Metallicaโs 72 Seasons may not reinvent thrash, but it refines it with maturity and muscle. With Greg Fidelmanโs production and standout tracks like โInamorata,โ the band delivers their strongest album since Death Magnetic.
Rob Halfordโs brief decision to axe guitarist Andy Sneap nearly derailed Judas Priestโs 50th anniversary tourโuntil he reversed course, reaffirming the bandโs twin-guitar identity and delivering a triumphant metal lesson in self-awareness.