Which Metallica album track closes the standard 1991 edition of Metallica, known as The Black Album?

“The Struggle Within” closes the standard 1991 edition of Metallica, known as The Black Album.

The song is track 12, following “My Friend of Misery” in the original sequence. It is one of the album’s shorter and more aggressive pieces, providing a forceful ending after the slower, more spacious feel of “Nothing Else Matters” and the instrumental atmosphere of “My Friend of Misery.”

Listeners can encounter different track counts when exploring the album’s anniversary editions. The 2021 expanded release added demos, live performances, and other archival recordings, but those extras do not change the closing song of the original standard album. “The Struggle Within” should also not be confused with “The Unforgiven,” another Black Album track whose title refers to a different lyrical theme.