James Hetfield had already explained the meaning of the title of the album, 72 Seasons : “These are the first 18 years of our lives through our real and our fake. It’s the concept of “we are what we are” instilled by our parents. A possible “classification” of the type of personality that we have I think the most interesting thing about it is analyzing these ingrained beliefs and how they affect our perception of the world today.Much of our adult life is about reproducing or reacting to these experiences that we had as children. To be prisoners of our childhood or to break these chains that we carry?
And more recently, the singer returned to the lyrics of the titular track. When asked if this concept was inspired by his life as a child or his life as a parent of children, James answers: “Well, ’72 seasons’ as a concept, it’s kind of like we were kids. Initially we were going with ’72 seasons of heartbreak’, but I dropped that pessimism because the first 18 years of life aren’t all heartache, even though we tend to focus on that in our adult lives. We think, “I gotta fix all the shit that was wrong when I ‘was a child’. But there were also good things, so ’72 seasons’, everyone will interpret it according to their own story, what those 72 seasons have been and what they mean to them Today.
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Metallica shared the official videos words of “72 Seasons” in eight different languages: English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese and Korean.
A competition for brass bands of all levels was also launched this week and will reward the musicians who will do the best covers of Metallica classics.
In the meantime, the group has started a four-night residency on the show “Jimmy Kimmel Live !”.
The group notably interpreted “Lux Æterna”: