Who co-produced 72 Seasons with James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich?

Greg Fidelman co-produced 72 Seasons with James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich.

Fidelman served as the album’s producer, mixer, and recording engineer, while Hetfield and Ulrich also received production credits. The recording sessions took place at Metallica’s headquarters in San Rafael, California, from March 2021 through November 2022, with the band aiming to preserve a direct, live-feeling performance style despite pandemic-era restrictions.

72 Seasons was released on April 14, 2023, as Metallica’s eleventh studio album and its second studio release on the band’s own Blackened Recordings label. Fidelman had already produced Metallica’s previous studio album, 2016’s Hardwired...to Self-Destruct, making him a key collaborator in the band’s modern recording era.

The distractors point to producers associated with other periods of Metallica’s history. Rick Rubin produced Death Magnetic, Flemming Rasmussen worked on albums including Master of Puppets and ...And Justice for All, and Bob Rock produced the landmark 1991 Metallica album and several later releases.