Metallica Buys Vinyl Pressing Plant to Keep Up With Demand
March 14, 2023 11:06AM EDT
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 16: (L-R) Robert Trujillo, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, and Kirk Hammett of Metallica perform onstage as Metallica Presents: The Helping Hands Concert (Paramount+) at Microsoft Theater on December 16, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images for P+ and MTV)
Vinyl records are so popular these days that Metallica has taken matters into its own hands.
To keep up with the demand for their albums to be released on vinyl, the band has bought its own vinyl pressing plant!
Metallica has been working with Furnace Record Pressing in Virginia for years and decided to take things further.
Singer James Hetfield said in a statement said that the move guarantees that fans “will have continued access to high-quality records in the future.”
According to Billboard, Metallica sold nearly one million vinyl records in 2022.
Do you think more bands should purchase record plants? Are you a collector of vinyl? Which album would you most want on vinyl?
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