One of those variants was an extremely limited-edition pressing, a yellow-and-black splatter double-LP that was only available to pre-order for 72 hours. Needless to say, Metallica care about the ...

In this week’s The Contenders, Metallica's '72 Seasons' presents perhaps the biggest challenger yet to Morgan Wallen’s Billboard 200 reign.

Yellow and black are the colors of caution signs, fallout shelters, and “Baby on Board” placards — warnings of imminent menace and catastrophe if you don’t get your shit together. So it ...