While a compilation of 53 bands covering 12 tracks is bound to include some misses, Blacklist includes a considerable amount of hits. Country superstar Chris Stapleton turns "Nothing Else Matters" into a twangy sing-along jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington totally transforms "My Friend of Misery" pop rockers Weezer stay as close to the original "Enter Sandman" as possible, while throwing in a nod to their hit, "Buddy Holly." There are a handful of recognizable rockers, too, including Corey Taylor covering "Holier Than Thou." Just as the influence of Metallica is far-reaching, so, too, are the artists on Blacklist.
But more than simply honoring the past, the band also invited friends-53 friends, to be exact-to help them propel the "Black Album" into the future.Įnter The Metallica Blacklist, a huge compilation that features those 53 friends sharing their covers of their favorite tracks from the album, each track benefiting Metallica's charitable foundation, All Within My Hands, as well as a charity of the artist's choice. 26, 2021 for the first time since doing it at their own Orion Music + More festival in 2012. That much is evident in the massive box set they released in 2021, as well as the fact that they performed it in its entirety, back to front, on Sept. No matter where the rest of the world lands, though, Metallica remain proud of the album they created in the early '90s with producer Bob Rock. The late Vinnie Paul wasn't as impressed when he first heard it, explaining in Louder Than Hell, "We felt like, although it was a great record, they had moved away from being a total metal band." the legacy of the Black Album will live on forever." They took their signature style and recorded an album that became universally accessible, but still fucking cool. Slash recently told SPIN, " crossed over in a way that made them a household name and they achieved that while maintaining their sonic integrity, songwriting and attitude. The domination of the "Black Album" brings with it much love and adoration as well as criticism, continuing to inspire and challenge musicians, young and old. 9 just a couple of weeks after its 30th anniversary. "Even for Metallica, the most successful band out of the American-metal underground," he writes, "this was surreal arithmetic." That surreal arithmetic never slowed down as the record has gone platinum 16 times in the United States, and in 2021, it returned to Billboard's Top 10 for the first time since 1992, reaching No.
And Justice For All had sold in three years. In a book included in the deluxe box set of Metallica, journalist David Fricke notes that the album sold over two million copies in four weeks, which was as much as.
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