Metallica Blackened American Whiskey Ugly Christmas Sweater With James Hetfield Portrait Black Gold Fair Isle Knitted Holiday Pullover

Metallica Blackened American Whiskey Ugly Christmas Sweater With James Hetfield Portrait Black Gold Fair Isle Knitted Holiday Pullover

This Metallica Blackened American Whiskey ugly Christmas sweater celebrates the legendary heavy metal band’s premium whiskey brand launched on August 28, 2018, in collaboration with the late master distiller Dave Pickerell (formerly of WhistlePig), featuring James Hetfield—Metallica’s iconic frontman, co-founder, rhythm guitarist, and primary songwriter since 1981—whose portrait adorns this black and gold Fair Isle knitted pullover. Blackened American Whiskey takes its name from the 1988 song “Blackened” from Metallica’s fourth studio album “…And Justice for All” and employs a groundbreaking patent-pending sonic-enhancement process called “Black Noise” where custom playlists of Metallica songs bombard the blend of North American straight whiskeys with low-frequency sound waves during finishing in black brandy barrels, creating unique flavor profiles featuring notes of toasted coconut, vanilla, butterscotch, burnt caramel, honey, oak, apricots, and dark fruits at 45% ABV. The sweater honors James Hetfield’s uncompromising artistic vision—exemplified by his quote “We’re not going to start compromising now” when creating Blackened—and celebrates both the whiskey brand that has expanded into collaborations including the Blackened M81 maduro cigar project with Drew Estate Cigars, and Metallica’s ongoing M72 World Tour which began in 2023 and continues through 2025-2026 with stadium performances across North America, Europe, and Oceania, featuring support acts including Pantera, Limp Bizkit, Suicidal Tendencies, and Evanescence. After Dave Pickerell’s passing, Stranahan’s master distiller Rob Dietrich assumed leadership of the brand, continuing the legacy of combining Metallica’s powerful music with premium whiskey craftsmanship—producing 5,000 bottles at a time—while Hetfield and the band maintain their uncompromising standards across all ventures from music to spirits. This knitted holiday pullover in black and gold serves as the perfect seasonal apparel for Metallica fans to celebrate both the band’s revolutionary 40+ year impact on heavy metal music and their successful expansion into the spirits industry with Blackened American Whiskey, making it an ideal gift for metalheads who appreciate both headbanging anthems and premium whiskey during the holiday season.

Product Details:

• Comfortable and versatile, this sweater is perfect on its own or as a layer under a blazer or jacket.
• This casual wardrobe-essential comes in a lightweight fabric perfect for comfortable everyday wear.
• Suitable for special occasions such as Christmas, birthday, celebration, housewarming gift.
• Material: Polyester and spandex is used to react to your body’s temperature, thus keeping you warm in the Winter.
• Dye-sublimation printing.
• For all ages.
• EU warranty – 2 years.

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