METALLICA has released a new single, “If Darkness Had a Son,” along with a music video. The song is taken from band’s upcoming album, 72 Seasons, available April 14th, 2023.
The band also provided the lyrics for the song, which are as follows:
Temptation
Temptation
Temptation
TemptationThe beast still shouts for what it’s yearning
He stokes the fire, desire burning
The never-ending quenchless craving
The unforgiving misbehavingIf 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 beTemptation
Temptation
Temptation
TemptationSo paint your eyes as black as sorrow
Hide yourself behind tomorrow
The nightmares search for infiltration
In domination, captivationIf 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 beReturn again to where it’s darkest
Dragging home this heathen harvest
And all the children subjugated
Manipulated, propagatedIf darkness had a son, here I am
Temptation is his father
If darkness had a son, here I am
I bathe in holy waterIf 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
72 Seasons is the band’s first new material since 2016 and it will be released in formats including 2LP 140g black vinyl and limited-edition variants, CD and digital.
Hetfield previously spoke on the concept of the album, saying: “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.”
You can pre-order album via Amazon using this link.
