Which Metallica song closes Metallica, known as The Black Album?

“The Struggle Within” closes Metallica, the album commonly known as The Black Album.

It is the twelfth and final track in the standard album sequence. The song follows “My Friend of Misery” and completes a record that moves through themes including fear, isolation, faith, conflict, and personal pressure. Its placement gives the album a forceful ending after the expansive “Nothing Else Matters.”

The closing track is sometimes overlooked because the album’s major singles dominate public discussion. “Enter Sandman,” “The Unforgiven,” “Nothing Else Matters,” “Wherever I May Roam,” and “Sad but True” all received substantial attention, while “The Struggle Within” was not released as one of the album’s five commercial singles.

The answer applies to the standard twelve-track edition. Regional bonus tracks and later deluxe releases can add material, but they do not change the closing position of the original standard sequence.