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Metallica | Selling Out Yet Again

Metallica | Selling Out Yet Again Sorry, Couldn’t resist the headline. It’s amazing, no matter how much bad press they get. No matter how crappy of a record they put out lately, Metallica can still sell out a concert in less than an hour. I honestly don’t know why they even bother writing new material and recording it. Why don’t they just keep touring for the rest of their lives and playing old stuff. It works for Kiss and I’m sure it would work for them. If they use the excuse “We write new st

No more Pots and Pans? This time around Lars actually used the snare and Kirk is playing solos. Since Monday Metallica has been in Los Angeles recording their new album - the last time they recorded anything outside of the Bay area was when they spent an eternity at One-on-One studios making the legendary 'Black Album'. (Pics from the Studio)

Metallica
Studio album by Metallica
Released	August 12, 1991
Recorded	October 1990 – June 1991 at "One On One" studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	62:37
Label	Elektra
Producer	Bob Rock, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Q magazine Rolling Stone link
Metallica chronology
...And Justice for All (1988) Metallica (1991) Live Shit: Binge & Purge (1993)

Metallica (also known as The Black Album, in reference to The White Album, because of its largely black and nearly-featureless cover) is the 1991 self-titled 5th studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica.

Metallica was released August 12, 1991, through Elektra Records and is the band's best-selling album to date, with 15 million copies sold in the United States alone as of 2007 and 22 million copies worldwide.

On the cover, only the band's logo and a coiled snake (derived from the Gadsden flag - which could be seen hanging on a wall in the "One on One" recording studio where the album was recorded) are visible. The motto of the Gadsden flag, "Don't Tread on Me", is also the title of a song featured on the album.

Metallica DVD-Audio 5.1 mix was released in 2004 through Elektra Records.