Still on the road as of 2026 , the M72 World Tour didn’t actually wrap up till July 5, when they finally played their last show in London.
March 2025 and Hammett is talking to Rolling Stone magazine about work on the next Metallica album – and he’s got a lot to be getting on with, having come up with a whopping 767 new riffs for it. Which, you have to admit, is kind of a nightmare –…
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And by 2025, 72 Seasons had been certified 8 times platinum – quite an achievement, if you ask me.
Fast forward to May 2024 and Hetfield is saying that he’s been writing lots and lots of new music and has even been playing guitar pretty much every day – although, of course, he didn’t actually say that last part out loud.
And then they did this pretty massive tour to promote the album – the M72 World Tour – which kicked off on April 27, 2023, in Amsterdam.
Make April 14, 2023, a date to remember, because that’s the day Metallica finally released their 11th studio album “72 Seasons”.
April 2023, and Ulrich was over on the Loudwire Nights radio program talking about how Metallica could probably start working on the follow-up to 72 Seasons , and that he was really looking forward to getting back out on stage and performing live for the next year or so. He…
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March 30, 2023, saw Metallica finally putting out a music video for the title track from their new album “72 Seasons”.
Then, of course, on March 1, 2023, Metallica put out the third single called ” If Darkness Had a Son “.
And then on January 19, 2023, Metallica came out with their second single titled ” Screaming Suicide “.