Metallica debuts ‘Lux Æterna’ from ’72 Seasons’ album, along with massive world tour

James Hetfield, left, and Kirk Hammett of Metallica perform during the Global Citizen Festival in Central Park in New York on Sept. 24. The heavy-metal band on Monday released its first new track in six years — making good on drummer Lars Ulrich’s promise not to make fans wait another eight years to hear new music. The band also released the song’s Tim Saccenti-directed music video on Monday, along with details about the album’s accompanying M72 world tour featuring two-night stops in nearly two dozen cities. “Starting in April of 2023, we’ll be visiting 22 different cities around the world and playing two nights in each city, with each ‘No Repeat Weekend’ show a completely unique experience: Two totally different set lists with two different bands opening the show each night!” the band announced Monday. Prisoners of childhood or breaking free of those bondages we carry.” The new album comes six years after the band’s 2016 outing “Hardwired … to Self-Destruct,” which came a long eight years after 2008’s “Death Magnetic.” While Metallica also reissued classics and recorded live albums in that time, the band notably climbed the Billboard songs chart this summer with its 1986 song “Master of Puppets” after it was featured in the Season 4 finale of Netflix’s “Stranger Things.”` Before launching the tour, Metallica will play a concert benefiting its All Within My Hands Foundation on Dec. 16 in downtown Los Angeles.