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72 Seasons
72 Seasons Album
Released April 14, 2023
Recorded ???, Metallica HQ in San Francisco.
Length Over 77 Minutes
Number of tracks 12
Label Blackened Recordings (USA)
Universal Records (Europe)
Formats Vinyl, CD, iTunes
Genre Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal
Chronology
Previous Album
Hardwired…to Self-Destruct
Next Album
N/A

72 Seasons is the eleventh studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released on April 14, 2023.

Promotion[]

On November 28, 2022, Metallica would drop the music video for their lead single Lux Æterna introducing the new album to the world. They would also announce the subsequent M72 World Tour that would follow post release. On January 19, 2023, they would release the music video for the album's second single Screaming Suicide. On February 25-28, 2023, the band would tease an upcoming song on TikTok with each band member making a duet to the song each day, the final duet announced the release date of the music video for the album's third single If Darkness Had a Son. On March 27, 2023, the band teased on all of their social media platforms, with a short video with the upcoming song's music video release date for the album's fourth single 72 Seasons. On September 15, 2023, the band released a live rendition of the song Too Far Gone? as the fifth single of the album.

Tracklisting[]

No. Title Composer Length
1. 72 Seasons James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett 7:39
2. Shadows Follow Hetfield, Ulrich 6:12
3. Screaming Suicide Hetfield, Ulrich, Robert Trujillo 5:30
4. Sleepwalk My Life Away Hetfield, Ulrich, Trujillo 6:56
5. You Must Burn! Hetfield, Ulrich, Trujillo 7:03
6. Lux Æterna Hetfield, Ulrich 3:25
7. Crown of Barbed Wire Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett 5:49
8. Chasing Light Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett 6:45
9. If Darkness Had a Son Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett 6:36
10. Too Far Gone? Hetfield, Ulrich 4:34
11. Room of Mirrors Hetfield, Ulrich 5:34
12. Inamorata Hetfield, Ulrich 11:10
Total length:
77:28

Personnel[]

Production

  • Greg Fidelman - Producer, Mixer
  • James Hetfield - Producer
  • Lars Ulrich - Producer
  • Sara Lyn Killion - Sound Engineer
  • Jim Monti - Sound Engineer
  • Jason Gossman - Sound Engineer, Editor
  • Kent Matcke - Sound Engineer, Production Coordinator
  • Dan Monti - Editor
  • Bob Ludwig - Mastering
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