News Metallica to release their new album ‘72 Seasons’ in April

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They’ve also shared new single ‘Lux Æterna’, and announced a world tour.

28th November 2022

Set for release on 14th April via their own label Blackened Recordings, Metallica have announced their 12th studio album ‘72 Seasons’.

Their first record of new material since the release of ‘Hardwired…To Self-Destruct’ in 2016, James Hetfield says, “72 seasons. The first 18 years of our lives that form our true or false selves. The concept that we were told ‘who we are’ by our parents. A possible pigeonholing around what kind of personality we are. I think the most interesting part of this is the continued study of those core beliefs and how it affects our perception of the world today. Much of our adult experience is reenactment or reaction to these childhood experiences. Prisoners of childhood or breaking free of those bondages we carry.”

Check out first single ‘Lux Æterna’ now.

‘72 Seasons’ Tracklisting:
1. 72 Seasons
2. Shadows Follow
3. Screaming Suicide
4. Sleepwalk My Life Away
5. You Must Burn!
6. Lux Æterna
7. Crown of Barbed Wire
8. Chasing Light
9. If Darkness Had a Son
10. Too Far Gone?
11. Room of Mirrors
12. Inamorata

See Metallica live at the following dates:

APRIL
27 Amsterdam NL, Johan Cruijff Arena
29 Amsterdam NL, Johan Cruijff Arena

MAY
17 Paris FR, Stade de France
19 Paris FR, Stade de France
26 Hamburg DE, Volksparkstadion
28 Hamburg DE, Volksparkstadion

JUNE
16 Gothenburg SE, Ullevi Stadium
18 Gothenburg SE, Ullevi Stadium

AUGUST
04 East Rutherford, NJ MetLife Stadium
06 East Rutherford, NJ MetLife Stadium
11 Montreal, QC, Stade Olympique
13 Montreal, QC, Stade Olympique
18 Arlington, TX, AT&T Stadium
20 Arlington, TX, AT&T Stadium
25 Inglewood, CA, SoFi Stadium
27 Inglewood, CA, SoFi Stadium

SEPTEMBER
01 Glendale, AZ, State Farm Stadium
03 Glendale, AZ, State Farm Stadium

NOVEMBER
03 St. Louis, MO, The Dome at America’s Center
05 St. Louis, MO, The Dome at America’s Center
10 Detroit, MI, Ford Field
12 Detroit, MI, Ford Field

MAY 2024
24 Munich DE, Olympiastadion
26 Munich DE, Olympiastadion

JUNE 2024
07 Helsinki FI, Olympic Stadium
09 Helsinki FI, Olympic Stadium
14 Copenhagen DK, Parken Stadium
16 Copenhagen DK , Parken Stadium

JULY 2024
05 Warsaw PL, PGE Narodowy
07 Warsaw PL, PGE Narodowy
12 Madrid ES, Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano
14 Madrid ES, Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano

AUGUST 2024
02 Foxborough, MA, Gillette Stadium
04 Foxborough, MA, Gillette Stadium
09 Chicago, IL, Soldier Field
11 Chicago, IL, Soldier Field
16 Minneapolis, MN, US Bank Stadium
18 Minneapolis, MN, US Bank Stadium
23 Edmonton, AB, Commonwealth Stadium
25 Edmonton, AB, Commonwealth Stadium
30 Seattle, WA, Lumen Field

SEPTEMBER 2024
01 Seattle, WA, Lumen Field
20 Mexico City MX, Foro Sol
22 Mexico City MX, Foro Sol
27 Mexico City MX, Foro Sol
29 Mexico City MX, Foro Sol

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