Until It Sleeps

{{Infobox song

| name = Until It Sleeps

| cover = Metallica - Until It Sleeps cover.jpg

| alt =

| border = yes

| type = single

| artist = Metallica

| album = Load

| B-side = Overkill

| released = {{start date|1996|5|20}}

| recorded = 1995

| studio =

| genre = Alternative rock{{cite news |last=Jenkins |first=Mark |title=Metallica's 'Re-Load': Bludgeon The Drum Slowly |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1997/12/03/metallicas-re-load-bludgeon-the-drum-slowly/9b5b8cfc-6576-405c-95f2-62a5cedb3d7a/?noredirect=on |access-date=February 7, 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=December 3, 1997}}

| length = 4:30

| label =

| composer =

| lyricist = James Hetfield

| producer =

| prev_title = Sad but True

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = Hero of the Day

| next_year = 1996

| misc = {{External music video|1={{YouTube|id=F3WIHtOmkBg|title="Until It Sleeps"}}}}

}}

"Until It Sleeps" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on May 20, 1996, as the lead single from their sixth studio album, Load. "Until It Sleeps" reached number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100, making it Metallica's highest-charting single and only top-10 hit in the United States. The song also topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, peaked within the top five in the United Kingdom, and reached number one in Australia, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, and Sweden. The song's music video, directed by Samuel Bayer and inspired by the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch, won the Best Hard Rock Video award at the 1996 MTV Video Music Awards.

Versions

An early demo version of this song was entitled "F.O.B.D." (recorded on December 8, 1995) because it reminded the band members of the Soundgarden song "Fell on Black Days", in that the "It grips you...It stains you..." refrain is in the same 6/4 time signature that "Fell on Black Days" is in. The band can be heard saying "Fell on Black Days" on the fanclub-only Fancan 1 CD just prior to jamming on a portion of "Until It Sleeps", and also featured on one of the two CD single releases.

The 10-inch vinyl version of the single is red in color and featured a B-side industrial-sounding remix by Moby, credited as "Herman Melville".[https://books.google.com/books?id=HpC1D--hcoAC&pg=PA30 Thump 'n Grind] In April 2025, this remix, as well as the "F.O.B.D." version and a 1996 live version, were re-released with a re-mastered version as a digital single ahead of the June 2025 reissue of Load.{{cite news | url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/metallica-announce-limited-edition-reissue-of-load-release-remastered-until-it-sleeps-single-23083402 | title=Metallica announce limited-edition reissue of Load, release remastered 'Until It Sleeps' single | first=Jaime | last=Guillot | date=April 29, 2025 | access-date=May 2, 2025 | work=Hot Press}}

The song was performed with orchestral accompaniment on the album S&M, and a live version featured on the Cunning Stunts video release in 1998.

"Until It Sleeps" became the first "officially" pirated MP3 when it was released by Compress 'Da Audio (a piracy group and spinoff of the Warez scene) via an Internet Relay Chat network on August 10, 1996. An EFnet member on the #mpeg3 IRC channel named Coyote666 was responsible for creating the first mp3 ripping software.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/27/the-man-who-broke-the-music-business|title=The Man Who Broke the Music Business|last=Witt|first=Stephen|date=April 21, 2015|access-date=April 24, 2015|magazine=The New Yorker}}

Lyrics

The lyrics of the song, written by Hetfield, address his mother's battle with cancer, to which the "it" in the title refers. They can be seen as either describing the emotional pain he feels for the loss, or the physical pain his mother was feeling while she was ill. Both of his parents were Christian Scientists, and did not believe in medicine. The lyrics are also interpreted as dealing with anger issues. Hetfield's father, Virgil, died in late 1996, during Metallica's Load tour.

Music video

The song also has a music video directed by Samuel Bayer (Nirvana, Green Day, the Smashing Pumpkins). It was shot in various locations around Los Angeles on May 6 and 7 in 1996. It was premiered by MTV on May 21.[https://books.google.com/books?id=pw0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA9 Metallica In For a Lollapalooza of a Summer] The video depicts surreal concepts dealing with the fall of man, taken from various paintings by Hieronymus Bosch. Apart from the general forms inspired from Bosch's paintings, the prominent figures in the video are the human-eating monster from The Garden of Earthly Delights, the fall of Adam and Eve from Haywain and Christ in the Crucifige Eum (Crucify Him) scene of Ecce Homo. The video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video in 1996.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1996/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829224311/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1996/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 29, 2008|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1996|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}

Awards

The song won a 1996 Metal Edge Readers' Choice Award for Song of the Year.Metal Edge, June 1997

Track listings

{{Track listing

|headline = US CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Until It Sleeps|year=1996|type=US CD single disc notes|publisher=Elektra Records|id=64276-2}}

|title1 = Until It Sleeps

|length1 = 4:33

|title2 = Overkill

|length2 = 4:07

}}

{{Track listing

|headline = UK and European CD1{{cite AV media notes|title=Until It Sleeps|year=1996|type=UK & European CD1 disc notes|publisher=Vertigo Records|id=METCD 12, 578 145-2}}

|title1 = Until It Sleeps

|length1 = 4:33

|title2 = 2 X 4

|note2 = live at Castle Donington, England

|length2 = 6:06

|title3 = F.O.B.D.

|note3 = aka Until It Sleeps – early 'writing in progress' version

|length3 = 4:56

}}

{{Track listing

|headline = UK and European CD2{{cite AV media notes|title=Until It Sleeps|year=1996|type=UK & European CD2 liner notes|publisher=Vertigo Records|id=METCX 12, 578 135-2}}

|title1 = Until It Sleeps

|title2 = Kill/Ride Medley

|note2 = live at Castle Donington, England

|title3 = Until It Sleeps

|note3 = Herman Melville mix

}}

{{Track listing

|headline = Japanese EP{{cite AV media notes|title=アンティル・イット・スリープス|year=1996|type=Japanese EP liner notes|publisher=Sony Records|id=SRCS 8062}}

|title1 = Until It Sleeps

|title2 = Until It Sleeps

|note2 = Herman Melville Mix

|title3 = Kill/Ride Medley

|note3 = live at Castle Donington, England

|title4 = 2 X 4

|note4 = live at Castle Donington, England

|title5 = Overkill

|note5 = live at the Plant Studios in Sausalito, California

|title6 = F.O.B.D.

|note6 = aka Until It Sleeps – early 'writing in progress' version

}}

Personnel

Personnel are adapted from the album's liner notes.{{cite book|title=Load liner notes|year=1996|publisher=Vertigo Records}}

James Hetfield – vocals, rhythm guitar
Kirk Hammett – lead guitar
Jason Newsted – fretless bass{{cite web |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jason-newsted-on-the-making-of-metallica-load |title=Jason Newsted on the making of Metallica's Load album |date=2023 |website=Guitar World}}
Lars Ulrich – drums

Charts

=Weekly charts=

scope="row"\|Benelux Airplay (Music & Media){{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-06-29.pdf\|title=Major Market Airplay\|magazine=Music & Media\|page=25\|date=June 29, 1996\|accessdate=August 4, 2022}} \|align="center"\|3
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1996) !Peak position
{{single chart\|Australia\|1\|artist=Metallica\|song=Until It Sleeps\|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart\|Austria\|12\|artist=Metallica\|song=Until It Sleeps\|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart\|Flanders\|8\|artist=Metallica\|song=Until It Sleeps\|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart\|Wallonia\|16\|artist=Metallica\|song=Until It Sleeps\|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart\|Canadatopsingles\|5\|chartid=9529\|rowheader=true\|access-date=May 3, 2019}}
{{single chart\|Canadarock\|6\|chartid=3025\|rowheader=true\|access-date=May 3, 2019}}
scope="row"\|Czech Republic (IFPI CR){{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-06-15.pdf\|title=Top National Sellers\|magazine=Music & Media\|volume=13\|issue=24\|page=14\|date=June 15, 1996\|access-date=February 16, 2020}} \|3
scope="row"\|Denmark (IFPI) \|1
scope="row"\|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-06-15.pdf\|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles\|magazine=Music & Media\|volume=13\|issue=24\|page=12\|date=June 15, 1996\|access-date=October 11, 2019}} \|4
scope="row"\|European Hit Radio Top 40 (Music & Media){{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-07-13.pdf\|title=EHR Top 40 Singles\|magazine=Music & Media\|volume=13\|issue=24\|page=12\|date=July 13, 1996\|access-date=October 11, 2019}} \|16
scope="row"\|European Alternative Rock Radio Top 25 (Music & Media){{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-06-22.pdf\|title=European Alternative Rock Radio Top 25\|magazine=Music & Media\|page=25\|date=June 22, 1996\|accessdate=August 4, 2022}} \|11
{{single chart\|Finland\|1\|artist=Metallica\|song=Until It Sleeps\|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart\|France\|10\|artist=Metallica\|song=Until It Sleeps\|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart\|Germany\|15\|artist=Metallica\|song=Until It Sleeps\|songid=3235\|rowheader=true\|access-date=May 3, 2019}}
scope="row"\|Hungary (Mahasz){{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-07-27.pdf\|title=Top National Sellers\|magazine=Music & Media\|volume=13\|issue=30\|page=14\|date=July 27, 1996\|access-date=February 16, 2020}} See LW column \|1
scope="row"\|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40){{cite news\|url=https://timarit.is/page/2942431#page/n25/mode/2up\|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (6.7. – 12.7. '96)\|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir\|language=is\|page=26\|date=July 6, 1996\|access-date=October 2, 2019}} \|4
{{single chart\|Ireland2\|3\|song=Until It Sleeps\|rowheader=true\|access-date=May 3, 2019}}
scope="row"\|Italy (Musica e dischi){{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-06-22.pdf\|title=Top National Sellers\|magazine=Music & Media\|volume=13\|issue=25\|page=16\|date=June 22, 1996\|access-date=November 26, 2019}} \|7
scope="row"\|Latvia (Latvijas Top 40){{cite web \|url=http://www.lanet.lv/news/kiegelis/int38.html\|title=Latvian Airplay Top 217 of 1996\|publisher=Lanet.lv\|language=lv\|access-date=December 1, 2022}} \|5
{{single chart\|Dutch40\|9\|year=1996\|week=23\|rowheader=true\|access-date=May 3, 2019}}
{{single chart\|Dutch100\|5\|artist=Metallica\|song=Until It Sleeps\|rowheader=true\|access-date=May 3, 2019}}
{{single chart\|New Zealand\|11\|artist=Metallica\|song=Until It Sleeps\|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart\|Norway\|2\|artist=Metallica\|song=Until It Sleeps\|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"\|Quebec (ADISQ){{cite web\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151129063315/http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/palmares/2010-Anglo-Allophone/Anglo-Compilation_succes_ordre_alpha_interpretes.pdf\|url=http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/palmares/2010-Anglo-Allophone/Anglo-Compilation_succes_ordre_alpha_interpretes.pdf\|title=Palmarès de la chanson anglophone et allophone au Québec\|publisher=BAnQ\|language=fr\|access-date=September 11, 2019\|archive-date=November 29, 2015\|url-status=dead}} \|align="center"\|6
scope="row"\|Poland Airplay (Music & Media){{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-06-29.pdf\|title=Major Market Airplay\|magazine=Music & Media\|page=25\|date=June 29, 1996\|accessdate=August 4, 2022}} \|align="center"\|2
{{single chart\|Scotland\|3\|date=19960601\|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"\|Spain (AFYVE){{cite book\|last=Salaverri\|first=Fernando\|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002\|edition=1st\|date=September 2005\|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE\|location=Spain\|isbn=84-8048-639-2}} \|16
{{single chart\|Sweden\|1\|artist=Metallica\|song=Until It Sleeps\|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart\|Switzerland\|22\|artist=Metallica\|song=Until It Sleeps\|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart\|UK\|5\|date=19960601\|rowheader=true\|access-date=May 3, 2019}}
{{single chart\|UKrock\|1\|date=19960601\|rowheader=true\|access-date=May 3, 2019}}
scope="row"\|UK Network Singles (Music & Media){{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-06-08.pdf\|title= Top National Sellers - June 8, 1996\|magazine=Music & Media\|volume=16\|issue=49\|page=14\|date=June 8, 1996\|access-date=December 8, 2021}} \|2
{{single chart\|Billboardhot100\|10\|artist=Metallica\|rowheader=true\|access-date=October 2, 2019}}
{{single chart\|Billboardalternativesongs\|27\|artist=Metallica\|rowheader=true\|access-date=October 2, 2019}}
{{single chart\|Billboardmainstreamrock\|1\|artist=Metallica\|rowheader=true\|access-date=October 2, 2019}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1996) !Position
scope="row"\|Australia (ARIA){{cite web\|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1996/singles-chart\|title=ARIA Top 50 Singles for 1996\|publisher=ARIA\|access-date=May 3, 2019}} \|44
scope="row"\|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders){{cite web\|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1996\|title=Jaaroverzichten 1996\|publisher=Ultratop\|language=nl\|access-date=May 3, 2019}} \|71
scope="row"\|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia){{cite web\|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1996\|title=Rapports annuels 1996\|publisher=Ultratop\|language=fr\|access-date=May 3, 2019}} \|76
scope="row"\|Canada Top Singles (RPM){{cite magazine\|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9730&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9730.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9730\|title=RPM Year End Top 100 Hit Tracks\|magazine=RPM\|via=Library and Archives Canada\|access-date=May 3, 2019}} \|61
scope="row"\|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-12-21.pdf\|title=Year End Sales Charts – Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 1996\|magazine=Music & Media\|volume=13\|issue=51/52\|page=12\|date=December 21, 1996\|access-date=November 8, 2018}} \|68
scope="row"\|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40){{cite news\|url=https://timarit.is/page/2949469#page/n15/mode/2up\|title=Árslistinn 1996\|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir\|language=is\|page=16\|date=January 2, 1997\|access-date=May 30, 2020}} \|47
scope="row"\|Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web\|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1996&cat=s\|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1996\|publisher=MegaCharts\|language=nl\|access-date=May 3, 2019}} \|83
scope="row"\|Sweden (Topplistan){{cite web\|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=1996&dspp=1\|title=Årslista Singlar, 1996\|publisher=Sverigetopplistan\|language=sv\|access-date=May 30, 2020}} \|23
scope="row"\|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web\|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1996\|title=Billboard Top 100 – 1996\|access-date=August 27, 2010\|archive-date=March 1, 2009\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301121523/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1996\|url-status=dead}} \|92
scope="row"\|US Mainstream Rock Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url={{Google books\|sQkEAAAAMBAJ\|pg=RA1-PA42-IA9\|plainurl=yes}}\|title=The Year in Music 1996 – Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks\|magazine=Billboard\|via=Google Books\|volume=108\|issue=52\|page=YE-76\|date=December 28, 1996\|issn=0006-2510\|access-date=December 25, 2023}} \|3

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

!Chart (1996)

!Position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1996/singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 50 Singles for 1996|publisher=ARIA|access-date=May 3, 2019}}

|44

scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1996|title=Jaaroverzichten 1996|publisher=Ultratop|language=nl|access-date=May 3, 2019}}

|71

scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1996|title=Rapports annuels 1996|publisher=Ultratop|language=fr|access-date=May 3, 2019}}

|76

scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (RPM){{cite magazine|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9730&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9730.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9730|title=RPM Year End Top 100 Hit Tracks|magazine=RPM|via=Library and Archives Canada|access-date=May 3, 2019}}

|61

scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-12-21.pdf|title=Year End Sales Charts – Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 1996|magazine=Music & Media|volume=13|issue=51/52|page=12|date=December 21, 1996|access-date=November 8, 2018}}

|68

scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40){{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2949469#page/n15/mode/2up|title=Árslistinn 1996|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir|language=is|page=16|date=January 2, 1997|access-date=May 30, 2020}}

|47

scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1996&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1996|publisher=MegaCharts|language=nl|access-date=May 3, 2019}}

|83

scope="row"|Sweden (Topplistan){{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=1996&dspp=1|title=Årslista Singlar, 1996|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=May 30, 2020}}

|23

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1996|title=Billboard Top 100 – 1996|access-date=August 27, 2010|archive-date=March 1, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301121523/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1996|url-status=dead}}

|92

scope="row"|US Mainstream Rock Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine|url={{Google books|sQkEAAAAMBAJ|pg=RA1-PA42-IA9|plainurl=yes}}|title=The Year in Music 1996 – Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks|magazine=Billboard|via=Google Books|volume=108|issue=52|page=YE-76|date=December 28, 1996|issn=0006-2510|access-date=December 25, 2023}}

Certifications

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Platinum|certyear=2024|relyear=1996|access-date=July 16, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Metallica|title=Until It Sleeps|award=Gold|relyear=1996|relmonth=5|id=1996-07-19|source=newchart|access-date=November 20, 2024|certyear=1996}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1996|certyear=1996|nosales=true}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1996|relmonth=5|certyear=1996}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Metallica|title=Until It Sleeps|award=Gold|relyear=1996|certyear=1996|salesamount=500,000|salesref={{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA61|title=Best-Selling Records of 1996|magazine=Billboard|publisher=BPI Communications Inc.|date=January 18, 1997|access-date=May 8, 2015|page=61|issn=0006-2510|volume=109|number=3}}}}

Release history

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col"\| Region ! scope="col"\| Date ! scope="col"\| Format(s) ! scope="col"\| Label(s) ! scope="col"\| {{abbr\|Ref.\|Reference}}
scope="row"\| United Kingdom \| May 20, 1996 \| {{hlist\|10-inch vinyl\|CD}} \| Vertigo \| {{cite magazine\|title=New Releases: Singles\|magazine=Music Week\|page=25\|date=May 18, 1996}}
scope="row"\| United States \| May 21, 1996 \| {{hlist\|CD\|cassette}} \| Elektra \| {{cite web\|title=Until it Sleeps\|url=https://metallica.com/releases/singles-eps/4300/until-it-sleeps\|publisher=Metallica.com\|access-date= August 7, 2016}}
scope="row"\| Japan \| July 3, 1996 \| CD \| Sony \| {{cite web\|url=http://www.sme.co.jp/Music/International/Arch/SR/Metallica/\|title=Metallica\|publisher=Sony Music Entertainment Japan\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010124065100/http://www.sme.co.jp/Music/International/Arch/SR/Metallica/\|archive-date=January 24, 2001\|access-date=August 25, 2023}} Click on Discography.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

! scope="col"| Region

! scope="col"| Date

! scope="col"| Format(s)

! scope="col"| Label(s)

! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row"| United Kingdom

| May 20, 1996

| {{hlist|10-inch vinyl|CD}}

| Vertigo

| {{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=25|date=May 18, 1996}}

scope="row"| United States

| May 21, 1996

| {{hlist|CD|cassette}}

| Elektra

| {{cite web|title=Until it Sleeps|url=https://metallica.com/releases/singles-eps/4300/until-it-sleeps|publisher=Metallica.com|access-date= August 7, 2016}}

scope="row"| Japan

| July 3, 1996

| CD

| Sony

| {{cite web|url=http://www.sme.co.jp/Music/International/Arch/SR/Metallica/|title=Metallica|publisher=Sony Music Entertainment Japan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010124065100/http://www.sme.co.jp/Music/International/Arch/SR/Metallica/|archive-date=January 24, 2001|access-date=August 25, 2023}} Click on Discography.