Metallica’s next European and North American tour in support of the heavy metal band’s new album, 72 Seasons, will begin in April 2023 in Amsterdam and conclude in Mexico’s capital Ciudad de Mexico in September 2024.

Metallica’s new album, which will contain 12 songs, will be released on April 14, 2023, according to the band’s website metallica.com, cited by Agerpres.

“72 Seasons” will be the twelfth studio album of the American group, which was released six years after the previous disc “Hardwired… To Self Destruct”.

The album was produced by Greg Fidelman along with two band members, drummer Lars Ulrich and guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield.

The first single “Lux Aeterna” can be heard on digital platforms.

The disc includes the following songs: “72 Seasons”, “Shadows Follow”, “Screaming Suicide”, “Sleepwalk My Life Away”, “You Must Burn!”, “Lux Aterna”, “Crown of Barbed Wire”, “Chasing” . Light “, “If the darkness had a son”, “Gone too far?”, “Room of mirrors” and “In love”.

To promote the new album in each city included in the tour, Metallica will offer different shows, both in terms of repertoire and opening acts.

“M72 World Tour” will include 46 “unique concerts” in 22 cities.

A portion of the proceeds from sales will go to Metallica’s All Within My Hands Foundation, which aims to help build sustainable communities based on education and the fight against hunger.

The “M72 World Tour” stage will once again include the so-called “Metallica Snake Pit”, a space located in the center of the stage to which the audience has access.

Advance ticket sales will begin on Wednesday, November 30.