Which Metallica song on The Black Album features a prominent orchestral arrangement?

“Nothing Else Matters” is the Metallica song on The Black Album with a prominent orchestral arrangement.

The song began as a private guitar idea by James Hetfield. He developed it into a full Metallica composition, and the finished recording became one of the band’s best-known power ballads.

Michael Kamen arranged the orchestral parts for the album version. The strings broaden the song’s emotional scale while leaving its central guitar melody and vocal performance prominent. This combination helped the track reach audiences far beyond traditional heavy-metal listeners.

“Nothing Else Matters” was released as the album’s third single in 1992. It is sometimes described as a ballad, but it remains a Metallica composition built around the band’s guitars, drums, and vocals, with orchestration added to the studio arrangement.