money's going for each track here.
The Metallica Blacklist Track List
- Enter Sandman – Alessia Cara & The Warning
- Enter Sandman – Mac DeMarco
- Enter Sandman – Ghost
- Enter Sandman – Juanes
- Enter Sandman – Rina Sawayama
- Enter Sandman – Weezer
- Sad But True (Live) – Sam Fender
- Sad But True – Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
- Sad But True – Mexican Institute of Sound feat. La Perla & Gera MX
- Sad But True – Royal Blood
- Sad But True – St. Vincent
- Sad But True – White Reaper
- Sad But True – YB
- Holier Than Thou – Biffy Clyro
- Holier Than Thou – The Chats
- Holier Than Thou – OFF!
- Holier Than Thou – PUP
- Holier Than Thou – Corey Taylor
- The Unforgiven – Cage The Elephant
- The Unforgiven – Vishal Dadlani, DIVINE, Shor Police
- The Unforgiven – Diet Cig
- The Unforgiven – Flatbush Zombies feat. DJ Scratch
- The Unforgiven – HaAsh
- The Unforgiven – José Madero
- The Unforgiven – Moses Sumney
- Wherever I May Roam – J Balvin
- Wherever I May Roam – Chase & Status feat. BackRoad Gee
- Wherever I May Roam – The Neptunes
- Wherever I May Roam – Jon Pardi
- Don’t Tread on Else Matters – SebastiAn
- Don’t Tread on Me – Portugal. The Man
- Don’t Tread on Me – Volbeat
- Through the Never – The HU
- Through the Never – Tomi Owó
- Nothing Else Matters – Phoebe Bridgers
- Nothing Else Matters – Miley Cyrus feat WATT, Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Trujillo, Chad Smith
- Nothing Else Matters – Dave Gahan
- Nothing Else Matters – Mickey Guyton
- Nothing Else Matters – Dermot Kennedy
- Nothing Else Matters – Mon Laferte
- Nothing Else Matters – Igor Levit
- Nothing Else Matters – My Morning Jacket
- Nothing Else Matters – PG Roxette
- Nothing Else Matters – Darius Rucker
- Nothing Else Matters – Chris Stapleton
- Nothing Else Matters – TRESOR
- Of Wolf and Man – Goodnight, Texas
- The God That Failed – IDLES
- The God That Failed – Imelda May
- My Friend of Misery – Cherry Glazerr
- My Friend of Misery – Izïa
- My Friend of Misery – Kamasi Washington
- The Struggle Within – Rodrigo y Gabriela
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