What is the final track on Metallica’s 1991 self-titled album, commonly known as The Black Album?

“The Struggle Within” is the final track on Metallica’s 1991 self-titled album, commonly known as The Black Album.

The song closes the standard album after “The God That Failed.” It returns to a faster, more aggressive attack than several of the record’s mid-album songs, giving the sequence a forceful ending after the atmospheric ballad “Nothing Else Matters” and the darker “Of Wolf and Man.”

Its title reflects a recurring theme in James Hetfield’s lyrics: conflict can be internal as well as external. The Black Album mixes personal subjects, social concerns, religious questions, and travel imagery rather than following one continuous story.

“The Struggle Within” was not released as one of the album’s commercial singles. The five main singles were “Enter Sandman,” “The Unforgiven,” “Nothing Else Matters,” “Wherever I May Roam,” and “Sad but True,” which can make the closing track less familiar to casual listeners.