according to an "esquire" interview, after metallica requested that the us military stop using their music during interrogations in iraq, demon hunter allegedly contacted the us military offering their music as an alternative which was accepted. a navy seal who claimed to have killed bin laden was quoted as saying "'[w]e stopped using [metallica's] music, and then a band called demon hunter got in touch and said, 'we're all about promoting what you do.' they sent us cds and patches. i wore my demon hunter patch on every mission. i wore it when i blasted bin laden.'" the day after the story broke, demon hunter addressed the situation by saying they approved us servicemen wearing their patch, but they didn't volunteer their music, nor did they have any knowledge of it being used for interrogations.