Inspired by these posts in another thread:
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Originally Posted by Bicorn Halfelven
After a quick google search for Dead Reptile Shrine, I was quickly greeted with a DRS cassette cover featuring an unmistakable Nazi eagle logo prominent on the cover. Didn't pick up on the song title "Exekutioner of the Final Solution" until seeing the record cover.
Looks like DRS is pretty blatantly NSBM (National Socialist Black Metal). I was thinking about posting this to my blog, but now I'm having reservations. The record is musically excellent... raw, crude, unhinged... unlike any other BM I've heard. Pretty unique. But i can't support the politics involved.
It's one thing to support a band such as Burzum, who's Varg Vikernes is an avowed white supremacist, but keeps the politics out of his music... There are quite a few NSBM bands who, for some reason, label themselves as NSBM but do not appear to involve their political message within their releases, either via artwork or lyrics.
Still, I can't support this kind of stuff.
Bummer, I thought they were cool...
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Originally Posted by Bicorn Halfelven
I suppose you're right... if anything, I'd be "stealing" from them... even though this record has been sold out for a while. I also don't see black metal as a very effective recruiting tool.
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Originally Posted by That Racist Italian cunt
That's quite a good observation that you've made there. I seriously doubt that any organisation that is actively promoting far-right ideas would really have some black metallers in their ranks. I mean, certainly not a political party that wants to be taken seriously, if I'm making sense.
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So, I'm sure there are plenty of us who have Black Metal, Power Electronics, Nazi-noise and perhaps even some Prussian Blue in our collections. What's the general feeling on musicians with frankly risible opinions, or even political (in the sense of actually funding political groups which are appaling in their views) motivations. What's the difference between listening to Whitehouse or Non and listening to Skrewdriver or Prussian Blue [except that Skrewdriver are unmitigated shite, obviously]?