With purchases of vinyl effectively surpassing CDs over the previous few years, Metallica had already drafted the Furnace File Urgent manufacturing unit to offer hundreds of vinyls. Now, the band owns the corporate.
The enduring heavy metallic band Metallica has bought the Furnace File Urgent manufacturing unit in Alexandria, Virginia, in response to a press release from store founder and CEO Eric Astor.
With purchases of vinyl effectively surpassing CDs over the previous few years, Metallica had already drafted the urgent firm to offer hundreds of vinyls. Since 2014, Furnace has produced greater than 5 million vinyl LPs for the Grammy Award-winning band.
The announcement got here because the Metallica shared plans to launch their new album, “72 Seasons,” this April.
Based on Billboard journal, Metallica offered over 900,000 vinyl information in 2022 alone. Roughly half of these gross sales had been in the US.
Astor, who has run the store for over 26 years, stated the brand new possession wouldn’t change an excessive amount of concerning the enterprise.
“Whereas the possession construction is altering, underneath the hood, all the pieces stays the identical: the identical individuals, identical spirit, identical tradition and the identical endless quest to good our craft,” Astor stated in a press release.
James Hetfield of Metallica stated the band was excited to take their work “to the subsequent degree” alongside the Alexandria enterprise.
“Furnace has been nice to Metallica and extra importantly to our followers,” Hetfield stated. “This deepened relationship between Metallica and Furnace ensures that followers of vinyl in every single place, notably our Fifth Members, could have continued entry to top quality information sooner or later.”
In a joint assertion, Furnace executives and homeowners agreed that their long run work with Metallica represented a continued, robust and obligatory relationship.
“This partnership between Metallica and Furnace represents yet one more instance of the band’s unflagging dedication to inventive management of all facets of its profession, in addition to its devotion to its followers,” the assertion learn partially.
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