Which Metallica song closes the original 1991 album Metallica?

“The Struggle Within” closes the original 1991 album Metallica.

It is the twelfth and final track on the standard album sequence. The song follows “Through the Never,” “Nothing Else Matters,” “Of Wolf and Man,” “The God That Failed,” and “My Friend of Misery” on the record’s final stretch.

The track’s placement gives the album an intense ending after the slower and more orchestral character of “Nothing Else Matters.” Its title and lyrics focus on internal conflict, a theme that connects with several other songs on the album, including “The Unforgiven” and “The God That Failed.”

“The Struggle Within” was not one of the album’s five commercial singles. Those were “Enter Sandman,” “The Unforgiven,” “Nothing Else Matters,” “Wherever I May Roam,” and “Sad but True.” The song nevertheless remains part of the complete original album sequence.