Metallica has confirmed its forthcoming album. The 12th studio album by Metallica will be called “72 Seasons” and will be released on April 14, 2023, on the group’s own Blackened Recordings. The 12-track album, which clocks in at over 77 minutes is being produced by Greg Fidelman with founding members James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. This album will be Metallica’s first full-length compilation of new material since 2016’s Hardwired…To Self-Destruct.

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The band has released the first single from the album, Lux terna, a three-and-a-half-minute-long blast that recalls the band’s earlier albums. This style of music experienced a major resurgence earlier this year with the prominent use of their 1986 classic Master of Puppets in the series Stranger Things.

James Hetfield explained the idea behind 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.”

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The full track list appears below:

72 Seasons’ tracklist:

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

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Metallica also confirmed the concerts and world tours for 2023 and 2024. Metallica’s M72 world tour, which is sponsored by Liquid Death and Blackened American Whiskey (in North America only) and promoted by Live Nation, will have the band performing twice in each location, with each No Repeat Weekend including two entirely distinct setlists and support acts. The legendary Metallica Snake Pit will move to center stage for the M72 tour, which will also mark the introduction of the I Disappear full-tour pass and discounted tickets for fans under the age of 16.

Tickets will go on sale from Friday, December 2. Tickets for a single day will be available starting on January 20. People can also visit metallica.com/m72-info for further details, including as fan club presales, improved experiences, and more.

The M72 Tour’s official credit card is Citi. Citi cardholders will have access to presale tickets in the United States from Wednesday, November 30th at 2:00 pm local time to Thursday, December 1st at 10:00 pm local time.