Consequence: Top 30 Albums of 2023 (So Far)

It never felt like they’d get there after the fratty adrenaline of Load and Reload, which was followed by a couple of occasionally nice, overwrought projects in St. Anger and Death Magnetic. But Hardwired… to Self Destruct found them playing fast and loose —  a return to the raw thrash of the 1980s that built their reputation — and 72 Seasons expands on that throwback with furious glee and some of their liveliest late-period riffs.

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