Demon Hunter(s) Drama

2026-08-20 by Alkemest CONTRIBUTOR | 67 Comments
Popular Christian metalcore band Demon Hunter has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against the even more popular Netflix media franchise KPop Demon Hunters, alleging damages and confusion among fans. From the Los Angeles Times:

"In the suit, the plaintiffs cite instances where there has been “consumer confusion.”
On Feb. 26, 2026, someone requested a refund after purchasing $500 tickets to a Demon Hunter show in Albany, N.Y., believing it was for a KPop Demon Hunters concert, according to the suit."


Link:

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2026-08-19/christian-band-demon-hunter-kpop-demon-hunters-trademark-lawsuit-netflix

Tagged: Demon Hunter

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AlkemestRedux
Contributing Reviewer
August 20th 2026
4120 Comments


You know who doesn't have this problem? Cannibal Corpse.

heck
August 20th 2026
7873 Comments


looks like the christian nationalist band with a persecution complex found something new to feel persecuted about

AlkemestRedux
Contributing Reviewer
August 20th 2026
4120 Comments


That is true. Fucking dominionists man. It would be pretty funny if the judge ordered them to chance their name lol

Christbait
August 20th 2026
2205 Comments


The animation style in Demon Hunters (the movie, not the band in case you're confused) is the same that's used in the Spider-verse movies and I found it way worse in those movies. Also, looking it up, the CGI in those movies mixed standard 24fps with occasional 12fps which caused that jittery effect. It's way less pronounced in Kpop Demon Hunters (again, referring to the animated film and not the band, in case anyone is still confused).

Rowhaus
August 20th 2026
8126 Comments


"christian nationalist band"

lol

DatsNotDaMetulz
August 20th 2026
4622 Comments


AlkemestRedux I guess nobody told you about J-Pop Cannibal Corpses coming to Tubi in 2027

AlkemestRedux
Contributing Reviewer
August 20th 2026
4120 Comments


brb getting a tubi subscription

heck
August 20th 2026
7873 Comments


their guitarist is a groyper who used to share white pride and great replacement stuff on Twitter (idk if he still does, he blocked me)

AlkemestRedux
Contributing Reviewer
August 20th 2026
4120 Comments


I knew they were kinda chodes, but didn't realize their guitarist was that far gone. Probably goes to PursuitNW. I was at the anti-Matt Shea protest last year at Cal Anderson in Seattle and all the right-wing soydads bopping around to the worst fucking worship music I've ever heard, trying to convince all the protesters that they were having a great time was pretty funny watching. One song was like 12 minutes of the worship band just singing like 'Jesus's is gonna take us hiiiiigherrrrrrr' lol



Christbait
August 20th 2026
2205 Comments


They were the soundtrack to the boys who popped bin Laden. That's Jesus' love in action, y'all.

CygnusX1
August 20th 2026
814 Comments


Well the Kpop Demon Hunters actually hunt demons, so it feels like they kind of deserve the name no? Demon Hunter has 349K monthly spotify listeners while Huntrx, the fake animated kpop demon hunting group has 23.6 million lol

And who the fuck is paying $500 for Demon Hunter tickets? Real talk the band should be sued for price gouging or fleecing because wtf is that

DatsNotDaMetulz
August 20th 2026
4622 Comments


This is a top tier Wikipedia edit tbf: https://x.com/pw_deathofmusic/status/2090523753335685207

BookoftheFallen
August 20th 2026
1319 Comments


Both suck.

BookoftheFallen
August 20th 2026
1319 Comments


Both suck.

OwMySnauze
August 20th 2026
2847 Comments


Band must be hurting for dough

Kusangii
August 20th 2026
9457 Comments


lol this is pathetic

Sevengill
August 20th 2026
13541 Comments


Somebody didn't learn from Jayden Daniels.

Sevengill
August 20th 2026
13541 Comments


"You know who doesn't have this problem? Cannibal Corpse"

Corpsegrinder is at some mall playing claw games and donating toys to kids

DatsNotDaMetulz
August 20th 2026
4622 Comments


"Band must be hurting for dough"

Tends to happen when you go fash. Always be grifting.

JWT155
August 20th 2026
15163 Comments


Wouldn’t be surprised if this is the label and not the band

Durrzo
August 20th 2026
3769 Comments


Clown shit. Fuck this band.

Essence
August 20th 2026
6925 Comments


LOL losers

ToSmokMuzyki
August 20th 2026
16050 Comments


tbf when i see kpop demon hunters i think of this band going KAWAIIIIIIII

c0nf1n3d
August 20th 2026
435 Comments


KPOP Demon Hunters is great, The Tripytch still slaps to this day, and this whole lawsuit thing is very very funny

heck
August 20th 2026
7873 Comments


"Wouldn’t be surprised if this is the label and not the band"

they self release under their own label lmao

RogueNine
August 20th 2026
6273 Comments


These just aren't scary words anymore.

Trebor.
Emeritus
August 20th 2026
60403 Comments


It's not enough to make bad music, they have to be annoying as well

Ectier
August 20th 2026
5604 Comments


Huh tdil these guys are in the looney bin camp, so are they doing the far right grifting thing as well?

naughtcturnal
August 20th 2026
2958 Comments


The world’s becoming simultaneously a funnier and sadder place to live in

JeetJeet
August 20th 2026
13076 Comments


Trash ass band

Eakflanderyof
August 20th 2026
7236 Comments


@naughtcturnal

Humor and depressing shit go hand in hand. Thats why most comedians are fucked up people

Emim
August 21st 2026
40556 Comments


The only case anyone would be supporting the corporation and not the artist

DatsNotDaMetulz
August 21st 2026
4622 Comments


Can they both lose

cloakanddagger
August 21st 2026
1113 Comments


"their guitarist is a groyper who used to share white pride and great replacement stuff on Twitter (idk if he still does, he blocked me)"
This is somehow less surprising than FFDP being a bunch of chuds

WilhelmBlack
August 21st 2026
663 Comments


@c0nf1n3d I liked it when they were Slipknot.

WilhelmBlack
August 21st 2026
663 Comments


@c0nf1n3d I liked it when they were Slipknot.

Rolling Girl
August 21st 2026
2153 Comments


This band could've just made a joke or something and lean into the kpop thing for the bit. Instead they decided to make use of their greatest state of relevancy in years just to look like assholes.

Faraudo
August 21st 2026
5636 Comments


Loser behavior

ToSmokMuzyki
August 21st 2026
16050 Comments


kek flop deacon blunders

Grimlin
August 21st 2026
1461 Comments


They should change their name back to Training for Utopia, and write good music again

Relinquished
August 21st 2026
50622 Comments


today I learned they’re related

Gfunk839
August 21st 2026
853 Comments


I like these dudes, but this is just sad. LOL.

asanisimasa
August 21st 2026
216 Comments


This reminds me of a reddit story where a guy cried because he went to an Opeth show expecting to see Otep.

Ectier
August 21st 2026
5604 Comments


Thatd be a funny way to become a huge fan of opeth

cloakanddagger
August 21st 2026
1113 Comments


"They should change their name back to Training for Utopia, and write good music again"
At this point I wouldn't want them to tarnish their own legacy, I don't want christian nationalist TfU.

Kinetic22
August 21st 2026
175 Comments


“All hail our corporate overlords”.

I think it’s kind of funny seeing so many people online commenting on this (I don’t mean necessarily here on Sput), immediately taking the side of the big corporation and it’s cartoon concert tour, against the independent metal band that’s been toiling for 25 years, without having even a passing idea of what the lawsuit actually says. I’m sure it has nothing to do with the fact that the headlines say “Christian metal band” instead of “independent metal band”.

OverSlyZed91
August 21st 2026
542 Comments


Ilidan Stormrage is fucked.

Toondude10
August 22nd 2026
15410 Comments


"their guitarist is a groyper who used to share white pride and great replacement stuff on Twitter (idk if he still does, he blocked me)"

pretty sure that's RED's guitarist, afaik DH's members aren't really active on social media, at least not on Twitter anyway.

bananatossing
August 22nd 2026
2863 Comments


Pretty sure the band did this so they could boost engagement on their social media, and surely it’s working.

heck
August 22nd 2026
7873 Comments


"pretty sure that's RED's guitarist, afaik DH's members aren't really active on social media, at least not on Twitter anyway."

it's both lmao

Patrick Judge has Twitter although it's been private ever since people called him out

Toondude10
August 22nd 2026
15410 Comments


ah damn

well that sucks

jrlikestodance
August 22nd 2026
9360 Comments


Band blows

Emim
August 22nd 2026
40556 Comments


Nah they have some great albums

RogueNine
August 23rd 2026
6273 Comments


I don't think that describes Armstrong.

Toondude10
August 23rd 2026
15410 Comments


Both the Armstrong brothers are very pro-MAGA iirc, not sure if they're actually Neo-Nazis but they're about as pro-Trump as you would expect

Emim
August 23rd 2026
40556 Comments


conservative = nazi on the internet

heck
August 23rd 2026
7873 Comments


there's a difference between conservatism and MAGA and yes one of them is definitely closer to nazism

RogueNine
August 23rd 2026
6273 Comments


Well yeah the twins are a fan of the president, no secret there. Last I knew it was the typical millennial memes and bog standard stuff. Haven't looked much though.

suppatime
August 24th 2026
2088 Comments


training for utopia already had a comeback a year or two ago lol.

(sandy) demon hunter is a simple fix.

Christbait
August 24th 2026
2205 Comments


"Yeah we promote Jesus' teachings but we also glaze the literal anti-Christ. Buy our $120 sweaters, please."

arthropod
August 24th 2026
3906 Comments


Fascism would be more fitting of a term.

Side note, likening all conservatism to nazism is dumb and disgusting. I'm seeing too much of this shit in public discourse.

Christbait
August 24th 2026
2205 Comments


The problem is that you assume traditional conservative ideals still exist in mainstream American politics. You're seeking nuance in an age where absolutism is all the rage. The ideologies of MAGA align too much with authoritarianism and has swallowed whole the morality and practicality of conservative thinking (if such a thing even exists anymore).

arthropod
August 24th 2026
3906 Comments


I understand that my comment might seem like that and I should have elaborated. My problem is that I observe a tendency to project likening conservatism to nazism onto political scenes outside the U.S., which I find concerning because in my country, the leftist politicians lean more towards vehement anti-nationalism and nazi apologism.

Thanks for clarifying the situation overseas to me, I lost the last remainder of faith in the American right wing.

Christbait
August 24th 2026
2205 Comments


I appreciate your clarification too. I won't speak for conservatism outside the U.S. but I certainly understand how our reputation is being used to further demonize foreign political institutions. It ain't good no matter which way you look.

Nikkolae
August 24th 2026
6993 Comments


if I may chime in a bit, one thing that I have seen as a person who has lived in multiple countries, on different continents is that one even more concerning aspect of new conservatives is that a lot of them seem to emulate the new American style of conservativism, by which I mean the MAGA movement, its quite concerning to see.

AlkemestRedux
Contributing Reviewer
August 24th 2026
4120 Comments


I think in the U.S. there is actually a large contingent of MAGA leaders that are Nazis in all but name. Steve Bannon and Stephen Miller are names that come to mind immediately, and an even larger number of power-hungry worms like Rubio or Vance who don't mind crawling up Trump's ass because they're pure opportunists.

As far as rank and file MAGA, I think decades of listening to dipshits like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, racism and actual material decline under capitalism primed them to slurp up the Trump slop. Europe of course has a similar arc, and European fascists have seen how Trump managed to capture the elections and are of course taking notes.

On a side note, it's so fucking funny to me that Vance has to constantly qualify how he feels about his wife by basically saying 'she's one of the good ones but I hope she converts so she doesn't go to hell.' Get fucked bud lol

ScuroFantasma
Emeritus
August 25th 2026
13253 Comments


> lot of them seem to emulate the new American style of conservativism, by which I mean the MAGA movement, its quite concerning to see

Yep, and not just obvious cases where the Trump admin directly and openly aligns with them, like Hungary or Germany, but in Australia our fringe right-wing party has gained prominence by echoing MAGA rhetoric, even though we don’t have even remotely the same conditions, but since all the boomers are hyper-online it’s all the same thing.



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