Metallica Announces , New Album and World Tour.<br />'Variety' reports that the veteran rockers have revealed that their 12th studio album, <br />'72 Seasons,' will drop on April 14.<br />'Variety' reports that the veteran rockers have revealed that their 12th studio album, <br />'72 Seasons,' will drop on April 14.<br />The album's first single, “Lux Æterna,” <br />is available to listen to now. .<br />James Hetfield explained what <br />the album title means to the band.<br /> 72 seasons. The first 18 years of our lives that form our true or false selves. The concept that we were told ‘who we are’ by our parents. A possible pigeonholing around what kind of personality we are. , James Hetfield, via 'Variety'.<br />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. , James Hetfield, via 'Variety'.<br />Much of our adult experience is reenactment or reaction to these childhood experiences. Prisoners of childhood or breaking free of those bondages we carry, James Hetfield, via 'Variety'.<br />Metallica also announced a two-year <br />world tour starting April 27 in Amsterdam. .<br />The band will play two nights <br />in each city they visit.<br />Two-day tickets will be available starting <br />Dec. 2, and single-day tickets can be <br />bought beginning Jan. 20.<br />The band's last full-length album of new songs, 'Hardwired...To Self-Destruct,' was released in 2016
