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The new Metallica album, “72 Seasons”, is more than descent, it kicks ass, and takes a big nine out of ten … for 72 reasons! Dimitris Zacharopoulos has noted down these 72 reasons for you, and they are the following …!
- “72 Seasons” is in the vein of “Hardwired … to Self-Destruct”, but more inspired and catchier.
- The guitar riffs are killer.
- The melodies are haunting.
- The vocal lines are hooky.
- The refrains are made for endless sing-along.
- The guitar solos are dramatic.
- Listening to these screaming guitars, you want to play air guitar!
- The tunes drive you crazy and you wanna head bang all the time!
- The bass and the drums build a strong wall of sound.
- The amazing themes come one after another, in every song, making our metal dreams come true.
- This is an absolute metal thrashing album.
- It has elements from all the albums of the band’s discography – even from “Load” and “Reload”.
- The DNA of the band is contained here at 100% – pure Metallica inside every song.
- The sound production of Greg Fidelman is crystal clear, loud and majestic.
- James Hetfield sings confidently, spitting the words.
- Hetfield’s voice tone is pretty much the same in every track, but, yeah, it tastes good.
- Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield weave a complex guitar web.
- Hammett is very often using the “wah – wah” technique in his guitar playing. Great!
- Lars Ulrich pounds the drums like a lunatic.
- Robert Trujillo fills and supports the songs in an aristocratic way.
- The rhythm section is unbeatable – the perfect basis that every band would wish for.
- The groove of the songs is heavy, like an anvil in endless motion.
- The lyrics are personal and emotional.
- Apart from that, the lyrics rhyme nicely and have been put with fantasy and wisdom.
- Hetfield took his inner darkness and turned it to light.
- That’s why we have a dark album with a big light at the end of the tunnel.
- The beast of Metallica is awake – again, screaming and devouring.
- Rager is probably the best description for both music and lyrics of “72 Seasons”.
- There are no dated clichés here – only fresh, classy ideas.
- The album’s compositions are great, no fillers, just killers!
- The album contains the history of heavy metal music – it’s everything here, from Deep Purple to Diamond Head and from Black Sabbath to the thrash metal of ”Kill ‘Em All”, ”Master of Puppets” and “… And Justice For All”.
- We all have a new motto: Full-speed or nothing!
- Metallica shows us how thrash metal should sound in the year 2023.
- The way the songs are structured and orchestrated is exceptional.
- Listen to the breaks, the beginnings and the endings. A sonic maze.
- The epic, long songs don’t let you get bored, just super-satisfied.
- The album’s songs will surely sound perfect in live concerts – real crowd-pleasers!
- David Turner’s album cover is clever and unique – see it and you won’t forget it.
- There’s so much feeling from the first to the last second of the record.
- And if course, great passion.
- Although the album has no ballads, at the end you won’t remember that – the quality of the album won’t let you.
- It’s sounding modern and vintage at the same time.
- It’s sounding simple and intricate – at the same time, again.
- The songs sound so well-rehearsed, worked till the very last note.
- You understand that the band had much fun recording these new songs.
- The album shows its beauties, only after some listening sessions.
- There is a live feeling in all the songs.
- We can hear Robert Trujillo singing some background vocals in ”You Must Burn”.
- ”Lux Æterna” is Metallica’s tribute to the song ”It’s Electric” by Diamond Head.
- There is s fine, tight relationship between the band members – you can hear that in every track of this new album.
- There is a homage to the legendary Deep Purple in the song ”Screaming Suicide”.
- The title of the album is very smart – the first 72 Seasons in our lives are the most important – and ”72 Seasons” is one significant album in our lives.
- The album, due to its sound, will appeal not only to the middle-aged metal fans, but also to the younger generations.
- It is obvious that Metallica’s metal machine works properly again – forget the fear, the pain and the second thoughts of the recent past.
- The album starts with the storming title track, which shows Metallica’s intentions right from the beginning.
- ”72 Seasons” continues with big songs of relentless thrashy heavy metal.
- And ends with ”Inamorata”, a heavy and doomy mid-tempo masterpiece.
- The members of the band are clean now and sober, something recognizable in every song of the new album.
- This album is cathartic for the four members, not a problem, not an issue, but the right solution.
- Throughout the album, everything is in peak – that is an absolute metal delirium.
- Metallica play the music they like – and you can understand that from even the first listening session.
- Metallica aren’t kids any more – they know what they want and how to achieve it!
- However, they seem like they are reckless teenagers, who got their first guitars and have started playing their first songs!
- It’s an album made by fans, for fans!
- “72 Seasons” is the band’s 11th album, but it sounds it’s their debut!
- The album lasts 77 minutes, but it flows like a flooded stream of water.
- It’s the quarantine album of Metallica – the band had to time to test new ideas, jam, rehearse and create the best result!
- Metallica have many things to say – listen to them in these twelve fantastic new songs.
- “72 Seasons” sounds like the 2023 version of “Black Album”.
- An album, which makes us shout again loud – Metallica!
- Behold one of the best metal albums of our times!
- Behold classic Metallica!