Metallica (The Black Album)
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Metallica (The Black Album) is the 1991 self-titled fifth studio album by Metallica that marked their mainstream breakthrough with a heavier, more polished sound and hit singles like "Enter Sandman" and "Nothing Else Matters."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Metallica (The Black Album) canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5783953 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Metallica (The Black Album) Context triple: [Metallica, notableWork, Metallica (The Black Album)]
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A.
...And Justice for All
...And Justice for All is a 1979 American legal drama film starring Al Pacino that critiques corruption and moral compromise within the U.S. justice system.
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B.
Heaven & Hell
"Heaven & Hell" is a reflective, soulful hip-hop track by Raekwon featuring Ghostface Killah that contrasts street struggles with spiritual aspirations.
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C.
Screaming for Vengeance
Screaming for Vengeance is a landmark 1982 heavy metal album by Judas Priest, noted for its aggressive sound and the hit single "You've Got Another Thing Comin'."
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D.
Metallica
Metallica is a pioneering American heavy metal band, widely regarded as one of the most influential and commercially successful acts in the history of the genre.
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E.
Millennium Edition
The Millennium Edition is a commemorative, updated release of Richard Feynman’s classic "Feynman Lectures on Physics," featuring refined content and modernized presentation for contemporary readers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Metallica (The Black Album) Target entity description: Metallica (The Black Album) is the 1991 self-titled fifth studio album by Metallica that marked their mainstream breakthrough with a heavier, more polished sound and hit singles like "Enter Sandman" and "Nothing Else Matters."
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A.
...And Justice for All
...And Justice for All is a 1979 American legal drama film starring Al Pacino that critiques corruption and moral compromise within the U.S. justice system.
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B.
Heaven & Hell
"Heaven & Hell" is a reflective, soulful hip-hop track by Raekwon featuring Ghostface Killah that contrasts street struggles with spiritual aspirations.
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C.
Screaming for Vengeance
Screaming for Vengeance is a landmark 1982 heavy metal album by Judas Priest, noted for its aggressive sound and the hit single "You've Got Another Thing Comin'."
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D.
Metallica
Metallica is a pioneering American heavy metal band, widely regarded as one of the most influential and commercially successful acts in the history of the genre.
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E.
Millennium Edition
The Millennium Edition is a commemorative, updated release of Richard Feynman’s classic "Feynman Lectures on Physics," featuring refined content and modernized presentation for contemporary readers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
1991 album
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Metallica album ⓘ heavy metal album ⓘ studio album ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Black Album NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Metallica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bandMemberOnAlbum |
James Hetfield
NERFINISHED
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Jason Newsted NERFINISHED ⓘ Kirk Hammett NERFINISHED ⓘ Lars Ulrich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsSong |
Don’t Tread on Me
NERFINISHED
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Enter Sandman NERFINISHED ⓘ Holier Than Thou NERFINISHED ⓘ My Friend of Misery NERFINISHED ⓘ Nothing Else Matters NERFINISHED ⓘ Of Wolf and Man NERFINISHED ⓘ Sad but True NERFINISHED ⓘ The God That Failed NERFINISHED ⓘ The Struggle Within NERFINISHED ⓘ The Unforgiven NERFINISHED ⓘ Through the Never NERFINISHED ⓘ Wherever I May Roam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
hard rock
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heavy metal ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadSingle | Enter Sandman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSongwriter |
James Hetfield
NERFINISHED
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Lars Ulrich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nextAlbum | Load NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commercial success worldwide
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mainstream breakthrough for Metallica ⓘ more polished sound compared to earlier thrash albums ⓘ |
| performer | Metallica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousAlbum | ...And Justice for All NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Bob Rock
NERFINISHED
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James Hetfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Lars Ulrich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedAt | One on One Recording Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingLocation | Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Elektra Records
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Vertigo Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1991-08-12 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| single |
Enter Sandman
NERFINISHED
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Nothing Else Matters NERFINISHED ⓘ Sad but True NERFINISHED ⓘ The Unforgiven NERFINISHED ⓘ Wherever I May Roam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studioAlbumNumber | 5 ⓘ |
| title | Metallica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Metallica (The Black Album) Description of subject: Metallica (The Black Album) is the 1991 self-titled fifth studio album by Metallica that marked their mainstream breakthrough with a heavier, more polished sound and hit singles like "Enter Sandman" and "Nothing Else Matters."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.