METALLICA 72 Seasons

Musical intensity meets personal tumult on 2023’s most anticipated metal.

Dave Everley

music & movies new music from old names T he release of a new Metallica album is a huge event these days. With it comes anticipation and expectation from a demanding fanbase, some of whom perversely seem to relish the possibility of being disappointed. The 11th studio album won’t disappoint anyone but the most truculent fan. ‘72 Seasons’ follows the road map drawn up by 2008’s knotty ‘Death Magnetic’ and 2016’s ‘Hardwired…’: titanium-plated modern metal fuelled by a relentless intent to be better, louder and sharper than anyone else. Stellar lead single Lux Aeterna was greeted like a long-lost son by the faithful. With its turbo-charged, old-school thrash feel and NWOBHM-referencing lyrics (‘Lightning the nation’ indeed), it felt like a deliberate callback to the band’s 1983 debut ‘Kill ’Em All’,…

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