Metal: The Real Enemy of America

[The Young Pioneer]

http://tyrannyoftradition.com/2012/02/10/rick-santorum-declares-war-on-heavy-metal/

How ridiculous can this guy get?

Rock on, comrades! \m/

[$lim_$weezy]

Ahahaha he said Black Sabbath, Maiden, and WASP are "brand new".
If he thinks those bands are satanic, what would he think of something like Profanatica or Immolation?

[Ose]

That's right, Rick Santorum has declared war on heavy metal, as verified by this completely genuine news article. In other breaking news, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has been assassinated, there are hidden cameras in your cereal, and sarcasm is completely undetectable over the internet.

[The Young Pioneer]

Edit: I can't speak to the "legit-ness" of the article but I just google searched it and it seems to be the only place quoting it. However, another site says Santorum spent time telling some youth to listen to other types of music because metal was bad.

The article is obviously exaggerated (and the author admits to doing so on his "about" page); but it wouldn't surprise me if Santorum's indeed anti-metal.

[Drosophila]

I can't even describe how much I hate Rick Santorum, especially after reading that article.

[Bostana]

Yah their the real enemies of America
Not the C.E.O.'s who lay off millions of Workers.
What a Dumbass

Keep On Rockin' Comrades.

[Leftsolidarity]

I don't think this article is even legit

[Marquess]

Ahahaha he said Black Sabbath, Maiden, and WASP are "brand new".
If he thinks those bands are satanic, what would he think of something like Profanatica or Immolation?

Breaking news: King Diamond thrown in prison, deemed terrorist with links to Satan and the ghost of bin Laden.:laugh:

[Ocean Seal]

Well now we have another reason why the world has never benefited from metal because it allows silly conservatives to have a troll goat distraction.

Jk comrades: But seriously how can people listen to metal.

[Drosophila]

Re-reading this now...surely fake, but still funny (and probably likely)

[PC LOAD LETTER]

It's a joke. I'm pretty sure GWAR never played for him in 2003

[Bostana]

Hey if the American media reports it the American people would believe it!
:D

[Per Levy]

But seriously how can people listen to metal.

because its good music and because different people have different tastes.

op, its satire i guess, its not real thats for sure. would be funny though if it were.

speaking of venom:

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[Yuppie Grinder]

I can't even describe how much I hate Rick Santorum, especially after reading that article.

The article is a joke, and not even a funny one.

[KrasnayaRossiya]

HAhah
i just remembered how i showed one of them first metal cassetess to my grandma,she said it was like crazy people beating on pans and cook-ware :laugh:

[$lim_$weezy]

You know, Santorum says stuff that is so insane it's quite hard to tell that stories like this are fake. If I hadn't seen him say some of the stuff he says on video, I would probably think everything it's claimed he said was a joke.

[Frank Zapatista]

Obviously fake. Metal is shit anyways. A lot of metal is fascist/far-right bullshit. Steer clear of Black Metal especially.

[Per Levy]

Steer clear of Black Metal especially.hell no, black metal is fucking awsome.


Metal is shit anyways. A lot of metal is fascist/far-right bullshit.if i would take stuff like this in consideration i couldnt listen to any music ever, why limit yourself like that?

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[Искра]

Good tunes comrade!

Still when it comes to Satanism I think that Electric Wizard is something fucking more direct then most of bands mentioned here (even Venom and Bathory are like God and Jesus of Black Metal). Still, this is my favorite song of evil (even it talks about love :)):

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How can people listen to metal? Because it's cool music, full of agression, anger, nihilism and it makes you kick out all your frustrations so that you don't be a dick to people. Same question could be asked about any kind of music. Also, metal is really wide term. There are a lot of different sub genres and different approaches.

For example, this hipster nihilist shit is good:

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But seriously, metal isn't anykind of a threat to anyone. It's just a music... commodity... and shit... Enjoy it or listen to something else.

[Искра]

And fuck off with that bollocks of metal music being fascist. Most of metal bands sing about Tolkein and Satan... It is as right wing as any other music. It depends on band and about what's cool on the market.

For example, this is 100% fascist band :rolleyes:

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[black magick hustla]

A lot of metal is fascist/far-right bullshit. Steer clear of Black Metal especially.

Yes but, depends.

A lot of the cooler and more experimental and interesting stuff comes from north america, and in north america it came about from punk kids/hardcore kids trying to play fastier and heavier than each other. in some subgenres of metal there is a lot of overlap with crust punk and hardcore. so it really depends what you are talking about. thrash, grindcore, "post metal", and sludge are traditionally "left wing". i've heard a few anarchist/communist metal bands. same with black metal really, a lot of the cooler stuff is from north america and basically came from hipsters/punks getting blackened.

[Klaatu]

I was discussing the term "Heavy Metal" with some of my students. I was around back in the 60s and 70s, and (had not thought of this before) I had not ever heard the term "Heavy Metal" until about the 1980s. So even the "Heavy Metal" bands Black Sabbath, Aerosmith, etc were not called this in their early years. Yes, there was some usage of the word "Heavy" (without the "metal") back then.

Sidenote: "Heavy Metal Thunder" was a song lyric in Steppenwolf's "Born to be Wild" (1968) but he meant his motorcycle, not his music style.

[9]

metal sucks

[Klaatu]

It's a fake
http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2012/02/11/did-rick-santorum-declare-war-on-heavy-metal-nope.htm

but I would not put it past Santorum to do something like this anyway

[PC LOAD LETTER]

It's a fake
http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2012/02/11/did-rick-santorum-declare-war-on-heavy-metal-nope.htm

but I would not put it past Santorum to do something like this anyway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law

[Thirsty Crow]

Ahahaha he said Black Sabbath, Maiden, and WASP are "brand new".
If he thinks those bands are satanic, what would he think of something like Profanatica or Immolation?
Immolation have never used outright satanic imagery, iconography or for that matter, lyrics. They have been through all of their career fiercly anti-christian, but there's a difference between what they do (and they do it, IMO, intelligently) and satanic poser stuff.
By the way, they're the greatest death metal band of all times.


same with black metal really, a lot of the cooler stuff is from north america and basically came from hipsters/punks getting blackened.
Oh how I despise this festering pile of shit that is called post-black or whatever. Utter shite, and I'm not saying this from the perspective of BM purist (in fact, this is the genre I prefer the least).

[Doflamingo]

The article is obviously fake. However, I wouldn't put it past a conservative to think that metal is the enemy of America or something like that.

[Per Levy]

Immolation have never used outright satanic imagery, iconography or for that matter, lyrics. They have been through all of their career fiercly anti-christian, but there's a difference between what they do (and they do it, IMO, intelligently) and satanic poser stuff.
By the way, they're the greatest death metal band of all times.

ah ja immolation is really awsome, one of my absolout favourites death metal bands, even though i like amon amarth more.

for me best death metal song ever(sadly crappy youtube quali):

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Oh how I despise this festering pile of shit that is called post-black or whatever. Utter shite, and I'm not saying this from the perspective of BM purist (in fact, this is the genre I prefer the least).

what is post-black metal? i mean im huge black metal fan since 12 years now, and i dont know what that is.

[Искра]

I like first and second wave of Black Metal... the rest sucks.

Also, I don't really like Death metal except Napalm Death and Bolt Thrower...
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[Doflamingo]

I like most genres of metal, my favorites are thrash and grind though.

[Искра]

Grind isn't really a metal. It's more like extreme hardcore punk music with few metal influences.

[Agathor]

Metal-hating conservatives? I hadn't heard from them since the mid 90s. This guy is backwards even for a reactionary.

[kuros]

Is it really not fucking obvious that this article is sarcastic?

[kuros]

Heavy metal is for emo goth things.