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TRACK PROFILE · 2023

If Darkness Had a Son

By Metallica

From 72 Seasons

Hard rockHeavy metalSpeed metalThrash metal

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Released
2023
Disc / track
1 / 9
Label
EMI
Duration
6:36
Artist
Metallica
72 Seasons album cover
Album artwork. (Credit: Metallica / EMI)

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About this track

“If Darkness Had a Son” appears on Metallica’s 72 Seasons, first released in 2023. This recording is listed with a 2023 release. It is track 9 on disc 1 in the listing below.

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72 Seasons

Main track listing: 72 Seasons (2023), an official release cataloged by MusicBrainz. Additional recordings from other official editions are listed separately.

Disc 1

  1. 0172 Seasons
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  2. 02Shadows Follow
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  3. 03Screaming Suicide
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  4. 04Sleepwalk My Life Away
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  5. 05You Must Burn!
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  6. 06Lux Æterna
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  7. 07Crown of Barbed Wire
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  8. 08Chasing Light
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  9. 09If Darkness Had a Son
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  10. 10Too Far Gone?
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  11. 11Room of Mirrors
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  12. 12Inamorata
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Artwork (Credit: Metallica / EMI)

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