Bob Rock changed the the way Metallica is recording for this particular album. As a result, a tension between Bob Rock and the band brewed and was well captured on the the documentary A Year And A Half In The Life Of Metallica. Due to the tension, Bob rock even swore to never work with the band ever again. Despite the controversies, a masterpiece was born from the studio.
The Black Album was a leap from Metallica's high velocity Trash Metal genre. In 1992, the album won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance. It was also the first album of the band to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 selling almost 600,000 copies in a week. Two weeks from the initial release, it was certified platinum and stayed at number one on Billboard 200 for four weeks. This is currently a multi-platinum album and broke many music milestones.
The Black album was Metallica's fifth record via Elektra Records and was released on August 12, 1991. It was recorded at the One On One Recording Studios in Los Angeles California under new producer Bob Rock. Majority of the songs in the album was written by frontman James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich. Several songs were also done in collaboration with guitarist Kirk Hammet and bassist Jason Newsted. It took the band two months long to write all the songs. Bob Rock was hired as producer because of his impressive work on Motley Crue's Dr. Feelgood album and the band unanimously chose him.
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