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Metallica releases new song “If Darkness Had A Son”

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Metallica releases new song “If Darkness Had A Son”

Metallica released “If Darkness Had A Son”, the third single of their upcoming 12th studio album “72 Seasons” that will be out next April 14. The song was written by Hetfield, Hammett and Ulrich.

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They already had released two other tracks previously: “Lux Æterna” and “Screaming Suicide”.

The band is formed by James Hetfield (Guitar and vocals), Lars Ulrich (Drums), Kirk Hammett (Guitar) and Rob Trujillo (Bass).

Hear the new Metallica song “If Darkness Had a Son”:

Lyrics

“Temptation
Temptation
Temptation
Temptation

The beast still shouts for what it’s yearning
He stokes the fire, desire burning
The never-ending quenchless craving
The unforgiving misbehaving

If darkness had a son, here I am
Temptation is his father
If darkness had a son, here I am
I bathe in holy water
Temptation, leave me be

Temptation
Temptation
Temptation
Temptation

So paint your eyes as black as sorrow
Hide yourself behind tomorrow
The nightmares search for infiltration
In domination, captivation

If darkness had a son, here I am
Temptation is his father
If darkness had a son, here I am
I bathe in holy water
Temptation, leave me be

Return again to where it’s darkest
Dragging home this heathen harvest
And all the children subjugated
Manipulated, propagated

If darkness had a son, here I am
Temptation is his father
If darkness had a son, here I am
I bathe in holy water

If darkness had a son
Here I am
If darkness had a son
Here I am
If darkness had a son
Here I am
I bathe in holy water
Temptation, leave me be”.

Metallica “72 Seasons” tracklist

The new record will have 12 tracks and will have about 77 minutes of music. It was produced by Greg Fidelman alongside James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich.

  1. 72 Seasons
  2. Shadows Follow
  3. Screaming Suicide
  4. Sleepwalk My Life Away
  5. You Must Burn!
  6. Lux Æterna
  7. Crown of Barbed Wire
  8. Chasing Light
  9. If Darkness Had a Son
  10. Too Far Gone?
  11. Room of Mirrors
  12. Inamorata

The Metallica vocalist and guitarist James Hetfield explained in an official statement the meaning of the album’s title, saying: “Is there a special meaning to the title? 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. 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. 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 said.

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