Metallica’s self-titled album has now spent 999 weeks on the U.K.’s Official Rock & Metal Albums chart, nearing a historic 1,000-week milestone. (MANDATORY CREDIT Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images) ...

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Metallica’s 1991 self-titled fifth studio album, commonly referred to as “The Black Album,” was a landmark album for the metal world. While Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath had helped bring heavy metal ...

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Put kindly, many fans see the trio of albums Metallica released in the ‘90s as a low point for the band. Some were still on board after the release of their 1991 self-titled album (The Black Album).