What is the final song on Metallica's original album commonly called The Black Album?

“The Struggle Within” is the final song on Metallica’s original album, commonly called The Black Album.

It closes the standard 12-track sequence after “My Friend of Misery.” The song is one of the album’s more aggressive pieces, providing a forceful ending after the broader stylistic range of tracks such as “Nothing Else Matters” and “The Unforgiven.” Its placement gives the original record a decisive conclusion rather than ending on a ballad or a slow fade.

The album’s track order is easy to mix up because several songs became major singles and are more familiar to casual listeners than the closing track. “Of Wolf and Man,” “Through the Never,” and “My Friend of Misery” all appear earlier in the sequence.

Expanded anniversary editions add demos, live recordings, and other material, so their complete track listings finish differently. The answer here refers to the original standard studio album released in 1991.