Which Metallica album song features a sitar played by James Hetfield?

“Wherever I May Roam” features a sitar played by James Hetfield.

The song appears as track five on Metallica’s 1991 album and is built around a distinctive, expansive riff that matches its roaming lyrical perspective. The sitar part adds an unusual timbral color to the band’s otherwise guitar-driven heavy-metal arrangement.

James Hetfield is best known in Metallica as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist, but the album’s instrumentation includes more than his standard electric-guitar parts. His sitar contribution is one of the record’s notable production details and helps distinguish “Wherever I May Roam” from the album’s more conventional arrangements.

The song is sometimes confused with “Nothing Else Matters,” which is famous for its orchestral elements, or “My Friend of Misery,” which contains prominent bass-related contributions. The sitar detail specifically belongs to “Wherever I May Roam.”