Metallica launch video for new song Screaming Suicide

Metallica have released a video for Screaming Suicide, the second song to be unveiled from the band’s upcoming album 72 Seasons. The release follows that of Lux Æterna, which dropped in November.  

“Screaming Suicide addresses the taboo word of suicide,” says frontman James Hetfield. “The intention is to communicate about the darkness we feel inside. It’s ridiculous to think we should deny that we have these thoughts. 

“At one point or another I believe most people have thought about it. To face it is to speak the unspoken. If it’s a human experience, we should be able to talk about it. You are not alone.”

The video for Screaming Suicide was directed by Tim Saccent, who worked with the band on Lux Æterna. Metallica say they were “so blown away that we asked him to come back for round two.” 

Metallica’s new album, 72 Seasons, will be released on April 14, 2023.

Produced by Greg Fidelman with Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, and clocking in at over 77 minutes, the 12-track 72 Seasons is Metallica’s follow-up to 2016’s Hardwired… To Self Destruct.

On the concept behind the album title, James Hetfield says: “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.”

Apr 27, 2023: Amsterdam Johan Cruijff Arena, HOL
Apr 29, 2023: Amsterdam Johan Cruijff Arena, HOL

May 17, 2023 – Paris FR – Stade de France, FRA
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May 26, 2023: Hamburg Volksparkstadion, GER
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Jun 08, 2023: Download Festival, UK
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Jun 16, 2023: Gothenburg Ullevi Stadium, SWE
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Aug 04, 2023: East Rutherford, NJ MetLife Stadium, USA
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Aug 11, 2023: Montreal Stade Olympique, CAN
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Aug 18, 2023: Arlington, TX AT&T Stadium, USA
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Aug 25, 2023: Inglewood, CA SoFi Stadium, USA
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Sep 01, 2023: Glendale, AZ – State Farm Stadium, USA
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Nov 03, 2023: St. Louis, MO – The Dome at America’s Center, USA
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Nov 10, 2023: Detroit, MI Ford Field, USA
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May 24, 2024: Munich Olympiastadion, GER
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Jun 7, 2024: Helsinki Olympic Stadium, FIN
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Jun 14, 2024: Copenhagen Parken Stadium, DEN
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Jul 05 2024: Warsaw PGE Narodowy, POL
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Jul 12, 2024: Madrid Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano, SPA
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Aug 02, 2024: Foxborough, MA Gillette Stadium, USA
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Aug 09, 2024: Chicago, IL Soldier Field, USA
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Aug 16, 2024: Minneapolis US Bank Stadium, USA
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Aug 23. 2024: Edmonton Commonwealth Stadium, CAN
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Aug 30, 2024: Seattle, WA Lumen Field, USA
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Sep 20, 2024: Mexico City Foro Sol, MEX
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Sep 27, 2024: Mexico City Foro Sol, MEX
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Source: loudersound.com