What was the approximate running time of Metallica’s original Black Album edition?

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

That length comes from the album’s 12-song standard sequence, which combines compact heavy-rock tracks with several extended performances. “The Unforgiven,” “Wherever I May Roam,” “My Friend of Misery,” and “The Struggle Within” all contribute to the record’s substantial overall duration.

The running time is often confused with the lengths of expanded anniversary editions. Later releases added demos, live recordings, rough mixes, and other archival material, making those editions much longer than the original 1991 album.

A running time describes the audio content of one edition, not the number of songs or the length of a concert set. For the standard original release, the catalogued total is 62:40.