In an interview with BBC Radio 4 in April this year, Metallica’s manager Peter Mensch said: “YouTube, they’re the devil. We don’t get paid at all. If someone doesn’t do something about YouTube, we’re screwed. It’s over. Someone turn off the lights.”<\/p>\n
But now 7 months later Metallica haven’t just uploaded the entirety of their new album on YouTube, they’ve created a music video for every single track and uploaded it all to their YouTube channel<\/a>. It seems that Metallica have either come to with streaming’s prevalence or have been forced to succumb.<\/p>\n Whether it was the band’s own choice or not it represents a drastic departure from their long held contempt for online music services. Back in 2000 the band, led by drummer Lars Ulrich, undertook a lawsuit against Napster for illegally sharing their music. 16 years later and Napster has been reborn as a legitimate streaming service<\/a> which Metallica just released their new album on.<\/p>\n Metallica also opted-out of making their music available on Spotify however have since uploaded their catalog, joining other artists in Spotify U-Turns like Radiohead<\/a> and Neil Young<\/a>. Metallica have not only put their music onto Spotify and other streamers but also\u00a0teamed up with Spotify earlier this year for an exclusive documentary <\/a>as one of Spotify’s new video series.<\/p>\n Check out one of the videos below and head to the MetallicaTV YouTube channel for the rest.<\/p>\n