2022 was the year that live music got back on its feet again, also producing a raft of excellent albums from bands old and new. What a relief it’s been to have those stabilising forces in our lives. Here are just some of the things we’ll be looking out for over the next 12 months.
A BRAND NEW METALLICA ALBUM
Metallica release a new studio album, 72 Seasons, on April 14. The San Franciscan band’s conceptually based twelfth studio album was produced by Greg Fidelman with James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, and is their first since 2016’s Hardwired… To Self-Destruct. You’ll already have heard its single, Lux Æterna, which almost broke the internet on the day it was unveiled. The band have lined up a couple of appearances in the UK – see below.
DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL CELEBRATES ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY
Team Metallica will be at Donington Park in June, playing two no-songs-repeated sets on Thursday and Saturday.
