Which track closes Metallica's The Black Album?

“The Struggle Within” is the closing track on Metallica's The Black Album.

It appears as track 12, following “My Friend of Misery.” The song completes the original album sequence after a set of tracks that moves from “Enter Sandman” through “Sad but True,” “The Unforgiven,” “Nothing Else Matters,” and other major songs.

The closing position is sometimes confused with “My Friend of Misery,” which is the penultimate track. That confusion is understandable because both songs appear near the end of the record and both are less prominent in popular culture than the album's major singles.

The Black Album contains 12 original tracks. Its sequence was designed as a complete album rather than merely a collection of singles, and the final song provides the record's concluding statement after its progression through themes of fear, isolation, faith, and personal conflict.