Metallica have released three new covers of their song “The Unforgiven,” as well as a rough mix of the track, in anticipation of their upcoming massive Black Album 30th-anniversary campaign.

The other is a covers collection called The Metallica Blacklist featuring 53 artists’ take on “Black Album” songs. The lineup Metallica have assembled is surprisingly light on metal bands.

Artists as diverse as Miley Cyrus, Phoebe Bridgers, J Balvin, Jason Isbell, Dave Gahan, Chris Stapleton and Kamasi Washington have their way with Metallica's so-called "Black Album." Go ahead ...

That cover is what really pushed us in the direction ... who sings “Nothing Else Matters” on The Blacklist. “The Black Album is Metallica really landing.” “We said, ‘Pick a song.

Then it becomes this balancing act between the different creative forces." But not all of Metallica's album covers carry the vibe of high art: They occasionally use these images to showcase their ...

That translated to album packaging which focused on monochrome ... Nigel Tufnel chimes in and calls Metallica's cover an "underhanded, left-wing tribute," before the members of Spinal Tap settle ...

Metallica‘s Kirk Hammett named the album “everyone in the world should own” in a new feature with Consequence. The guitarist shared 11 records that made an impact on him growing up when he was trying ...

Here are the 10 best covers songs of Metallica's 'Black Album' tribute. At this point, there isn't much need to argue Metallica's global influence. Forty years into their career and 125 million ...

Metallica joined ... the metal legends performed a cover of their 1973 classic "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding," the opening track from John's signature album, Goodbye Yellow Brick ...

While Metallica has re-released some of their classic songs, as well as a live album with the San Francisco Symphony and commissioned cover albums with singers like Phoebe Bridgers and Weezer ...

Go ahead: make the “None more black” Spinal Tap joke when it comes to Metallica’s eponymously titled 1991 album. It wasn’t just the cover but the band’s melodic nihilism that made that ...