Metallica’s official social media accounts were hacked by crypto scammers last June 26th, posting about a cryptocurrency belonging to them using the Solana blockchain under the ticker ‘METAL’ as well as an accompanying scheme where participating users could exchange their tokens for Metallica gig tickets and exclusive merchandise. Both the tweets and the abovementioned claims have since then been deleted. No official statements have been issued by the band to date, but they did retweet MoonPay’s announcement with its president Keith Grossman affirming that the company does not support the METAL tokens.
The Dexscreener data reveals that approximately twenty minutes after the token’s launch, it reached a peak of $3.37 million and then experienced a sharp drop of $90,000 about three hours later. Fans have been concerned about the validity of such cryptocurrency schemes, and Metallica isn’t the first artist whose reputation has been leveraged this way. Others like the late Eddie Van Halen, Elon Musk, and Richard Branson have also faced similar scenarios.
Meanwhile, in a different interview with The Metallica Report podcast, frontman James Hetfield responded to whether the band would create another song in their ‘Unforgiven’ series, with Hetfield saying, “I’m not dead! I’m not dead yet, so it’s not finished.” ‘The Unforgiven’ was first released in 1991 as part of their self-titled album, followed by ‘The Unforgiven II’ as part of the ‘Reload’ album six years later before culminating with ‘The Unforgiven III’ as part of their ‘Death Magnetic’ album in 2008.
Last year, NME spoke with the band, where drummer Lars Ulrich discussed the impact of Stranger Things on their fan base. The show utilized ‘Master of Puppets’ during a key scene in their season 4 finale. Ulrich noted a significant number of 13 to 14-year-olds coming for the first time and addressed how Metallica welcomes them into the fold and sees it fitting since the shows’ coming-of-age element has always included these things
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