What nickname became widely used for Metallica’s self-titled 1991 album?
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The Black Album
2020 Metallica's The Black Album 35th Anniversary Trivia Questions with Answers
2020 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What was Metallica's working title for The Black Album during recording?
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Married to Metal
What award did Metallica's 1991 album, known as The Black Album, win at the 1992 Grammy Awards?
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Best Metal Performance
What is Metallica’s self-titled 1991 album, widely known by its nickname?
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The Black Album
Which Metallica song began as Jason Newsted's riff and was originally intended to be an instrumental?
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My Friend of Misery
What was Metallica’s first-week U.S. sales figure for its 1991 self-titled album?
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598,000 copies
Which Metallica album song features a sitar played by James Hetfield?
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Wherever I May Roam
What was the date range of Metallica’s main recording sessions for The Black Album?
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October 6, 1990–June 16, 1991
Which Metallica song was the last Black Album track to receive its lyrics?
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Enter Sandman
Which Metallica video won Best Rock Video at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards?
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Enter Sandman
Which Metallica member wrote the main riff for the album track My Friend of Misery?
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Jason Newsted
Which Metallica album track is the only one on which Kirk Hammett does not play guitar?
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Nothing Else Matters
Which Metallica song on The Black Album features no studio performance by Kirk Hammett?
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Nothing Else Matters
Which artist painted the cover illustration for Metallica’s self-titled 1991 album?
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Don Brautigam
Which Metallica song from The Black Album is one of the few studio recordings without Kirk Hammett playing?
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Nothing Else Matters
What Billboard 200 milestone did Metallica achieve with its 1991 self-titled album?
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First Metallica album to debut at number one
Which additional ensemble performs on Metallica's “Nothing Else Matters” from The Black Album?
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London Symphony Orchestra
Which Metallica member wrote all the lyrics for The Black Album?
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James Hetfield
Which Metallica song on The Black Album features a spoken-word prayer by a child?
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Enter Sandman
Who engineered Metallica’s The Black Album?
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Randy Staub
Which Metallica album track features an orchestral arrangement by Michael Kamen?
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Nothing Else Matters
Which album was Metallica's immediate studio predecessor before The Black Album?
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...And Justice for All
Which band did Metallica cover on the Japanese edition of The Black Album?
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Anti-Nowhere League
Which Metallica album track began as an instrumental built around Jason Newsted's main riff?
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My Friend of Misery
What Billboard 200 milestone did Metallica’s 1991 album achieve for the band?
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Metallica’s first number-one album
Which flag inspired the coiled snake on the cover of Metallica's 1991 self-titled album?
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The Gadsden flag
Which song was initially planned as the opening track of Metallica's 1991 album Metallica?
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Holier Than Thou
At which recording studio did Metallica chiefly record the album commonly called The Black Album?
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One on One Recording Studios
The intro to Metallica's song “Don't Tread on Me” interpolates music from which musical?
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West Side Story