On this day, 23 years ago, Metallica released their smash breakthrough self-titled album, commonly referred to as The Black Album. The album has gone on to sell over 16 million records, continually pushing about 2,000 copies a week. It's the highest selling album of the SoundScan era.
In celebration of this anniversary, let's take a listen to some of James Hetfield's isolated vocal tracks from the album's most famous track, "Enter Sandman"
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S_YM1rP0uI[/youtube]
On the small chance that you were born recently and never heard this song, here's the full track:
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD-E-LDc384[/youtube]
Happy anniversary, Black Album! And happy anniversary to James Hetfield's cowardly lion phase:
[via Revolver]
