Metal is not about the comfort of nazis

 

Now, more than ever, we have to think about who we are supporting. The different genres we listen to on a daily basis can be exploited, seized and degraded. Far-right bands are still defecating on the metal foundry.

Bands like Marduk referring to non-white people as "barren mud" (song called "Red Tree of Blood".) The word mud in a similar context was heavily used by the neo-nazi Tom Metzger. Impaled Nazarene continuing their embarrassing clownery after decades of racism and sexism (songs "The Burning of Provinciestraat" and "Reflect on This", for example).

Writing lyrics about killing minorities or beating up women is not "provocation" just like having a swastika tattoo is not merely "controversial."

We live in an age of buzzwords and lazy research. Overused words like accusation and politics are there to lessen the importance of anti-fascism and make language softer.

We also live in a world where money talks and bullshit walks. So many of the smaller record labels are owned by neo-nazis who want to extend their influence. The neo-nazification of Finnish black metal has been going on for years. Most of the older musicians still rely on the reputation they had in the 1990s.

Even if you think that metal will never be a white power movement, you still have to actively work in order to prevent that from happening. If you don't have the guts to stand up against a herd of nazi hipsters, you deserve to be called a wimp.