72 Seasons

72 Seasons is the upcoming eleventh studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica. It is set for release on April 14, 2023, by their own label Blackened Recordings. 72 Seasons is produced by Greg Fidelman, who produced the band's previous studio album, Hardwired... to Self-Destruct (2016), and will be the band's second studio album to be released through Blackened.

72 Seasons
Studio album by
Metallica
ReleasedApril 14, 2023 (2023-04-14)
StudioMetallica's HQ (San Rafael, California)
LabelBlackened
Producer
Metallica chronology
S&M2
(2020)		 72 Seasons
(2023)
Metallica studio album chronology
Hardwired... to Self-Destruct
(2016)		 72 Seasons
(2023)
Singles from 72 Seasons
  1. "Lux Æterna"
    Released: November 28, 2022[1]
  2. "Screaming Suicide"
    Released: January 19, 2023

Background

In an interview with Australian magazine The Music's official podcast in March 2019, bassist Robert Trujillo said that Metallica had begun jamming on new material for its next studio album. "I'm excited about the next record because I believe it will also be a culmination of the two [previous] records and another journey. There's no shortage of original ideas, that's the beauty of being in this band." He estimated that the album would be released "a lot sooner than the previous two did... this time around I think we'll be able to jump on it a lot quicker and jump in the studio and start working. We've all vowed to get this one going sooner than later."[2]

In an interview with Australian magazine Mixdown the following month, guitarist Kirk Hammett said that the band had tentative plans to enter the studio after the conclusion of its WorldWired Tour in support of Hardwired... to Self-Destruct. He stated, "We're in our third year since Hardwired. Maybe we can get a bit more focus and go into the studio a bit sooner."[3] Having not contributed any writing to Hardwired... to Self-Destruct after accidentally losing his phone containing riff ideas at Copenhagen Airport in 2014,[4][5] Hammett said regarding his ideas for the new album, "I have a ton of material. I've over-compensated, so I'm ready to go anytime."[3]

In April 2020, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, drummer Lars Ulrich said in an interview with Marc Benioff that Metallica could work on its next studio album while in quarantine.[6] Trujillo told The Vinyl Guide in June that the band was "excited about cultivating new ideas" for its new album. "We communicate every week, which is really great, so we have our connection intact [...] what we've started doing is basically just really concentrating on our home studios and being creative from our homes and navigating through ideas and building on new ideas. And that's where we're at right now". He also said that the band was working towards eventually entering a studio to record the album.[7] In November, Ulrich said in an interview with Phoebe Bridgers for Rolling Stone that the band was "three, four weeks into some pretty serious writing"[8][9] and stated that "It's the heaviest thing, the coolest [...] but all kidding aside, if it wasn't because we thought that the best record was still ahead of us, then why keep doing it?"[10][11][12] He followed up in January 2021 by saying that progress on the album had been "glacial",[13][14] while vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield said in March that "It's either touring or writing, so COVID chose for us [...] but, yeah, [we will release] a bunch of songs. We wrote quite a few songs".[15]

Title

On November 28, 2022, Hetfield commented on the album's title:

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.[16]

Release and promotion

On November 28, 2022, Metallica announced the album's title, release date, tracklist and a promotional tour of North America and Europe, featuring Pantera, Five Finger Death Punch, Ice Nine Kills, Greta Van Fleet, Architects, Volbeat, and Mammoth WVH, titled the M72 World Tour. The band subsequently released the album's first single, "Lux Æterna", along with a music video.[17]

On January 19, 2023, Metallica released a new music video for "Screaming Suicide".[18]

Track listing
No.TitleMusicLength
1."72 Seasons"  
2."Shadows Follow"  
3."Screaming Suicide"
5:30
4."Sleepwalk My Life Away"  
5."You Must Burn!"  
6."Lux Æterna"
  • Hetfield
  • Ulrich
3:26
7."Crown of Barbed Wire"  
8."Chasing Light"  
9."If Darkness Had a Son"  
10."Too Far Gone?"  
11."Room of Mirrors"  
12."Inamorata"  

Personnel

Metallica

Production

  • Greg Fidelman – production, mixing, recording
  • Sara Lyn Killion – engineering
  • Jim Monti – engineering
  • Jason Gossman – additional engineering, digital editing
  • Kent Matcke – assistant engineering
  • Dan Monti – digital editing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • David Turner – cover art

References
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  2. "Metallica's Next Album 'Will Come A Lot Sooner Than The Previous Two Did,' Says Robert Trujillo". Blabbermouth.net. March 14, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  3. "Kirk Hammett: 'I Have A Ton Of Material' For Metallica's Next Album". Blabbermouth.net. April 14, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  4. "Metallica's Kirk Hammett Says He Tracked His Missing iPhone To Copenhagen Airport". Blabbermouth.net. August 12, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  5. Kielty, Martin (September 23, 2016). "Why Kirk Hammett didn't write much for new Metallica album". TeamRock. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  6. "Metallica Could Make New Album In Quarantine, Says Lars Ulrich". Blabbermouth.net. April 28, 2020. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
  7. "Metallica Is 'Excited About Cultivating New Ideas' While In Quarantine, Says Robert Trujillo". Blabbermouth.net. June 30, 2020. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
  8. Grow, Kory (November 20, 2020). "Metallica's Lars Ulrich and Phoebe Bridgers: Musicians on Musicians". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  9. Ruskell, Nick (November 23, 2020). "Metallica Are A Month Into Some "Pretty Serious Writing" For Their Next Album". Kerrang!. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  10. Scarlett, Elizabeth (December 30, 2020). "Lars Ulrich: The next Metallica album will be the best one yet". Classic Rock. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
  11. Schaffner, Lauryn (December 30, 2020). "Lars Ulrich: New Metallica Album Is the 'Heaviest Thing,' Best One Yet". Loudwire. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
  12. Lochrie, Conor (December 31, 2020). "Look out 2021, Lars Ulrich says Metallica's new album will be their best yet". Tone Deaf. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
  13. Ling, Dave (January 20, 2021). "40 years of friendship and one Zoom call: Lars Ulrich and Brian Tatler catch up". Classic Rock. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  14. Carter, Emily (January 20, 2021). "Lars Ulrich says Metallica are making "glacial" progress on their new album". Kerrang!. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  15. Erel, Eray (May 7, 2021). "James Hetfield breaks silence on new Metallica album: "We wrote quite a few songs"". Metal Castle. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  16. "New Album...72 Seasons!". metallica.com. November 28, 2022. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  17. Monroe, Jazz (November 28, 2022). "Metallica Announce Huge Tour and New Album 72 Seasons, Share Video for New Song: Watch". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  18. Singer, Quentin (January 19, 2023). "Metallica Stealth Release New Single & Video, "Screaming Suicide"". Forbes. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
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