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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Kind of biased, but whatever. Seems like the writer basically equates anything not leftist to be essentially nazi.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, fair enough, it's a decent enough starting point though IMO, obviously use your own judgement.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Oh I remember seeing this list a while back, thanks for linking it!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Not so sure - all they do is list explicitly leftist/anarchist bands and explicitly fash/nazi bands. Everyone in between should be considered safe (or maybe unknown). For example, Behemoth aren't on either list, nor are Darkthrone or Rotting Christ or a shit load of other bands, therefore they must be OK.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I mean, if you consider having members in the band with such ideologies enough to label it a NSBM band, then sure. I don't agree with it, but whatever.