Metallica have been busy touring over the past couple of years, but it seems like they found some time to head into the studio. The band’s 12th album, 72 Seasons is coming out on April 14th, 2023. It’s been six years since Hardwired…To Self Destruct. The new album has 12 tracks coming in at over 77 minutes. 72 Seasons was produced by Greg Fidelman alongside James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich.

Check out the first single from the new album “Lux Aeterna” below.

Here’s what James Hetfield had to say about the title of the new album.

Is there a special meaning to the title?” you ask. James explains it best: “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.

You can pre-order 72 Seasons directly from Metallica’s website or wherever you get your music.

The Tracklist For 72 Seasons

72 Seasons
Shadows Follow
Screaming Suicide
Sleepwalk My Life Away
You Must Burn!
Lux Æterna
Crown of Barbed Wire
Chasing Light
If Darkness Had a Son
Too Far Gone?
Room of Mirrors
Inamorata

The M72 World Tour

This is the equally exciting part of the new announcement. Metallica are hitting the road for 46 unique shows in 22 cities around the world. Starting in April of 2023, they’ll be doing a “No Repeat Weekend” show in each city. Two totally different setlists with two different opening bands opening the show each night. Purchase a two-day ticket and you won’t see the same song twice for a total of over 30 songs spanning Metallica’s 40+ years of heavy metal. Most of the shows will be on Fridays and Sundays, so make plans now.

They’ll be hitting stadiums with the stage in the middle of the field. Fans with Snake Pit access will have a full 360 degree view of the show from the middle. They’ll also offer Enhanced Experiences for fans that want meet and greets, access to production and stage, food & beverage in the “Black Box” lounge, “Black Laminate” is back as the “I Disappear” ticket, which gives you tickets to multiple shows across the nation/world.

Metallica is enlisting some major talent for the opening acts on the tour. For the whole tour, Five Finger Death Punch, Ice Nine Kills, and MammothWVH will open, and some shows will have Pantera, Architects, Greta Van Fleet, or Volbeat.

Tickets go on sale Friday December 2nd for all shows. Fan Club presales start on Wednesday, November 30th, with other presales beginning later that day and throughout the week. Single-day tickets go on sale starting January 20th, 2023.

A portion of proceeds from every ticket sold will go to the band’s All Within My Hands foundation. Founded in 2017, AWMH’s efforts to assist and enrich the lives of members of the communities who have supported the band have raised nearly $13 million – providing $5.9 million in grants to career and technical education programs in the US, over $2.5 million to combat food insecurity, and more than $3.2 million to disaster relief efforts worldwide.

Tour Dates For M72 Tour

APR 27 & 29, 2023AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDSJOHAN CRUIJFF ARENA
MAY 17 & 19, 2023PARIS, FRANCESTADE DE FRANCE*
MAY 26 & 28, 2023HAMBURG, GERMANYVOLKSPARKSTADION
JUN 16 & 18, 2023GOTHENBURG, SWEDENULLEVI STADIUM**
AUG 4 & 6, 2023EAST RUTHERFORD, NJMETLIFE STADIUM
AUG 11 & 13, 2023MONTREAL, CANADASTADE OLYMPIQUE
AUG 18 & 20, 2023ARLINGTON, TXAT&T STADIUM
AUG 25 & 27, 2023LOS ANGELES, CASOFI STADIUM
SEP 1 & 3, 2023PHOENIX, AZSTATE FARM STADIUM
NOV 3 & 5, 2023ST. LOUIS, MOTHE DOME AT AMERICA’S CENTER
NOV 10 & 12, 2023DETROIT, MIFORD FIELD
MAY 24 & 26, 2024MUNICH, GERMANYOLYMPIASTADION
JUN 7 & 9, 2024HELSINKI, FINLANDHELSINKI OLYMPIC STADIUM
JUN 14 & 16, 2024COPENHAGEN, DENMARKPARKEN STADIUM
JUL 5 & 7, 2024WARSAW, POLANDPGE NARODOWY
JUL 12 & 14, 2024MADRID, SPAINESTADIO CÍVITAS METROPOLITANO
AUG 2 & 4, 2024FOXBOROUGH, MAGILLETTE STADIUM
AUG 9 & 11, 2024CHICAGO, ILSOLDIER FIELD
AUG 16 & 18, 2024MINNEAPOLIS, MNU.S. BANK STADIUM
AUG 23 & 25, 2024EDMONTON, CANADACOMMONWEALTH STADIUM
AUG 30 & SEP 1, 2024SEATTLE, WALUMEN FIELD
SEP 20 & 22, 2024MEXICO CITY, MEXICOFORO SOL***
SEP 27 & 29, 2024MEXICO CITY, MEXICOFORO SOL***

Show 1 Support Europe: Architects & Mammoth WVH**
Show 2 Support Europe: Five Finger Death Punch & Ice Nine Kills
* Five Finger Death Punch & Ice Nine Kills play Show 1 in Paris, Architects & Mammoth WVH play Show 2 in Paris
** Volbeat replaces Architects on Show 1 in Gothenburg

Show 1 Support North America: Pantera & Mammoth WVH***
Show 2 Support North America: Five Finger Death Punch & Ice Nine Kills
*** Greta Van Fleet replaces Pantera on show 1 both weekends in Mexico City

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