72 Seasons

Genre: Heavy metal, thrash metal.

Influenced by: Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, The Ramones, Sex Pistols, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple.

Similar artists: Megadeth, Anthrax, Slayer, Pantera.

About this album: According to Metallica front man James Hetfield, the name of the album and title track come from a book he was reading while working on the project. Said Hetfield, 72 Seasons came out of a book I was reading about childhood, basically, and sorting out childhood as an adult. And 72 seasons is basically the first 18 years of your life.” While it’s not quite the next Master of Puppets, there are still plenty of righteous enough tunes on this album to serve as your potential Vecna “savior song.” Justice for Eddy!

Metacritic Score: 77 (Generally Favorable Reviews).

Grammy Nominations: Best Rock Album, Best Rock Performance (Lux Æterna,) and Best Metal Performance (72 Seasons.)

Song To Sample: Lux Æterna.