Metallica

Metallica (also known as The Black Album) is the 1991 self-titled 5th studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica.

Metallica was released on August 12, 1991 through Elektra Records, and is the band's best-selling album to date, with 15 million copies sold in the United States alone as of 2007 and 22 million copies worldwide. As of April 16th 2008, the album has sold 15,143,895 copies in the US.

On the cover, only the band's logo and a coiled snake (derived from the Gadsden flag) are visible. The motto of the Gadsden flag, "Don't Tread on Me", is also the title of a song featured on the album.

Metallica DVD-Audio 5.1 mix was released in 2004 through Elektra Records.