Twitch replaces the audio from Metallica Performance with … this

Fans of the official Twitch game stream hope to enjoy the virtual Metallica performance at BlizzConBlizzard’s annual gaming convention on Friday heard something that was definitely not Metallica.

As said by the edge, viewers on many platforms, including Blizzard’s Twitch and YouTube channels, have managed to perform with the group “For Whom The Bell Tolls. “ However, for some odd reason, the official game channel Twitch decided to totally change the mood shortly after the song started. He cut Metallica and replaced it with … something else.

Check it out for yourself.

Now it took me a while to find the words to describe this non-Metallica song. At first it looked like Christmas. Then I thought it was angelic, but not really. A colleague from Gizmodo cleverly suggested that it sounded like a remix of The legend of Zelda music, which definitely made more sense. But that raises the question, doesn’t it sort of weird play music that sounds like Blizzard’s competitors?

That still doesn’t solve the mystery of the song Twitch replaced Metallica with. After scratching my head, I had an “aha!” moment and Shazamed it. According to Shazam, the song in question is “Toys in space” by Ecobel. A visit to Its epidemic, who manages the music of Ecobel, quickly tells me that this artist is “ambient”, “floating”, “dreamer” and “full of hope”. Definitely doesn’t remind me of Metallica.

Now on to the other question: why would Twitch do this? It seems that it was a problem related to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

“The upcoming musical performance is subject to copyright protection by the applicable copyright holder,” read a message on another stream full performance with an introduction from the band just before.

In other words, Blizzard probably secured the music rights for its own channels, but not the Twitch channels. Gizmodo reached out to Twitch to find out what had happened. We will make sure to update this blog if we have a response.

Seems like a big hiccup from Twitch, which we imagine trying desperately to remedy his lack of rights by playing “Toys in Space”. I must say: it was really memorable.