If Darkness Had a Son

"If Darkness Had a Son"
"If Darkness Had a Son"
Single by Metallica
from the album 72 Seasons
Released	March 1, 2023
Genre	Alternative metal; thrash metal;
Length	6:36
Label	Blackened
Songwriters	James Hetfield; Lars Ulrich; Kirk Hammett;
Producers	Greg Fidelman; James Hetfield; Lars Ulrich;
Metallica singles chronology

ReleasedMarch 1, 2023

Genre

Length6:36

LabelBlackened

"If Darkness Had a Son" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica, released as the third single in promotion of their eleventh studio album 72 Seasons. It was released on March 1, 2023, along with a music video directed by Tim Saccenti.^[3]

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Discography Songs recorded
Kill 'Em All	"The Four Horsemen" "Jump in the Fire "(Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth" "Whiplash" "Seek & Destroy"
Ride the Lightning	"For Whom the Bell Tolls" "Fade to Black" "Creeping Death"
Master of Puppets	"Battery" "Master of Puppets" "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" "Disposable Heroes" "Orion"
...And Justice for All	"Blackened" "...And Justice for All" "Eye of the Beholder" "One" "Harvester of Sorrow" "To Live Is to Die"
Metallica	"Enter Sandman" "Sad but True" "The Unforgiven" "Wherever I May Roam" "Don't Tread on Me" "Nothing Else Matters" "The God That Failed"
Load	"Ain't My Bitch" "Until It Sleeps" "King Nothing" "Hero of the Day" "Bleeding Me" "Mama Said"
Reload	"Fuel" "The Memory Remains" "The Unforgiven II" "Better Than You"
Garage Inc.	"Am I Evil?" "Breadfan" "Last Caress/Green Hell" "Stone Cold Crazy" "Turn the Page" "Whiskey in the Jar" "Die, Die My Darling"
St. Anger	"Frantic" "St. Anger" "Some Kind of Monster" "The Unnamed Feeling" "All Within My Hands"
Death Magnetic	"Broken, Beat & Scarred" "The Day That Never Comes" "All Nightmare Long" "Cyanide" "The Unforgiven III" "The Judas Kiss" "My Apocalypse"
Hardwired... to Self-Destruct	"Hardwired" "Atlas, Rise!" "Now That We're Dead" "Moth into Flame" "Spit Out the Bone"
72 Seasons	"72 Seasons" "Screaming Suicide" "Lux Æterna" "If Darkness Had a Son" "Inamorata"
Other songs	"No Leaf Clover" "I Disappear" "The View"
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