Metallica has been quiet for years, but the music legends still don't seem to have had enough. A new music video appears as a complete surprise, and the accompanying album is in the starting blocks. They came up with an unusual concept for their tour.
The legendary metal band Metallica has announced a new album: The twelve-song work "72 Seasons" will be released on April 14, 2023. With the single "Lux Æterna" and video, the US musicians already provide a foretaste of the new record, which is the first regular studio album since "Hardwired... To Self-Destruct" from 2016.
"72 Seasons - 72 seasons. The first 18 years of our lives, in which our true or false self-image is shaped," explains lead singer James Hetfield the title of the album. "The thought that it was our parents who told you 'who you are'. Which pigeonholes could be possible and suitable for the personality you have. What I find really exciting about it is how this examination of your own basic beliefs affects it affects how we see the world around us today," Hetfield said.
The band will also be touring with their new album. The "M72 World Tour" has been announced for 2023/2024 and will include four concerts in Germany. The special thing about the tour: the musicians will be in each city on two evenings. Fans will get to see two completely different sets as well as different bands in the opening act.
Also announced is "a revolutionary new stage design", the focus of which is the circular stage ("Metallica Snake Pit"). The German shows will take place on Friday, May 26, 2023 and Sunday, May 28, 2023 at Hamburg's Volksparkstadion and on Friday, May 24, 2024 and Sunday, May 26, 2024 at Munich's Olympiastadion. Two-day tickets are available from next Friday, December 2nd. Single date tickets will be available from January 20, 2023.
