Metallica announces new album, world tour

METALLICA has announced a global tour ahead of dropping its 12th studio album, 72 Seasons, its first since 2016.

The album is set for release on Apr 14 of next year, and the tour will kick off that month in Amsterdam.

The rockers will play two dates in each city they visit, and promise different set lists and supporting acts for each.

Metallica will play several shows in Europe, including in Paris, Hamburg and Madrid, with a string of dates across North America, including in Los Angeles, Detroit, Montreal and Mexico City also slated.

On Monday, the heavy metal band also released a new song, Lux Aeterna, off the 12-track album.

Explaining the album’s title, frontman James Hetfield, 59, said: “72 seasons. The first 18 years of our lives that form our true or false selves.

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“The concept that we were told ‘who we are’ by our parents. A possible pigeonholing around what kind of personality we are. 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,” he added in the statement.

“Much of our adult experience is re-enactment or reaction to these childhood experiences. Prisoners of childhood or breaking free of those bondages we carry.” AFP