Metallica staged its European Black Album Tour in 2012, playing The Black Album in full. The tour was built around the album's 20th-anniversary period and presented the record as a complete live sequence rather than only a selection of singles.
The band used a reversed running order for the album portion of the shows, beginning with “The Struggle Within” and ending with “Enter Sandman.” That arrangement allowed the concert to finish with the record's best-known opening track.
The tour also used a large production designed for stadium and festival settings. Metallica combined the full album performance with other material, giving audiences both an anniversary presentation and a broader career-spanning set.
The year can be confused with 1991, the album's original release year, or 2021, the 30th-anniversary reissue year. The Black Album Tour was a distinct later concert event.