Which Metallica song is the eighth track on The Black Album?

“Nothing Else Matters” is the eighth track on Metallica’s The Black Album.

On the original album sequence, it follows “Through the Never” and comes before “Of Wolf and Man.” The song lasts 6 minutes and 28 seconds, making it one of the record’s longer pieces and one of its most distinctive departures from Metallica’s earlier thrash-oriented work.

James Hetfield wrote the song while on tour, initially treating it as a private expression connected to a recent relationship. Its open, arpeggiated guitar figure and orchestral arrangement gave it a reflective character that contrasted with the album’s heavier tracks.

“Nothing Else Matters” was released as the third commercial single on April 20, 1992. It reached number six in the United Kingdom and Ireland and became one of Metallica’s most widely recognized songs, despite the band’s earlier reputation for aggressive speed-metal music.