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I just saw a dude with a confederate flag on his battle jacket at my town's mall 🫩 (lemmygrad.ml)

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[–] muhg@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I am willfully ignorant of any politics of metal bands, because they often have some absolutely vile opinions. Like Pantera (The Abbot brothers are classic confederates, Phil Anselmo is a neonazi), Slayer (Tom Araya is a rabid homophobe), Gojira (LIBS), not that I listen to many but black metal bands (Varg Vikernes comes to mind). Makes the music a lot easier to listen to. But I do like the fact that Carcass are vegetarian (used to be vegans) and Napalm Death are somewhat punk adjascent.

[–] salim@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Grindcore is punk, at least more punk than metal,

I think what's makes the metal culture racist from my pov is the "not political" nature of the bands which opens up to all different categories of racist right-wingers, another thing is extreme metal scenes (mainly black metal) are full of low life edgy teenagers (which is exclusive to racist right wingers).

System of a down may come to mind as progressistes, I mean serj takian is very vocal about Gaza but if i remember i think the drummer was a maga guy and the other singer made a horrible song that is like "I'm sick of the right and I'm sick of the left grrrr >:(", and imo that's the most left you can go without getting into punk.

but i don't live in the west and I'm disconnected from the local metal culture, so i can't be sure of that!!!