72 Seasons is the eleventh studio album by Metallica, released on April 14, 2023, by their own record label Blackened Recordings. 72 Seasons was produced by Greg Fidelman, who produced the band’s previous studio album, Hardwired… to Self-Destruct (2016), and is the band’s second studio album to be released through Blackened.
The album generally received positive reviews from critics, who mostly praised Hetfield’s lyrics and vocal performance but criticized the album’s length. In 2024, 72 Seasons received three nominations at the 66th Grammy Awards, winning Best Metal Performance for the title track “72 Seasons”. 72 Seasons includes Metallica’s longest song to date, “Inamorata”, which runs for over 11 minutes.
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
Metallica
James Hetfield: vocals, rhythm guitar, production
Lars Ulrich: drums, production
Kirk Hammett: lead guitar
Robert Trujillo: bass, backing vocals on “You Must Burn!”[53]
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
Lee Jeffries: band portrait photography
