Most obnoxious thing is when fans start going on about how they're all so tolerant and welcoming as if there aren't several popular explicitly Nazi bands.
The amount of times that I've heard the same person who says they don't have a racist bone in their body defend shitstains like Varg Vikernes is too damn high.
Granted, it might have gotten less common since the late 90s, don't meet many metal fans these days.
It's definitely less common now because black metal has kind of become a meme and Varg is just a racist car rant guy who makes shitty ambient music now.
Mostly talking about stuff like NSBM, but there are also bands where members are nazis (see Pantera) without the music being nazi. Popular might be an overstatement, I guess accepted is another way to put it.
It is far from the majority of metal, but they made up a significant enough amount and get fairly mild pushback by metal fans (at least back when I was meeting them on a regular basis, it might have changed). I remember people getting defensive about it as if it was a free speech issue, that they were just breaking taboos or that I just lacked the "edge" needed to appreciate it.
Most obnoxious thing is when fans start going on about how they're all so tolerant and welcoming as if there aren't several popular explicitly Nazi bands.
Pantera is one of the most popular bands in the genre and their vocalist is a racist/general dickhead and their guitarist was sus at best.
The amount of times that I've heard the same person who says they don't have a racist bone in their body defend shitstains like Varg Vikernes is too damn high.
Granted, it might have gotten less common since the late 90s, don't meet many metal fans these days.
It's definitely less common now because black metal has kind of become a meme and Varg is just a racist car rant guy who makes shitty ambient music now.
Someone on reddit said they were on a forum with Darryl back in the day and his handle was "Dimebag88"
I understand it's through the grapevine so take it with a grain of salt but still
There are way too many metalheads who try to rationalize the shit Varg says. "He's not a nazi he's just really into paganism!"
I still consider it a shame he didn't drown himself when he tried swimming across a river in chainmail. The dumbass didn't even have a guide line.
There are?
Mostly talking about stuff like NSBM, but there are also bands where members are nazis (see Pantera) without the music being nazi. Popular might be an overstatement, I guess accepted is another way to put it.
It is far from the majority of metal, but they made up a significant enough amount and get fairly mild pushback by metal fans (at least back when I was meeting them on a regular basis, it might have changed). I remember people getting defensive about it as if it was a free speech issue, that they were just breaking taboos or that I just lacked the "edge" needed to appreciate it.