Netflix Sued Over ‘Kpop Demon Hunters’ By Christian Metal Band Called Demon Hunter

Netflix is facing a lawsuit over KPop Demon Hunters from a Christian metal band that’s used the name Demon Hunter for decades.

In a case filed Tuesday (Aug.

18) in Los Angeles federal court, the metal band said the streamer’s wildly successful animated musical — which spawned a chart-topping soundtrack featuring the massive hit “Golden” — has drowned out any recognition of their longtime name.

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Breakthrough “This lawsuit is a classic case of massive companies that jealously guard and enforce their own intellectual property rights willfully disregarding the rights of others in pursuit of profits,” the band’s lawyers write in court filings obtained by Billboard .

Kpop Demon Hunters , released in June 2025, was a pop culture phenomenon.

It quickly became the most-watch Netflix original film of all time, earning more than 500 million views by early 2026, and later won Oscars for best animated feature film and best original song.

The music has been its own success story.

The soundtrack spent two weeks atop the Billboard 200, while “Golden” spent eight at the top of the Hot 100.

Three more tracks — “Your Idol”, “Soda Pop” and “How It’s Done” — reached the top 10, making Kpop Demon Hunters the first film since 1995 to have at least three songs in the top 10.

Over a 25-year career, Demon Hunter has had its own fair share of success.

The band’s 2014 album Extremist reached No.

16 on the Billboard 200, and they have placed eight different records within the top three of the Top Christian Albums chart.

In Tuesday’s lawsuit, the band says that any awareness of that career has been effectively overwhelmed by Netflix’s choice of such a similar name for Kpop Demon Hunters .