Which studio in Vancouver did Metallica use while recording The Black Album?

Metallica used Little Mountain Sound in Vancouver, British Columbia, while recording The Black Album. Most of the album’s sessions took place at One on One Recording Studios in Los Angeles.

The band began recording in October 1990. The Vancouver studio was used for about a week, while later overdubs and mixing took place at A&M Studios in Hollywood during June and July 1991.

The recording process lasted roughly eight months and involved extensive work with producer Bob Rock. Rock encouraged the musicians to perform more as a unified band, rather than assembling rhythm parts separately as they had often done before.

Little Mountain Sound had a strong reputation in Canadian recording history and was associated with other major rock productions. Its appearance in The Black Album’s credits is therefore a detail about the album’s production locations, not the name of its principal Los Angeles studio.