---
title: "Mandatory by Metallica"
type: "MusicAlbum"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/album/475c18a1-2951-4763-accd-a48631494f65"
artist: "Metallica"
year: 1996
label: "Vertigo"
---

# Mandatory

**Mandatory** is a compilation by Metallica, released in 1996 on Vertigo.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Title | Mandatory |
| Artist | Metallica |
| Type | Compilation |
| Year | 1996 |
| Label | Vertigo |
| Catalog number | MM CJ-1 |
| Tracks | 7 |
| Place in discography | 143 of 1041 |

## Tracklist

| # | Track | Length |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Enter Sandman | 5:35 |
| 2 | Nothing Else Matters | 6:29 |
| 3 | One | 7:24 |
| 4 | Harvester of Sorrow | 5:45 |
| 5 | Creeping Death | 6:37 |
| 6 | Fade to Black | 6:55 |
| 7 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | 5:07 |

## Genres

[Thrash Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/thrash-metal) · [Heavy Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/heavy-metal)

## Release tags

Heavy Metal

## In the discography

- Previous release: [Load (1996)](https://themetalnet.com/album/e389b7df-862d-3d91-a612-acca150f6e71)
- Next release: [Metallica (1996)](https://themetalnet.com/album/dd4b2235-a53c-4da5-b2f9-6d438b3a6229)

## Artist

- [Metallica](https://themetalnet.com/band/metallica)

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