Metallica Announces New Album and World Tour

Metallica Announces New Album and World Tour

Metallica Announces , New Album and World Tour.

'Variety' reports that the veteran rockers have revealed that their 12th studio album, '72 Seasons,' will drop on April 14.

'Variety' reports that the veteran rockers have revealed that their 12th studio album, '72 Seasons,' will drop on April 14.

The album's first single, “Lux Æterna,” is available to listen to now.

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James Hetfield explained what the album title means to the band.

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.

, James Hetfield, via 'Variety'.

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.

, James Hetfield, via 'Variety'.

Much of our adult experience is reenactment or reaction to these childhood experiences.

Prisoners of childhood or breaking free of those bondages we carry, James Hetfield, via 'Variety'.

Metallica also announced a two-year world tour starting April 27 in Amsterdam.

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The band will play two nights in each city they visit.

Two-day tickets will be available starting Dec.

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The band's last full-length album of new songs, 'Hardwired...To Self-Destruct,' was released in 2016