Metal Hammer UK

"IT'S ABOUT MUSIC MOVING YOU"

1 72 SEASONS

The title track is a classic Metallica album opener: machine-gun drums, jagged riffs, James Hetfield spitting out terse, staccato stanzas. A relentless, thrashy song punctuated by bursts of melodies and a pair of killer solos, it’s the charred objects on the album’s cover brought to life.

Key lyric: ‘Wrath of man / Thrive upon / Feeding on / 72

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