How many studio tracks are on Metallica’s standard The Black Album track listing?

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Metallica’s standard The Black Album track listing contains 12 studio tracks.

The sequence begins with “Enter Sandman” and ends with “The Struggle Within.” Between them are songs including “Sad but True,” “Holier Than Thou,” “The Unforgiven,” “Wherever I May Roam,” “Don’t Tread on Me,” “Through the Never,” “Nothing Else Matters,” “Of Wolf and Man,” and “My Friend of Misery.”

The count refers to the original standard album, not later deluxe editions. Anniversary editions expanded the material with demos, live performances, alternate versions, and other archival recordings, so those releases contain far more than 12 tracks.

The original vinyl edition arranged the tracks across four sides: tracks 1–3 on Side A, 4–6 on Side B, 7–9 on Side C, and 10–12 on Side D. That layout explains why the standard album has a dozen songs.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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