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An excerpt from the 2021 'Metallica: The $24.95 Book' looks at the impact of Metallica's Black Album on the music industry and pop culture.

Metallica’s music video for the original “Black Album” version of “Nothing Else Matters” has officially reached one-billion views on YouTube. That’s double the views of “Enter Sandman.” Besides the premiere of “Jungle Cruise,” the timing of the milestone is convenient since Metallica is gearing up to release the 30th-anniversary edition of the “Black Album.” Check out the “Jungle Cruise” version of “Nothing Else Matters” to the right. Source:

Metallica as youve never heard them before. Last fall, it was revealed that the metal legends had recorded an orchestral version of their song "Nothing Else Matters" for the upcoming Disney movie Jungle Cruise. Now, with the pandemic-delayed film set to finally be released this Friday, weve gotten our first preview of what Disney Metallica sounds like. Brief snippets of the track can be heard in a new Jungle Cruise teaser, which Metallica tweeted Thursday. According to the band, youll hear "N...

By Syndicated Content Disney Metallica as you’ve never heard them before. Last fall, it was revealed that the metal legends had recorded an orchestral version of their song “Nothing Else Matters” for the upcoming Disney movie Jungle Cruise. Now, with the pandemic-delayed film set to finally be released this Friday, we’ve gotten our first preview of what Disney Metallica sounds like. Brief snippets of the track can be heard in a new Jungle Cruise teaser, which Metal...

Disneys Jungle Cruise figures to be a hot ticket this weekend (and on Disney + as well) and those viewing the Dwayne Johnson-Emily Blunt-starring film will be treated to a new version of Metallicas "Nothing Else Matters." Continuing a celebratory summer for Metallica as they revisit the 30th anniversary of their self-titled Black album, a brand new version of "Nothing Else Matters" will be featured in the film. Fans can already get a little taste of it in the trailer for the movie toward the ...

Plenty of artists are crossing genre lines nowadays and Ed Sheeran is no exception — he even said hes "not opposed to creating" a death metal album after citing Cradle of Filth as a band hes listened to a lot. "I was really into death metal as a kid. I listened to Cradle of Filth and Slipknot and all that stuff," the singer-songwriter said, according to the Sun. "I’m not saying I could ever step into that world." The musician noted that he learned a lot of riffs by the two aforementioned ...

Plenty of artists are crossing genre lines nowadays and Ed Sheeran is no exception — he even said hes "not opposed to creating" a death metal album after citing Cradle of Filth as a band hes listened to a lot. "I was really into death metal as a kid. I listened to Cradle of Filth and Slipknot and all that stuff," the singer-songwriter said, according to the Sun. "I’m not saying I could ever step into that world." The musician noted that he learned a lot of riffs by the two aforementioned ...

The bands are among the 50-plus artists who have contributed to the  Blacklist tribute album — a collection of "Black" album covers by a wide variety of artists, which will be released on the same day as the massive reissue of Metallicas historic and game-changing 1991 record. This pair of covers arrive on the same day Metallica debuted a 1990 pre-production rehearsal recording of "Holier Than Thou," which is among the albums more thrash-oriented cuts. OFF! naturally play into this speedie...

But here's why he wrote 'Nothing Else Matters.'

Jason Newsted and renowned photographer Ross Halfin, who was with the band during the Black album sessions and the resulting tour. Halfin shot thousands of film rolls with Metallica between 1991 and 1993, intimately documenting the bands hectic schedule with candid shots and portraits. "We wanted to give these songs and this album the highest profile we could give them, and Ross was ready and willing to do that," Hammett said via a press release. "To this day, I still think hes one of the best...