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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Zo0@feddit.de to c/metal@lemmy.world

Hey fellow lemmings, I've recently watched some documentries and read some articles that made me more aware of the existence of NSBM. I love metal, both the music and the culture but I don't want to hear anything related to that specific scene.

I don't want to dicuss the morality of the subject, I just wish to know how I can easily identify if a band I'm listening to is problematic.

I'm aware of Metallum, but that is not always reliable and easily accessible. I am also not able to detect the themes in the lyrics, tbh most of the time I can barely even understand what the vocalist is saying. Thank you all in advance

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[-] leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 10 months ago

One way is search for 'band name + controversy' or 'band name + nazi' or something similar. It becomes second nature after awhile.

Conversely, seek out non-problematic black metal - antifascist black metal is a thing.

[-] Zo0@feddit.de 2 points 9 months ago

Yeah but that only works for bands that are popular enough that someone wrote an article about.

That sounds more to my taste haha, do you have any recommendations?

[-] leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 9 months ago

Loads :) some of these are not explicitly anti-fascist but they're non problematic.

  • Panopticon
  • Wolves In The Throne Room
  • Blackbraid
  • Dawn Ray'd
  • Iskra
  • The Infernal Sea
  • Azel's Mountain
  • Mizmor
  • Gaerea
  • Nahasheol
  • Auld

There's also the Anti Fascist Black Metal YouTube channel which showcases antifa black (and other) metal - gets lots of new releases.

[-] Zo0@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago

Thanks, I'll make sure to check them out!

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