Metallica announces new album, world tour
Published on: Tuesday, November 29, 2022
By: AFP
James Hetfield (right) and Robert Trujillo of Metallica. - AFP pic
NEW YORK: Metallica yesterday announced a global tour and its forthcoming 12th studio album, “72 Seasons” – the band’s first since 2016.
The album is set for release on April 14, with the tour kicking off that same month in Amsterdam.
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The rockers will play two dates in each city they visit, promising different set lists and supporting acts for each.
Metallica will play several shows in Europe including in Paris, Hamburg, and Madrid, with a string of dates across North America including in Los Angeles, Detroit, Montreal, and Mexico City also slated.
Yesterday, the heavy-metal band also released a new song – “Lux Aeterna” – off their 12-track album.
In attempting to explain the album’s title, frontman James Hetfield, 59, said in a statement: “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.
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“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,” Hetfield concluded. “Prisoners of childhood or breaking free of those bondages we carry.” Whatever that means.
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