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- Jul 27, 2017
Yep. That's one of the more clever pranks the guys at deathmetal.org / ANUS have pulled. Also, those dopey boomers in the comments section are priceless.
It's no accident the vast majority of explicitly far-right bands are Black Metal. Not only is there a long history of white ethnocentrism, racism, NS and Fascism in the subculture, Black Metal is music by heretics for heretics, and nothing blasphemes liberal democracy and egalitarianism quite like far-right Nationalism. In the context of cosmopolitan neoliberalism, Nazism quite possibly represents that furthest outer limit to most people. The Nazi is the “Satanist” of the above example. No matter how they put forth their arguments, they are clearly the enemy of all the values of the society they live in, and their positions come across as gibberish when they travel beyond certain bounds.
This is hardly unique to Black Metal. All cultures have an “outer limit,” beyond which it is simply not possible to go and still be able to communicate to others within that culture. In the context of a thoroughly theocratic culture, the concept of “agnosticism” is unthinkable gibberish – while the idea of an enemy of God in the form of a Satanist may be the only way to make sense of the idea. All that matters is the destruction of liberal democracy and the subsequent purging of all its worst facets. Black Metal is the heretics' collective call to purify a decadent, dying culture and from its ashes rebirth a lasting imperium.
In terms of broader Metal subculture, the musicians and their respective fanbases view the world through the lens of metapolitics and realism. They reject left and right just as they reject "good and evil" as moralistic binaries, if they conform to any form of morality at all. The common thread running among all bands, be they leftists or Fascists, is that civilization is in decline and we should adopt a heroic spirit in the face of adversity, by embracing the totality of existence and learning through mythological paradigms.
That said, the far-right has no dearth of bands outside Black Metal. In fact, it's well represented if you ask me.
Black Metal: Nachtgeblüt, Kristallnacht, Campo de Mayo, Grand Belial’s Key, Fanisk, Spear of Longinus, Der Stürmer, Absurd, Genocide, M8Л8TХ [M8L8TH], Veles, Pantheon, Sombre Chemin, Totenburg, Aryan Blood, Mjölnir, Goatmoon, Wolfnacht, Thunderbolt, Bannerwar, Kaevum, Xenophobia, Fatherland, Велимор [Velimor], Nordglanz, Benighted Leams, Eldrig, Sunwheel, Fullmoon, Warhead, Munruthel, Kataxu, Gontyna Kry, Drudkh, Ad Hominem, Bilskirnir, Aufschwung, Seigneur Voland, Forest, Black Magick SS, Einsatzgruppen, Dark Fury, Sunchariot, Apraxia, Xenophobic, Naastrand
Death Metal: Arghoslent, (later) Excalibur, West Wall, Territory, Plunder & Pillage, Россия [Rossija], Before God
Death’n’Roll: (later) Berserkr
Melodic Death Metal: Kreuzfeuer
Grindcore: Vaginal Jesus
Folk Metal: Dub-Buk, Темнозорь [Temnozor], Nokturnal Mortum, Молот [Molot]
Gothic Metal: RaHoWa
Groove Metal: Shutdown, Spirit of 88, (later) Сокира Перуна [Sokyra Peruna], (later) Spreegeschwader, Titkolt Ellenállás, Involved Patriots
Progressive Metal: Josh Dalviken
Thrash Metal: Коррозия Металла [Korrozia Metalla], In Tyrannos, (later) Squadron, Bound For Glory, Frakass, Centaurus, Mudoven, Durandal, Iron Youth, The Raunchous Brothers, Deaths Head, Ultimatum, Кpэк [Crack], Quadriga, Коловрат [Kolovrat], Edelweiss, Вандал [Vandal], Death Warrant
Power Metal: Finist, (later) Estirpe Imperial, Цирюльня (Tsyrulnia)
Viking Metal: Graveland, Honor
Heavy Metal: Buldok, Warlord, (early) Berserkr, (early) Excalibur, Battlecry, (early) Estirpe Imperial, Bomber, Fortress, Whites Load, (early/mid) Сокира Перуна [Sokyra Peruna], Heiliger Krieg, Aryan Rebels, Kontingent 88, Endless Pride
