Which song closes the standard track listing on Metallica’s 1991 album, The Black Album?

“The Struggle Within” closes the standard track listing on Metallica’s 1991 album, The Black Album.

It is track 12 of the original album and follows “My Friend of Misery.” The song provides a forceful ending after the record’s best-known singles, returning to a tense and aggressive style while preserving the album’s polished production.

The closing position is sometimes confused because “My Friend of Misery” is the final song on some listeners’ mental list of the album’s late sequence. In the standard order, however, “My Friend of Misery” is track 11 and “The Struggle Within” is track 12.

Deluxe reissues add numerous live recordings, demos, and other material after the original sequence. Those additions can make the last item on a modern box set different, but they do not alter the closing song of the standard 1991 album.