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8.0
133595
8.0 |
NME
The hard rock veterans roll back the years to deliver a thrilling sonic onslaught - including their longest ever song
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8.0
133596
8.0 |
Kerrang!
At an hour-and-a-quarter, like its predecessor, 72 Seasons is a lot to cram in in one go, a marathon. But it slaps consistently, and hard
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8.0
133597
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Rolling Stone
Metallica have always been masters of corpulent, groove-heavy riffs and labyrinthine song structures, but now, with more than 40 years of experience, they play with more purpose than in their speed-demon days
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Independent
Old and new fans alike will be headbanging happily throughout
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8.0
133607
8.0 |
musicOMH
Monstrously long it undoubtedly is, but it is also their most consistent work since the ‘Black Album’, and features some of their most creative work to date
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8.0
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The Line Of Best Fit
72 Seasons is certainly a triumph. It's Metallica by the books, the experimentation and curiosity pushed aside for brutality and sheer force
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8.0
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The Arts Desk
Blending dashes of their thrash early days with the mainstream rock polish they acquired from 1991 onwards, on the whole it's deeper and meaningful
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8.0
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8.0 |
XS Noize
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8.0
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8.0 |
The FT
James Hetfield and co are forceful and fine-tuned on their 11th studio album
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7.5
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Paste Magazine
By not pressing to recapture the past, Metallica sound more liberated than they have in decades
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7.2
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7.2 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
It’s an album that feels more consistent and original than anything they’ve done since the Load releases from forever ago
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7.0
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7.0 |
Uncut
It's the restlessly inventive guitars, from silvery solos to swaggering glam rock, where Metallica find ageless redemption. Print edition only
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7.0
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7.0 |
PopMatters
While their most musically cautious work, Metallica’s 72 Seasons still takes some huge risks. We all deserve to be happy, including our heavy metal heroes
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7.0
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7.0 |
Spill Magazine
While not as dangerous sounding as Hardwired, Metallica has challenged themselves as songwriters, an impressive notion for any band over 40 years in the game
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7.0
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7.0 |
Slant Magazine
The album serves as a streamlined hodgepodge of everything the band has done to date but lacks mellower moments
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7.0
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7.0 |
All Music
The album is filled with meditations on mortality and morality, Hetfield looking back on his raising with clarity, not anger
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6.4
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6.4 |
Pitchfork
At 77 minutes, Metallica’s eleventh studio album delivers everything you could want from a Metallica album in 2023 and so much more. Too much more
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Guardian
With weighty lyrics referencing James Hetfield’s ongoing recovery and harking back to the band’s formative British influences, 72 Seasons has the edge of Metallica’s 80s heyday – albeit one blunted by overlong songs
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6.0
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6.0 |
Clash
The titans revisit their roots for a safe eleventh album
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