Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth featured in a video announcing new U.S. drone initiatives while Metallica's "Enter Sandman" ...

The original clip was cued to Metallica’s “Enter Sandman,” but according to Rolling Stone, the Department of Defense had to ...

The Pentagon was forced to scrub and repost Hegseth’s “drone dominance” video, posted last week, after Metallica successfully ...

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The Pentagon wants more small, cheap, easily replaced drones in the hands of troops as quickly as possible, and Defense ...

The US Department of Defence was forced to delete and reupload a video promoting drone technology to remove Metallica’s Enter ...

The video was initially soundtracked by Metallica’s 1991 hit “Enter Sandman” but has since been removed and reposted without ...

Metallica are famously selective (and litigious) when it comes to how their music is used in outside contexts. That’s why ...

A Metallica representative confirmed that the use of “Enter Sandman” in the original video with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was unauthorized.

The US Department of Defense posted a social media video with one of Metallica’s best-known songs – without the band’s ...

A recent U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) video featuring "Enter Sandman" was swiftly removed from social media after Metallica issued a copyright notice.

Metallica have successfully managed to get one of their songs removed from a video released by the Pentagon boasting about the Trump administration’s increased use of military drones.