What is the title of the final track on Metallica's The Black Album?

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“The Struggle Within” is the final track on Metallica's The Black Album.

It appears as track 12 and lasts 3 minutes and 53 seconds. The song closes an album whose sequence moves through major singles, reflective material, and increasingly intense late tracks before ending with a compact burst of heavy metal.

The track was written by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, with Hetfield credited for the lyrics. Like much of the album, it uses a more direct structure than the lengthy compositions on ...And Justice for All. Its placement gives the record a forceful ending after “My Friend of Misery,” the preceding track.

The final-track question is easy to mix up because several Black Album songs are closely associated with the band. “Nothing Else Matters” is track eight, “The God That Failed” is track ten, and “My Friend of Misery” is track eleven. Only “The Struggle Within” occupies the closing position.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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