Metallica Is Selling so Many Vinyl Records It Had to Buy Its Own Factory

Metallica has bought a majority stake in Furnace Record Pressing, one of the biggest and most important vinyl records companies in the U.S. 

If anyone had any doubts about the growth of the vinyl sales, which last year outpaced CD sales for the first time since 1987, Metallica’s new purchase just gave them a very loud reminder that what’s old is new again. Vinyl records are experiencing a renaissance among music lovers. Although Metallica hasn’t released a new album since Hardwired…To Self-Destruct in 2016, it sold more than 387,000 vinyl albums in 2022, according to data from Billboard. 

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