paulfromcamden
Baffled
My Facebook feed has just shown me an ad for the new Watain album on Nuclear Blast. The name rang a bell so I had a quick google.
Surprise, surprise - they've been been dogged by allegations of anti-semitism and links to neo-nazis. They've worn (NSBM band) Absurd t-shirts, the guitarist left after being photographed giving nazi salutes and they've put out records on Drakkar Productions - known for releasing openly NSBM bands.
Ugh.
How is any of this still acceptable? Why are well respected labels like Nuclear Blast putting this crap out? Why are ESP guitars sponsoring it? I don't get it.
I'm afraid I long ago gave up on Black Metal altogether - every band I stumbled upon seemed to have a guitarist that was in a band with a load of nazis or was on a label that put out nazis or they toured with nazis. Sigh.
PFM metalheads - what's your take?
Surprise, surprise - they've been been dogged by allegations of anti-semitism and links to neo-nazis. They've worn (NSBM band) Absurd t-shirts, the guitarist left after being photographed giving nazi salutes and they've put out records on Drakkar Productions - known for releasing openly NSBM bands.
Ugh.
How is any of this still acceptable? Why are well respected labels like Nuclear Blast putting this crap out? Why are ESP guitars sponsoring it? I don't get it.
I'm afraid I long ago gave up on Black Metal altogether - every band I stumbled upon seemed to have a guitarist that was in a band with a load of nazis or was on a label that put out nazis or they toured with nazis. Sigh.
PFM metalheads - what's your take?