Metallica's official music video for “If Darkness Had a Son,” from the album “72 Seasons” available April 14th, 2023.Listen to “If Darkness Had a Son”: https://metallica.lnk.to/IfDarknessHa...Pre-order. Pre-save. Pre-add “72 Seasons”: https://metallica.lnk.to/72Seasons Subscribe for more videos: https://tallica.lnk.to/subscribeDirected by Tim SaccentiFilmed in Los Angeles, CA, on January 9, 2023Video Premiere Date: March 1, 2023LYRICSTemptationTemptationTemptationTemptationThe beast still shouts for what it’s yearningHe stokes the fire, desire burningThe never-ending quenchless cravingThe unforgiving misbehavingIf darkness had a son, here I amTemptation is his fatherIf darkness had a son, here I amI bathe in holy waterTemptation, leave me beTemptationTemptationTemptationTemptationSo paint your eyes as black as sorrowHide yourself behind tomorrowThe nightmares search for infiltrationIn domination, captivationIf darkness had a son, here I amTemptation is his fatherIf darkness had a son, here I amI bathe in holy waterTemptation, leave me beReturn again to where it’s darkestDragging home this heathen harvestAnd all the children subjugatedManipulated, propagatedIf darkness had a son, here I amTemptation is his fatherIf darkness had a son, here I amI bathe in holy waterIf darkness had a sonHere I amIf darkness had a sonHere I amIf darkness had a sonHere I amI bathe in holy waterTemptation, leave me beWritten by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich & Kirk HammettCREDITSDirector: Tim SaccentiProducer: Daniel LachmanExecutive Producer: Jennifer HeathProd Company: Radical MediaCreative Direction: Setta StudiosDP: Joshua Zucker-PludaProduction Designer: Kurt GefkeGaffer: Drew ValentiKey Grip: Charles LenzSPFX: Kevin WatsonEditor: Matt PoseyEditorial: PS260Colorist: Dante PasquinelliColor: Ethos StudioDigital Artwork: Nnewnome BeautonVFX: Mark SzumskiVFX Company: Hey Beautiful Jerk Executive Producer: Gina NiespodzianiVisuals Curator: Dina ChangSound Designer: Nicole PettigrewProduction Supervisor: Kelsie Drinkwater BuchananAssistant Director: Michael EstrellaSteadicam: Chris Loh1st AC: Ethan McDonald2nd AC: Alan CertezaDIT: James PetersmeyerBB Electric: Arin WhitlockElectric: Tom PeñaElectric: Chris WaldorfElectric: Darrel DitriLighting Console Programmer: Zane BlanchardBB Grip: Andy WilsonGrip: Otis MannickGrip: Matt KingGrip: Derick HolubProjectionist: Ryan Griffin/Projected VisionsVTR/Playback: Robert BuckholzLeadman: Dylan RobieSet Dresser: Kenny DavisSet Dresser: Sean BuckleyHair & Makeup: Lily BerenStylist: Keith Wager Medic: Matt PayneCCO: Chris HowardCovid Coord: Danielle Rivera2nd AD: Janet MarinProduction Coordinator: Adam SunProduction Assistant: Joe BlanaProduction Assistant: Xavier MustiProduction Assistant: Alicia EchevarriaProduction Assistant: Oscar AmayaProduction Assistant: Jackson LinnFollow Metallica:Website & Store: http://www.metallica.comInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/metallicaFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/metallicaTikTok: http://www.tiktok.com/@metallica© 2023 Blackened Recordings