On this day in music history: August 12, 1991 - Metallica, the fifth album by Metallica is released. Produced by Bob Rock, James Hetfield, and Lars Ulrich, it is recorded at One On One Recording Studios in North Hollywood, CA and Little Mountain Sound Studios in Vancouver, B.C., Canada from October 6, 1990 - June 16, 1991. Impressed with his work on labelmate Mötley Crües Dr. Feelgood album, the veteran metal band will hire producer Bob Rock to produce the follow up to their successful fourth album ...And Justice For All. Musically, it will differ from previous Metallica albums, with many of the songs having slower tempos than the bands trademark high velocity thrash metal style. The recording sessions with Rock will often be tense as he pushes the band members outside their normal comfort zone within the studio. The intense atmosphere will spread to their personal lives as well with Hetfield, Ulrich, and bassist Jason Newsted all winding up divorced from their spouses by the time recording is completed. In spite of all of the turmoil, the album will be a huge critical and commercial success, launching Metallica into the mainstream on a worldwide basis. Nicknamed The Black Album by fans (for its stark black cover featuring the bands logo and a coiled snake in dark grey print), it will spin off six singles including Enter Sandman (#16 Pop, #10 Mainstream Rock), Sad But True (#98 Pop, #15 Mainstream Rock), The Unforgiven (#35 Pop, #10 Mainstream Rock) and Nothing Else Matters (#34 Pop, #11 Mainstream Rock). The album will win a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 1992. Metallica will spend four weeks at number one on the Billboard Top 200, and is certified 16x Platinum in the US by the RIAA.
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