What I like about metal is it really is NOT racist. Look what happens when there's a heavy band that's latino, black or any other race. If they're heavy and sound good... nobody cares. Still buy the albums. With metal, it feels not racist. Example: black country singer, white rapper or an Asian bluegrass band. Would feel odd honestly but if any are metal bands... it can fit.
I have gotten into fights at black metal shows because I am a black man that's into metal. The music itself usually isn't on a racist tip. But some fans though that's a different story.
I"m Black, in my 50's now, been to MANY, hard rock, metal shows, never experienced any real negative vibe. Yeah sure in the parking lot, every once in awhile with everyone drinking, etc, I might hear something but hey, it is what it is. Now, I just go to the Old School shows, Priest, Maiden etc. BTW...my favorites Lemmy/RJDio...RIP Damn, miss them Big Time!
To be honest, I actually found the metal community to be the most welcoming community. No one really cares where you're from, we just come and share our love for the music. Sure, there are racists as well such as Phil and Varg, but they're in a minority, and let's face it, what group doesn't have its own racists? Some people are assholes, it's just a part of life.
I've been listening to metal since the mid 80's and seen about 200 bands. I seen Pantera on all of their 90's albums and I'm also from Texas; never had a problem at any of those shows! To me, being a metalhead is knowing that you're in a brotherhood of individuals connected by our taste in music and our unwillingness to follow pop culture. \m/\m/
In my personal opinion: you nailed it on the head. The genre it's not racist. There are racists and racist subject in the genre, but not the genre as a whole. Metal is the musical outlet for countless "races" (I use quotations because I'm not a fan of the use of the term. Last time I checked, we're all members of the human RACE, it doesn't scientifically divide us on color), ethnicities and belief systems the world wide.
Neanderthals were a different race but we're all homo sapiens (probably with some neanderthal-parts) and therefore one race. The use of the term in the english language is hugely annoying and plainly wrong.
Unfortunately, racism will always exist. You will find racist people no matter where you go. Judging people because of the music that they listen to isn't really "right" for lack of a better word. People are allowed to voice their opinions, and we live in a day and age where you can't actually say anything without somebody getting offended. Some statements will offend more people, but that doesn't mean you're not allowed to say what's on your mind.
' RACE ' does not exist , race is an invention of the social engineers to divide & conquer the general populous, the word ' RACE ' is a competition , in a car race the black & white checkered flag is waved to declare the winner , the floor of the house in freemasonry is a black & white checkerboard which signifies base mentality . The so called ' ELITES ' want us to kill eachother , and it works because most people are ignorant FOOLS !...Conspiracy means ' to breathe together ' , Respire-inspire-conspire...boo-hoo.
Me and my friends are Mexicans and we love Metal. In Mexico City it's the home of rock and metal music. So if anyone says it's racist or for whites is just arrogant.
Darius Evan - Right on man. We listen to our music with our ears, not our eyes. We listen to the best music..fucking metal. I don't care what color the performer is. I just want to listen to the best...and what happens to be the best? Fucking metal.
Cheer up and enjoy the present. Populism and nationalism is the new trend. Therefore hit the bar like there is no tomorrow. Alcohol is what keeps history teachers alive to tell you all about how an economic crisis caused civil unrest, unemployment, poverty, low or stagnant growth, low inflation or even deflation which led to populist demagogoues seizing power, slaughtering the minorities alongside with the intellectuals (cause they're often viewed as elitist) and the ruling elite to dismantle our cherished democratic institutions and finally wage a new world war and blow up the world.
Thank you for this. I'm a 38 year old metalhead who happens to be "African American" or Black. I'm also a HUGE PanterA fan. Throughout my childhood growing up on the East side of San Antonio, TX which was a Black community I was the constant sore thumb everywhere I went. My answer is "No. Metal is NOT racist." In fact I feel more at ease in a metal crowd/concert than anywhere else and I suffer from anxiety. I recall NUMBEROUS times being picked on by other Black students and adults for the styles of music I like and the way I dress(ed). I can only recall less than a handful of times it coming from White people. Now don't get me wrong I'm proud of my heritage and ethnicity. I'm nobody's Uncle Tom but I also agree that no one should not be proud of who and what they are. I've seen PanterA at least 5 times in my day and those were some of thee most welcoming shows I've attended. But as a fan I KNOW what a band is about when I go. PanterA is a proud Southern band. With that comes some terrirorial views to say the least from their audience. We all alreasy know Phil has been and probably still will be a dick at times. If fat Phil stumbling around drunk is the definition of White power then people who want that can have fun with it. I'll be in the front seat of the bus reading a Chuck D interview. 😃 Again, Thank you for this. I've subscibed and will be continuing to watch your videos. Feel free to check out mine. 🤘
I agree with you but also anyone making racist comments on stage or not will have to deal with the freedom of speech of others criticism toward their comments. So Freedom of speech works both ways. & Hey this is coming from a black man who grew up on the pantera sound who met Dimebag months before his untimely passing. If you're a legendary figure in music and you make a controversial statement prepare for the controversy cause it will come
Metal is no more racist than any other industry. Individuals are racist, metal is not. Slayer, Sepultura, GOD FORBID, Deftones, RATM,- there's lots of prominent metal bands with members of an ethnic background. Just because the majority of heavy metal bands comprise of caucasions from the West & Northern Europe doesn't make metal an issue of racism. Metal is a platform for anyone to engage & enjoy. Metal as a racist genre of music is an utterly ridiculous notion. Racism is just another point of attack for people who don't like metal. It's the same irrational ignorance that tries to paint Rammstein as a band of Nazis.
I'm a black man and I loved metal since I was 13 am now 28. I got myself a guitar, albums and dove head first into it and I've never looked back. At least for me personally I have experienced nothing but love and support from the metal community. Gone to quite a bit of shows and the looks I get when I actually know my shit is heartwarming, and recently having a battle vest I get so many looks and good feedback. The metal community is something that the uneducated like to shit on but if they were part of it will realize it's accepting of all races, gender, look etc as long as you're there for the same goal to enjoy the hell out of the band people will embrace that. I am not the most social guy but at a metal concert I don't know what comes over me but I open up, I'm engaging in conversation I'm like a whole different person and that's the beauty of metal! \m/
I appreciate the fuck out of this video! Racism in the metal community needs to be talked about. I'm metal head and a non-white person and it gets OLD having to defend being brown at shows
+Nemo Forever Like I said, just because you haven't heard or seen it, or you don't think that way, doesn't mean it doesn't happen. I mean if it didn't happen, why would there be videos and discussions about it? And I live in San Francisco, which is one of the most diverse places in North America. Unfortunately it happens everywhere, dude. I'm not saying it's metal or the metal community that's racist, I'm saying (like he said in the video) there are some people who are racist and who listen to metal, and I've just experience it more in-your-face than some people.
+Nemo Forever Thanks, I appreciate it. Nothing is gonna stop me from going to shows and loving metal, and I appreciate the vast majority of metalheads who see me as just another metalhead and couldn't give a fuck less what I look like or what language I speak.
Ok, my bad for assuming you were male. Coming to a compromise doesn't change the fact that you whitesplained the fuck out of it, which is invalidating and ignorant. I was civil about it and appreciative of what you said at the end of the conversation, but that doesn't cancel out the fact that you thought you thought it was ok to tell me what MY experience was like. I'm not being a bitch by comiserating with another person who had the same experience as I did, but if that's all you can say because I didn't pretend how you acted at first was ok, that's on you. You're showing tremendous imaturity and I don't really have time or inclination to argue with someone who thinks acting like a 5 year is ok. Have a good one.
with black roots of all rockmusic you´r right. but i do have to partly disagree about Techno, i only do say the word "kraftwerk" founded in the 60´s, though to be fair they just began to play electronic music in the 70´s (fun fact: they where sampled very much in 1980 hip hop and house music you may thought of as the root of techno). you even can go beack 20 years more, and call the late 1950´s french musical movement "musique concrete" as the original root of all original electronic music.
really bad example, because all the original members of black sabbath where blues or even jazz musicians (the drummer). and if you had asked them back then the all would say they play a rough darker form of blues, metal wasn´t invented back then.
I know I'm late but, when my uncle was in high school, he was the classic metalhead, he was the only white person that the Black Panther kids not only liked but allowed to sit with them at lunch.
Hi from France, As a black guy and a metalhead I can say heavy metal is not inherently racist at all. I admit when I stated to go to metal concert (was alone) I was a little intimated by the fact I was in minority (well only colored guy sometimes) especially in black metal concerts. But I though fuck off that's the music I love. I've thinking about this stereotype that metal is for white for long time and found the story of a black woman, now in a heavy metal band, that suffered of beeing rejected in metal community in the 80's. She went on concerts see metallica and bands like that and heard ape screams etc. But this is not about metal, that occured in the US, and in this country manifestation of racism had always been, and still are, quite violent. I'm pretty sure that it would'nt happened in France in the 80's for exemple, where manifestation of racism is quite different, and where racists are not the same kind of people. Mostly, french racists were/are bourgeois, retired army guies (that "hunting, tradition and religion" way of thinking, which is not heavy metal at all) and boneheads. So here's the point it's a sociological problem. And: personnaly I think the true metalhead, I mean when it's your passion, you're found of it to know that heavy metal has blues roots so it's not a "pure race music". I never met racist metalhead. I met metalheads that authorized themselves any jokes (having limits is not metal!) (like the slayer guy) but I can enjoy that music without being worried at all. In fact they don't give a fuck my skin color, I met great guies had nice conversations with unknown, a girl even tried to date me at Abbath/Behemoth concert recently! We metalheads are not perfect but racism is not n°1 default at all. Nevertheless, I have an explanation for the fact that there is so few arabian or black guy in metal (I don't talk about asian, there are plenty of xD). The problem comes from the stereotype, and some kind of subconscient racism from non-white communities, that consider that if you're into something considered as "white culture" that means you denies "your" culture. That means you're not "proud" or you would like to be white. But the sad truth is, those guies that don't to get into "white things" don't because they have a problem with being non-white. There was colonialism and slavery in France, and there still is this kind of "post traumatic complex" that bound minds with none sense issues. I think being proud of your "blood culture" is kinda absurd. I think pride is for something you accomplished and you're proud because you feel greater than before, like a song you wrote or a problem YOU solved. Why being proud for something you didn't even fucking chose, like your skin colour, or you elders culture? We human being are so much more than that.
I know this is such an old comment but I’m glad someone mentioned that about liking “white things” from other black people. Ugh, as a mixed girl (black/Hispanic) it’s such a struggle to feel constantly judged by people because I dress a certain way or like things they consider “white things”, it’s so frustrating and honestly does keep from wanting to do certain things. I’ve definitely felt a bit uncertain about going to metal shows because I have never been and honestly have only heard a few songs but after reading your comment maybe I’ll take a chance and go to one.
@@cw_2208My wife is black and I just took her to an Emperor show last Friday out here in Inglewood. She was a bit apprehensive about going but ended up having a good time and the experience opened up her mind more to doing things outside of her comfort zone. I say go do it! Maybe avoid going to an NSBM show for your first one. 😂
It's weird how we as Americans get labeled as having race issues because of our nation's history but you'd never see black athletes get monkey noises made towards them or bananas thrown at them like you do in soccer/football. Maybe in some small podunk town high school game but most likely never to someone the caliber of Samuel Eto’o on a major league team.
Re: racism in metal. I have actually witnessed it. September 29th, 2009 marked the second time I saw Metallica. It was during Lamb Of God's set that the racist moment happened. This was when Mark Morton had taken paternity leave and his sub was Doc Coyle of Suffocation. Someone threw a cup of beer at Doc, nailing him in the face. He shrugged it off, then the same drunk idiot called him the n-word. Doc threw his guitar down and jumped off stage. The crowd parts and the other members jump down to keep Doc from beating a guy up.
+mt93 I just saw some of their stuff on RU-vid and it sounds fantastic! It's too bad these guys didn't get much attention because their music sounds great! Plus,they were from the extremely fertile 80's Metal scene of Cleveland. Thanks for mentioning them! \m/ \m/
I’m an asian metalhead and my parents love extreme rock, rock n roll and old school metal. My step dad loves metal so I’ve been raised into metal world and culture. Except my little sister, she listens to rap 😬
living in California and going to metal shows, you see so many different ethnicites coming together and enjoying the same music. it's the best thing ever, I honestly think metal isn't racist at all..it's all about the music man and bringing people together to have fun and enjoy ourselves
im black and i love metal and ive never heard anything racist i mean the lead singer for suicide silence is hispanic and the old vocalist of kill switch engage was black
Heavy metal is not racist at all. Heavy metal is a uniform to unite everyone who loves it regardless of race if the uniform doesn't fit you simply don't wear it
I am a Puerto Rican that CAN pass as a canarian islander, which is where the bulk of my ancestry comes from. I went with my Puerto Rican friend to a Protest the Hero and Between the Buried and Me concert in Amsterdam for my bachelor's party. It was our first leg of the trip, we were then supposed to meet the rest of the crew in Spain, my wife's country. My friend looks uber Middle Eastern, almost Saudi like, yet he is a Puerto Rican of Sephardic Jewish heritage. I really felt uncomfortable a few times because some people did stare at us and looked surprised to see us there. I never experienced this in Latin America or even in Spain (even though in Spain, once they knew we were from Puerto Rico, they would say something along the lines of "you listen to Metal over there? i thought It was all about Salsa and Reggaeton", which is ironic because our parents were listening to progressive rock by the end of the 60's while they lived under a dictatorship). Anyways, I do think that there MIGHT be a problem in the global northern community, but I am also aware that there is a possibility that I am reacting to conducts which are not necessarily racists, but more like awkward experiences as a result of a historic lack of diversity in the community. I am sure there is a lot of racism, but I could not affirm it is a general condition of the community. I think white people (and I do know that it is a very vague concept) must have a dialogue with their peers in the community about the social problems this could entail. I respect freedom of speech as the lawyer I am, but Hate Speech should not be condoned. There is a great difference regarding that between the US and most of Europe (maybe because of the Nazi experience). In the US hate speech is allowed as long as it does not lead to immediate and unequivocal acts of physical violence, but that is not the case in Europe. Even in Spain, which seems to be really lay back with the use of the Fascist salute and people do not get arrested for doing it, like in Germany (people still do it here, specially heirs of the Pro Franco regime), at the constitutional law level, Hate Speech is not allowed. I think that there should not be thought crimes, but you should be held responsible for what you say when you open your mouth to express hate speech which might have an impact on how others later commit violence against people of a different racial, ethnic or cultural background for no reason at all, however causally distant it may be. I am not saying that people who practice Hate Speech should get arrested, but they should certainly receive some sort of social sanction by the community (rejection, scorn, etc). Just my two cents. We all want to enjoy metal and feel safe.
You can't sat that someone is stupid for not listening something they don't enjoy, personally i am not a big fan of both genres, but i am not saying other people are stupid for liking it. The only stupid people right now are the ones that say that pop is the best music you can find
Not so much death metal. The black metal part I could agree with. I know a lot of black metal fans also enjoy death metal but there aren't really hate promoting lyrics in death metal like there is in black metal. Maybe anti-religion but that's about it.
I disagree on some points. While I don't think Metal is inherently racist, I think it's more prevalent and accepted than other genres. I mean we have a whole semi-widely known (within metal) subgenre that has racism as a core addition: NSBM. Even without NSBM, Black Metal is racist occasionally and even if it isn't, you can be almost 90% sure its members are racist or discriminatory against religious groups as people. As an Arab Muslim fan of extreme forms of Black Metal, it's hard to find bands that wouldn't want to kill me.
Bethany Nguyen Yeah, being African or Asian fans of metal isn't really as easy as people seem to think it is. Mexicans and Central/South Americans are starting to be generally accepted in metal, though.
+SilverAbsol yeah latin america is fettinf axcepted more which is encouraging. it's just sad that there have been asian, middle eastern and entirely black bands that are metal for long and we get no acceptance from some bands.
With freedom of speech comes the responsibility for what you said. You can say whatever you want, but from the moment you said it you have to be open to the fact that someone may call you out on it. It's quite common for people who use the freedom of speech argument to become angry when someone says something about it, as if freedom of speech shields you from criticism. Not necessarily talking about the Pantera incident, but we should also not confuse freedom of speech with hate speech...
I can confirm that the metal community is very welcoming. I am not black racially speaking (my dad is white and my mother is Amerindian) However I do have quite dark skin, mostly because I am really burnt most of the time. In my school which is predominantly Hispanic, there is a white guy, really white (he's Norwegian) and he was so friendly to me when I shared the same passion for music. he didn't like Hispanic immigrants since I live in LA and most of them are not very bright individuals but he didn't have a problem with race at all. actually he defended me a couple of times in class which I really appreciated. even my "own" Hispanic peers have racial prejudice, I for example am called "negro" as a "affectionate" way but deep down it has connotation for me being slightly different than them.
Also some Hispanics are white ,black mestizo, indigenous, this is a complicated subject but yes Hispanics of any race can be racist , but that goes for everyone.Most Mexicans are mixed race .I'm sorry you had to deal with that sort of racism but I hope by now your views have changed abit because Im salvadorian and my parents are immigrants , we are not all dumb .
First of all: Heavy Metal is the offspring of Rock Music, while Rock is the offspring of Blues, so the roots of Heavy Metal are pretty black. Second: Heavy metal is international. It exists on every continent. There are even Metal bands in the Middle East and in Africa. Of course there are many racist metal fans, but they're just ignorant and I think they ruin the scene -- just like any assholes in a group of people. If you think of different subgenres of Metal, the fanbase kinda differs: while in the Black Metal scene there are a lot of racists and even right out Nazis, the Thrash Metal scene is pretty much Left-wing and Liberal. So many Metal bands have made anti-racist statements and many have written anti-racist songs (Iron Maiden, Kreator, Sepultura, Napalm Death, Machine Head, Gorefest, Arch Enemy, Amorphis, Moonsorrow -- just to name a few) while racist bands are somewhat in marginal (NSBM and some other Black Metal bands). And what about all the multicultural/multiracial metal bands? Slayer, Suffocation, Sepultura, Dream Theater, Death Angel -- the list goes on... And then there is even the band called Noxa from Indonesia which has one very unique character: all members are from a different religion. Drummer Oxen is a Christian, guitarist Ade is a Muslim, bassist Dipa is a Hindu, and vocalist Tony is a Buddhist. How about diversity here? :D
ANTIFAxFINLAND Man.....srsly Im so jealous of you being in a country such as Finland....awesome weather (I love rain, snow, cold), awesome culture, METALHEADS EVERYWHERE \m/ and lakes... greetings from Germany :D
ANTIFAxFINLAND Rock is a fusion of blues and country music. Country music. Blues was heavily influenced by European folk music. So no it's not exclusively black.
Rock & Roll : , Minstrel, Delta blues, Sothtern baptist Gospel, ,Early Country,Swing , R&B ... the blues came from the Mississippi delta & is engenous to America.. how could it have been influenced by European folk music? Rock & Roll's chief influence is African ( through African music& rhythms/ Voo Doo)
I remember in 2006, I saw a very old black man waiting in line all by himself and even having fun at a Blind Guardian concert! I had no problem with this guy at all but I will admit, it was unusual.
as a middle eastern, it's sad how heavy metal is treated in the middle east, it's seen as talentless satanic evil music by most ppl if not all, im one of the few fans 🤘
Nowadays as someone who is a female who is half black I get called a “poser”just bc I’m a poc and a women.or I get called whitewashed bc I listen to heavy metal.
But it also depends on how you look. If you have a lot of spikes and a slayer shirt with a bullet belt no one will think you're a poser lmao. But being half black too I heard that dumbass sentence too "yOu ArE wHiTe WaShEd" lmao
Im black and I listen to heavy metal I love it yes it don't matter what anybody say metal is for any race I even wear my spikes collar ( black ) with my spikes wrist bracelet ( black also ) cause my favorite color is all black but I always listen to metal rock and I always embrace that shit idc what nobody say🤷♀️😁
And its not that im being racist its just the fact that if white people can listen to rap music then obviously it's okay for us black people to listen to metal rock ion see what's the problem 🤔🤷♀️🙄
Metalhead here and never experienced any kind of racism or prejudice in metal towards Blacks or Latins, but i´ve saw a lot of that and worse in the gothic scene.
I grew up as a Metal fan on an island in the coast of Africa. I'm racially of Indian descent and most people around me at the time were from the same origin and we all grew up with Metal. However, when I moved to England and went to certain metal shows. I used to get drinks and bottles thrown at me. It was so weird to me because I shared to the same love and passion for Metal like them but was treated differently due to the colour of my skin. However, not all shows that I attended. Some of them.
I've felt like the metal community is more accepting. I have made friends with metalheads that are white and they never say "you are Mexican, you can't listen to metal", all they say is "what are your favorite bands". As long as you share the same love for metal, metalheads won't discriminate against you.
Finally, someone made a very well thought out, poignant video! Me personally, it wasn't so much the actions of Anselmo that annoyed me, but more the people who defended him simply because they hero worship Pantera. They wouldn't have done that if Pantera wasn't as big as they are. I do greatly appreciate that he apologized for it, but it doesn't make it any more acceptable to do that. And when people say "Oh, why were you offended by this? Of all people, blah blah", that itself offends me more than someone who actually IS a white supremacist I also heavily defend freedom of speech and yes, you can say whatever you like, but just because you CAN say it, doesn't necessarily mean that you SHOULD
To qoute Bruce Dickinson "We got fans every color, ever creed, every fucking religion. It does not matter if you are jewish, muslim, christian. We are all Blood Brothers." One of the best deiftions on how metal should be considered. Unfortunatlly, its not the case. I remeber when Derrick toke over from Max in Sepultura in the 90ies. Waaay to many where going "How the hell can a black man be in a metal band?! Its just wrong!" and so on and so forth. Its fucking discusting. It has gotten better tho, but not that much... As an exampel, Killswitch Engageds former singer got accepted even tho he wasent white..
It is inherently a racist act to defend a racist. This is not to say you can't believe in his right to be racist. It's just that you don't have to amplify their stupidity or rush to their defense. And you don't, ever, support them with your money by buying tickets or CD's. We've looked away from Pantera's (yes, the entire band, including Dimebag) overt racism too long already. But, to stick to the free speech argument: you have a right to express your ideas. But you're not entitled to an audience, or to be treated like you're a nice guy when you're objectively shitty. Consequences are the flip side of the liberty medal. If I go to a metal concert and get on stage to tell the crowd that all metalheads should be put in prison... I'm not going to be popular with that crowd. Being asked to leave is then not an attack on my freedom of speech, it's the consequence of me being a dick in a private venue that no longer wants me there.
Also: if your generation has less of an issue there, I'm happy. But I went to gigs in the eighties. People very much did try to block black people from metal. Not the bands, mostly, or even most of the fans, but in general no one kicked the racists out either.
I have never really experienced Racism in the metal scene. I have seen people at shows that are more than likely Racist. As an African American male who works engineering music I can say that I have seen more racism at hiphop shows than metal especially when Caucasian or Latino spectators arrive to a venue in a predominantly black area. That being said Racist fucks are everywhere I've had my own moments. It will probably be another century before it Peters out the more people embrace the fact that we are all really mutts and no one is pure anything. Early man was a horndog and just got in where he could fit in. So a lot of us have trace amounts of races we wouldn't even dream of in our DNA. But as I said even with this knowledge I sometimes have slip ups. I would say it isn't prevalent in Metal more like Metal has that stigma because people automatically associate groups of tattooed, pierced and combat booted Caucasians with Racists. Skin heads etc.
Phil has always been a motormouth with an overinflated sense of his own opinion. He's been a victim of his own ego and a slave to his own mouth for decades now. You would think that after over 30 years of incessant yap-trapping, he would have learned that his opinions might be better saved for his circle of friends, in private. I've learned that people with this level of ego, when given money and influence (which together equates to a very real and very potent form of power), always ALWAYS do themselves in. And Phil has done nothing but reinforce this notion over the years. He has managed to secure himself a nice enough bank roll to sit on through the storms he's weathered due to his mouth, but the story ain't over yet. His ultimate fate is yet to be seen.
i live in sgv in la and I have never met a white metalhead unless I was at a show. in high school all the metalheads, punks, goths, emos etc were mostly latinos and a few asians. edit: i’m mexican native american and on the rez, many natives love metal
Hispanic Metalhead here. Been listening and going to shows since I was 15 and now 36 . Never had a problems at shows and the community is pretty welcoming and friendly.
LIked your video, but as a South American, I'd like to add that you do see people of all ethnicities in metal, even here, it is still more prevalent around whites than anything else, although I was in Bolivia once where most of the population is non-white (I'm from Uruguay, 90% of the population is white of european descent) and there's a sizable metal scene there, many national and local bands, they just don't get as many international shows, so many cross to Argentina which is the country the probably gets the most metal shows in all of Southern south america at least.
Exactly, I'm from Paraguay, and we use to organize tours to go to Argentina, I traveled to attend Judas Priest, Motorhead and Ozzy at Monsters of rock.. however many metal bands came here in Paraguay already, from Metallica, Megadeth, Grim Reaper to Gorgoroth, Belphegor and Mayhem and the list keeps going,
Metal music was actually invented by black people. Chuck Berry and Jimi Hendrix for example, are the creators of techniques that would years later evolve into heavy metal.
DarkHawk 317 No it wasn't. Black Sabbath invented metal and they are white. Rock is a fusion of blues and country music. Even blues was heavily influenced by European folk music.
Yeah i agree that the guy can think what he wants, that being said i still have an opinion to his opinion. And i think his opinion, if he wasn't drunk and being stupid, was out of context and immoral
well done man. I'm a black guy, brazilian actually, and maybe my country is the most mixed when we talk about skincolour and shit like that, I mean, I have african and italian descendance at the same time, and I love metal, my dad is a black guy and he loves Iron Maiden I grew up by listening to them with him, other bands too like Sabbath, Purple, Scorpions, Whitesnake. Nowdays I really love thrash, death, black, Prog, whatever, so, Metal is something for everyone.
I love metal since my 14,s 15,s and im black sometimes i feel some headbangers had a stange reation when they realise that i like metal such genres as black death etc.. is like saying that rap or reagge is for black people there is examples for all kind black or latinos even asian doing great metal or rock and white people doig great rap or reagge blues etc.... just remenber some of the great musicians or bands in rock or metal have latin ,african roots or are it.like jimmi hendix body count ,suicidal tendecies guitar player, suffocation ,the fist line up had two black people and they sound raw,brutal one of great deathmetal bands even dead kennedys the drumer is black...
The band Orphaned Land, a band from Israel, is a great example that heavy metal is not racist. That's a band that tours with bands from other cultures; often bands that come from countires that are seen as enemies. Their message is that we're all people united by the music no matter where we're from. Check out the CD Oriental Metal with several oriental metal bands, great project and great music.
Listen dude, fuck that I'm black I've always been a metal head since I was young, my parents thought that metal was racist and the crowds wouldnt like me there (Mind you this is 2008 dude) Anyone who's been around for a minute knows that metal is one of the most DIVERSE cultures ever, like rap music and all that shit is so isolated with the crowd and who goes to shows that it does seem segregated but no one is brave enough to say it. Rap music is racist as fuck.
There is no racism in metal or the metal community. As a former black metal head the community is hella diverse and friendly due to the combination of Nordic and Afro-Egyptian influences it has. Marylin Manson wore eye shadow that was inspired from ancient Egypt and I see a lot of people in the metal scene wearing the ankh cross. There are even African Americans rocking out Thor’s hammer pendant which is of Norse cultural significance. Korn is the s**t btw.
The metal community isn't isolated from the rest of the world, and racism do exist. Of course, racism isn't racist per say, but we need to be aware that it exists. You can read a book called "What are you doing here? A black woman's life and liberation in heavy metal" if you're ready to face the fact that you have white and male privelage.
+xsuicidemakeover 39 Hey, I'm white. I'm probably as racist to myself... Just saying. BTW, no it's not racism to say that we as white people get advantages because of our skin colour. It's because of racism those advantages exists.
