Which song closes Metallica's 1991 album, The Black Album?

“The Struggle Within” closes Metallica's 1991 album, The Black Album.

It is the record's twelfth and final track, following “My Friend of Misery.” The song provides a fast, intense conclusion after the album's more spacious and groove-oriented middle sections.

The track was written by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, with the album's principal songwriting credits generally shared by the pair. Its subject centers on inner conflict, matching the album's recurring themes of fear, anger, isolation, and personal pressure.

A frequent sequencing mistake is choosing “My Friend of Misery,” because it is the penultimate song and has a prominent bass-centered opening. The original album ends with “The Struggle Within.”