Metallica enlist J Balvin, The Neptunes and Chase & Status for 53-track covers album
Other artists covering their favourite songs from ‘The Black Album’ include Rina Sawayama, Phoebe Bridgers and Moses Sumney
‘The Metallica Blacklist’, a 53-track cover album, is being released to coincide with Metallica’s reissue of their self-titled 1991 album (AKA The Black Album) in September.
The album features covers from various artists, including Mac DeMarco, Chase & Status feat. Backroad Gee, Phoebe Bridgers, SebastiAn, Rina Sawayama, Moses Sumney, IDLES, The Neptunes, St. Vincent and a host of others covering their favourite tracks from The Black Album.
Read this next: Foo Fighters rebrand as disco cover band The Dee Gees for new album
St Vincent covers 'Sad But True' while 'The Unforgiven' is covered by Flatbush Zombies and Moses Sumney. 'Wherever I May Roam' is taken over by J Balvin and The Neptunes.
The reissue of The Black Album is set to be released on September 10 via Blackened Recordings, with a deluxe boxset containing the 2xLP, three live LPs, 14 CDs, a hardcover book.
Read this next: Kraftwerk finally inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame after six denials
The album supports a number of charities, including Metallica's charitable foundation, All Within My Hands.
The release notes state: "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. Blacklist’s 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…"
Read this next: DJ Bus Replacement Service smashes all preconceptions of what a DJ should be
You can find the full tracklist below and on Metallica’s website. Watch the trailer for ‘The Metallica Blacklist’ below.
Tope Olufemi is Mixmag’s Digital Intern, follow them on Twitter
Tracklist: 1. Enter Sandman – Alessia Cara & The Warning 2. Enter Sandman – Mac DeMarco 3. Enter Sandman – Ghost 4. Enter Sandman – Juanes 5. Enter Sandman – Rina Sawayama0 6. Enter Sandman – Weezer 7. Sad But True (Live) – Sam Fender 8. Sad But True – Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit 9. Sad But True – Mexican Institute of Sound feat. La Perla & Gera MX 10. Sad But True – Royal Blood 11. Sad But True – St. Vincent 12. Sad But True – White Reaper 13. Sad But True – YB 14. Holier Than Thou – Biffy Clyro 15. Holier Than Thou – The Chats 16. Holier Than Thou – OFF! 17. Holier Than Thou – PUP 18. Holier Than Thou – Corey Taylor 19. The Unforgiven – Cage The Elephant 20. The Unforgiven – Vishal Dadlani, DIVINE, Shor Police 21. The Unforgiven – Diet Cig 22. The Unforgiven – Flatbush Zombies feat. DJ Scratch 23. The Unforgiven – Ha*Ash 24. The Unforgiven - José Madero 25. The Unforgiven – Moses Sumney 26. Wherever I May Roam – J Balvin 27. Wherever I May Roam – Chase & Status feat. BackRoad Gee 28. Wherever I May Roam – The Neptunes 29. Wherever I May Roam – Jon Pardi 30. Don’t Tread on Else Matters - SebastiAn 31. Don’t Tread on Me – Portugal. The Man 32. Don’t Tread on Me – Volbeat 33. Through the Never – The HU 34. Through the Never - Tomi Owó 35. Nothing Else Matters – Phoebe Bridgers 36. Nothing Else Matters – Miley Cyrus feat. WATT, Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Trujillo, Chad Smith 37. Nothing Else Matters - Dave Gahan 38. Nothing Else Matters – Mickey Guyton 39. Nothing Else Matters – DermotKennedy 40. Nothing Else Matters – Mon Laferte 41. Nothing Else Matters – Igor Levit 42. Nothing Else Matters – My Morning Jacket 43. Nothing Else Matters – PG Roxette 44. Nothing Else Matters – Darius Rucker 45. Nothing Else Matters – Chris Stapleton 46. Nothing Else Matters – TRESOR 47. Of Wolf and Man – Goodnight, Texas 48. The God That Failed – IDLES 49. The God That Failed – Imelda May 50. My Friend of Misery – Cherry Glazerr 51. My Friend of Misery – Izïa 52. My Friend of Misery – Kamasi Washington 53. The Struggle Within – Rodrigo y Gabriela