Metallica's original 1991 album, commonly called The Black Album, has an exact running time of 62:40.
That means the standard studio sequence lasts 62 minutes and 40 seconds, a substantial length for a major early-1990s rock release. The album contains 12 songs, including the extended “Nothing Else Matters” and “The Unforgiven.”
The timing applies to the original album configuration, not to anniversary editions or expanded box sets. Later releases add demos, live recordings, interviews, and other archival material, so their total playback time is much longer.
Listeners may also encounter slightly different timings on digital services or regional editions because of mastering and bonus-track variations. The canonical original-album figure remains 62:40.