When it comes to the last two Metallica records, the band have embraced an approach that can best be summed up by Lux Æterna lyrics of "full speed or nothin'", both 2016's Hardwired... To Self Destruct and 2023's 72 Seasons returning to the band's thrash roots with nary a ballad in sight.
Which makes it all the more interesting that bassist Robert Trujillo revealed earlier this year that - for him at least - the creative process for 72 Seasons began when he was tasked by Lars Ulrich with coming up with an acoustic version of Death Magnetic track The Day That Never Comes.
