Here’s how you can hear the new Metallica album before it’s released

Metallica is inviting you to the movie theater.

The top-selling Bay Area band of all time is set to premiere its forthcoming 12th studio album — “72 Seasons” — during a worldwide listening party held at select cinemas.

The one-night-only movie-theater event takes places April 13, one day before “72 Seasons” is released on April 14.

The screening will feature music videos for each of album’s 12 songs plus commentary from band members.

Tickets for the event go on sale March 2 at metallica.film. (The list of participating theaters has not yet been released, but fans can sign up for updates at that same website.)

The new album, which clocks in at over 77 minutes, will be released on Metallica’s own Blackened Recordings and is the band’s first full-length collection of new material since 2016’s “Hardwired … To Self-Destruct.” To preorder “72 Seasons,” visit https://www.metallica.com/store/72-seasons/.

“Lux Æterna,” the first single from “72 Seasons,” was released Nov. 28. A second track, “Screaming Suicide,” was made available to fans earlier this month.

Metallica is once again working with Trafalgar Releasing for this cinema event. The two also paired up for the 2019 worldwide cinematic release of “Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M²,” which was filmed during the opening concert at the Golden State Warriors’ Chase Center.