Rhino has just announced an exclusive METALLICA The Black Album remastered deluxe box set and tour jacket bundle.
This bundle features the same deluxe box set you can find in the band’s official store. Still, it has the bonus of an American-made genuine leather and Melton wool tour jacket with quilted lining inspired by the one made for the band and family during the “Wherever We May Roam” tour.
Pre-order at Rhino.com.
The Black Album is one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed records of all time. Its 1991 release not only gave METALLICA it’s first No. 1 album in no fewer than ten countries, including a four-week run at No. 1 in the U.S., its unrelenting series of singles — “Enter Sandman,” “The Unforgiven,” “Nothing Else Matters,” “Wherever I May Roam” and “Sad But True” — fueled the band’s rise to stadium headlining, radio and MTV dominating household name status. The album’s reception from the press was similarly charged, building over the years from the top 10 of the 1991 Village Voice Pazz & Jop national critics poll to becoming a constant presence in the likes of Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time. Moreover, the album’s impact and relevance continue to grow — as proven by one indisputable fact: The Black Album remains unchallenged as the best-selling album in the history of Nielsen SoundScan, outselling every release in every genre over the past 30 years.
To commemorate its 30th anniversary, the Grammy-winning, 16-times-platinum-certified Black Album is receiving its definitive re-release on September 10 via the band’s Blackened Recordings. Remastered for ultimate sound quality, The Black Album will be available in multiple configurations, including 180-gram double vinyl LP, standard CD, and 3 CD expanded edition, digital, and limited-edition deluxe box set (containing the album remastered on 180-gram 2LP, a picture disc, three live LPs, 14 CDs (containing rough mixes, demos, interviews, live shows), 6 DVDs (containing outtakes, behind the scenes, official videos, live shows), a 120-page hardcover book, four tour laminates, three lithos, three guitar picks, a METALLICA lanyard, a folder with lyric sheets, and a download card).
METALLICA‘s self-titled LP in 2014 became the first album to sell 16 million copies since Nielsen SoundScan started tracking sales in 1991.
“Metallica” was already certified 16 times platinum on December 13, 2012, by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association Of America) for shipments of over 16 million copies in the U.S.
The album in 2009 surpassed SHANIA TWAIN‘s 1997 record, “Come On Over,” as the best-selling CD of the SoundScan era.
“Metallica” was the first of four collaborations with producer Bob Rock, with whom the band clashed throughout the disc’s recording.
METALLICA performed “the black album” in its entirety at several European festivals in 2012.