What is the running time of Metallica’s standard The Black Album?

Metallica’s standard The Black Album has a running time of 62 minutes and 40 seconds.

That duration covers the twelve-song original studio album, beginning with “Enter Sandman” and ending with “The Struggle Within.” The sequence balances concise, riff-driven songs with longer pieces such as “The Unforgiven” and “Nothing Else Matters.”

The running time applies to the standard album, not to expanded anniversary editions. The 2021 deluxe box set added live recordings, demos, alternate material, and other archival content, so its total playing time is much longer. Different physical formats can also list the duration with slightly different punctuation or rounding.

The album’s length reflects a songwriting change from the band’s earlier work. Metallica had felt that the long and complex structures on ...And Justice for All had gone too far, so the new songs generally used simpler arrangements and more immediate forms.