It's no secret that Metallica's self-titled fifth album - a/k/a The Black Album - is one of the most commercially successful records of all time. Its 1991 release propelled Metallica to bona fide household name superstardom, and its impact and relevance have only grown with the years: The Black Album remains the best-selling album of the past three decades, and one of only two albums that have spent 550+ weeks on the Billboard 200.

The Metallica Blacklist celebrates the 30th anniversary and enduring influence of this musical milestone with one of the most ambitious projects ever conceived by the Metallica team: an unprecedented 50+ artists spanning an unbelievably vast range of genres, generations, cultures, continents and more, each contributing a unique interpretation of their favorite Black Album cut.

Much more than a mere tribute, The Metallica Blacklist offers up new dimensions of the record whose gravitational pull first drew the mainstream to Metallica in 1991- and provides new insights into the universal and timeless appeal that kept it there: the boundary-smashing influence these 12 songs have had on fans and musicians of all stripes. Blacklists 53 tracks find singer songwriters, country artists, electronic and hip hop artists sharing their love of these songs alongside punk rockers, indie darlings, icons of rock, metal, world music and many, many more...

The Metallica Blacklist is a fitting and limitless homage, one that features bands who've shared stages with Metallica alongside artists who are younger than the original album. It's a truly staggering, at times mystifying assemblage of musicians, dozens of whom have little to nothing in common other than the shared passion for the music that's united them for this album. And really... nothing else matters.

All profits from every track on The Metallica Blacklist will benefit Metallica's charitable foundation, All Within My Hands, along with a charity of each artist's choice:

Alessia Cara & The Warning's rendition of "Enter Sandman" helps support Save the Children.
Biffy Clyro's rendition of "Holier Than Thou" helps support Music Venue Trust.
Cage the Elephant's rendition of "The Unforgiven" helps support The Special Olympics.
Chase & Status feat. BackRoad Gee's rendition of "Wherever I May Roam" helps support East London Arts & Music.
Cherry Glazerr's rendition of "My Friend Of Misery" helps support Sweet Relief.
Chris Stapleton's rendition of "Nothing Else Matters" helps support Outlaw State of Kind.
Corey Taylor's rendition of "Holier Than Thou" helps support Tobie's Small Dog Rescue.
Darius Rucker's rendition of "Nothing Else Matters" helps support MUSC Children's Hospital.
Dave Gahan's rendition of "Nothing Else Matters" helps support World Central Kitchen.
Dermot Kennedy's rendition of "Nothing Else Matters" helps support ALONE.
Diet Cig's rendition of "The Unforgiven" helps support Mutual Aid Disaster Relief Richmond.
Flatbush Zombies feat. DJ Scratch's rendition of "The Unforgiven" helps support Save Our Stages.
Ghost's rendition of "Enter Sandman" helps support Camp Aranu'tiq.
Goodnight, Texas's rendition of "Of Wolf And Man" helps support NAACP Empowerment Programs.
Ha*Ash's rendition of "The Unforgiven" helps support Save the Children.
IDLES's rendition of "The God That Failed" helps support the Trussell Trust.
Igor Levit's rendition of "Nothing Else Matters" helps support Freie Ensembles und Orchester in Deutschland e.V.
Imelda May's rendition of "The God That Failed" helps support Little Flower Penny Dinners.
Izïa's rendition of "My Friend Of Misery" helps support Les Restos du Coeur.
J Balvin's rendition of "Wherever I May Roam" helps support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit's rendition of "Sad But True" helps support Nashville Rescue Mission.
Jon Pardi's rendition of "Wherever I May Roam" helps support The Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation For Autism.
José Madero's rendition of "The Unforgiven" helps support Nuevo Amanecer.
Juanes's rendition of "Enter Sandman" helps support Mi Sangre Foundation.
Kamasi Washington's rendition of "My Friend Of Misery" helps support The World Stage Performance Gallery.
Mac DeMarco's rendition of "Enter Sandman" helps support Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls.
Mexican Institute of Sound feat. La Perla & Gera MX's rendition of "Sad But True" helps support Banda Filarmónica Municipal de Ayutla.
Mickey Guyton's rendition of "Nothing Else Matters" helps support The United Negro College Fund.
Miley Cyrus feat. WATT, Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Trujillo, Chad Smith's rendition of "Nothing Else Matters" helps support The Happy Hippie Foundation.
Mon Laferte's rendition of "Nothing Else Matters" helps support UN Women.
Moses Sumney's rendition of "The Unforgiven" helps support Different Wrld.
My Morning Jacket's rendition of "Nothing Else Matters" helps support The Waterfall Project.
OFF!'s rendition of "Holier Than Thou" helps support Running Strong for American Indian Youth Indian Youth.
PG Roxette's rendition of "Nothing Else Matters" helps support UNHCR.
Phoebe Bridgers's rendition of "Nothing Else Matters" helps support RAINN.
Portugal. The Man feat. Aaron Beam's rendition of "Don't Tread On Me" helps support The PTM Foundation.
PUP's rendition of "Holier Than Thou" helps support Marsha P. Johnson Institute.
Rina Sawayama's rendition of "Enter Sandman" helps support Positive East.
Rodrigo y Gabriela's rendition of "The Struggle Within" helps support Whales of Guerrero.
Royal Blood's rendition of "Sad But True" helps support Chestnut Tree House.
Sam Fender's rendition of "Sad But True" helps support Teenage Cancer Trust.
SebastiAn's rendition of "Don't Tread On Else Matters" helps support the Novak Djokovic Foundation.
St. Vincent's rendition of "Sad But True" helps support North Texas Food Bank.
The Chats's rendition of "Holier Than Thou" helps support The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency.
The HU's rendition of "Through The Never" helps support The Giving Day Charity Fund.
The Neptunes's rendition of "Wherever I May Roam" helps support YELLOW.
Tomi Owó's rendition of "Through The Never" helps support Hope for the Old Foundation.
TRESOR's rendition of "Nothing Else Matters" helps support UNHCR.
Vishal Dadlani, Divine, Shor Police's rendition of "The Unforgiven" helps support The Dharavi Dream Project.
Volbeat's rendition of "Don't Tread On Me" helps support Børne Cancer Fonden Denmark.
Weezer's rendition of "Enter Sandman" helps support the California Vipassana Center.
White Reaper's rendition of "Sad But True" helps support Change Today, Change Tomorrow.
YB's rendition of "Sad But True" helps support Green Korea.

An enormous tribute to an enormously influential album...It's a study in the art of rearrangement, in how an artist can rethink ( or overthink ) a song from the ground up without sacrificing something essential about the original recording. The Metallica Blacklist is also a tribute to a musical moment when that which was once considered alternative was apparently everywhere all along, a moment for pop music that felt revolutionary that fans and bands would be thinking about 30 years on.

-Rolling Stone