Only just saw this and am surprised that D666 popped up on here. Great band! Gospel Of The Horns are another great one.. along with Nocturnal Graves.
Who is your favourite Aussie band
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Only just saw this and am surprised that D666 popped up on here. Great band! Gospel Of The Horns are another great one.. along with Nocturnal Graves.
Only remembered coz I came across it when moving my vinyl singles from an old cupboard & into our new tv unit 2 nights ago......um, think I've just aged myself
Only remembered coz I came across it when moving my vinyl singles from an old cupboard & into our new tv unit 2 nights ago......um, think I've just aged myself
whats vinyl ? I have bakelite 78s
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I love a lot of the 80's Aussie Music. I was lucky that I was a teenager in Brisbane while Expo 88 was on and had a 6 month pass, also Aussie bands used to play at the Ekka/Royal Show on the last Saturday for free. Hmmm, no wonder I found it easy to save money back then. My favorite concert was INXS. My photos and guitar pick went missing when I moved. I scanned them before they went missing at least, but they are poor quality. I used to see Hoodoo Gurus regularly, probably too much, they were my first concert at Festival Hall. I'd love to see Crowded House/ members, last time I saw them was at Expo 88 and we got there late, so the only spot left was at the back behind a huge pole... So we didn't stick around. Mellowing in my old age, I've seen Kate ceberano a couple of time recently. Moving on though, now I'll be checking the winery concerts, a lot more exy these days though!
Yeah, Nocturnal Graves played last Sunday, but it was in Collingwood (I live in St Kilda). Sometimes, not having a car and relying on public transport to get around is crappy.
Hobbs Angel of Death are playing Good Friday, though! Will be there with bells on, worshipping Satan, drinking beers and banging my head! I haven't seen them since they played with Destroyer 666 at The Espy, just before D666 moved to Europe. Should be good.
Enjoy. Hobbs were good the last time I saw them.
And in the case of D666, saluting neo-Nazism, fascism and racism! (My husband's a fan, but not for those reasons he assures me!)
I would like for you to point out to me where they are Nazis and 'salute racism'. I am very well aware of the links between *some* metal bands and National Socialism, particularly black metal bands, but I am very careful about supporting bands that support such garbage. I own several D666 albums and know the lyrics to many of their songs. Never have I heard, seen or read anything that I would describe as 'saluting neo-Nazism, fascism and racism'.
My grandparents were sent to the camps by the Nazis in WW2, which makes it personal, so I take that stuff very seriously. Also, I view individual band members as having certain views and the band itself promoting racist/fascist ideals as two different issues.
By the way, below is a picture of KK's wife. She doesn't look very Aryan to me....
I don’t have my husband at hand right now but with the help of google I’ll attempt to answer.
KK Wars**t was rumoured to have been punched or some such by of the members of Blasphemy after he asked them why they had a n***er in their band. Yes, only a rumour, given.
Then there are videos like this with comments not atypical of the band (anti-immigration/anti-islam speech including the term 'invading'):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97tXzR4n7HE
One of their former members in an interview (not attempting to hide his nazi sympathies):
http://www.rusmetal.ru/vae_solis/abyssichate.html (You can dismiss it as not being relevant to D666, sure, but they’ve been affiliated with a number of racist/neo-nazi artists.)
An extract of an article from the Australian/Israel & Jewish affairs council (since deleted). Not the most unbiased of sources, but it all adds up:
Their general use of nazi imagery. Anecdotal/unconfirmed stories of them being generally racist-ish at shows, including brandishing swastika-esque tattoos (not sure how true this is) and wearing white pride-esque t-shirts. Some of their lyrics are a bit suspect.
I don’t think the girl in the photo is KK’s wife. Google images says she’s the singer from Adorior and I can’t find anything linking her to D666 or KK. Like I said, I’m not a metal person, so I could be totally wrong. Besides, plenty of racists have 'exotic' tastes. Do not try to find too much logic in white supremacy.
I understand what you mean about separating the art from the artist but in a case like this it seems the only reason the dubious beliefs aren’t overtly included in the art is because of the potential backlash and to then include the beliefs in a covert/pseudo fashion seems rather weedy and kind of undermines the whole metal hypermasculinity thing.
Anyway, I wouldn't let it stop me from liking something I, well, like. My favourite author is Knut Hamsun who was a nazi sympathizer, though it had nothing whatsoever to do with his novels. I also like one very racist band who won't reveal their true identities. The songs are catchy and I figure if I download their songs for free, who cares, I'm only stealing from racists
Yes Fifth, I can lift so-called 'evidence' from Metal Archives as well. Until I see some actual proof that Destroyer 666 have been, as you say, 'saluting neo-Nazism, fascism and racism', then I will have to take your claims with a grain of salt. Until then, I will happily blast Cold Steel For An Iron Age (their best album in my opinion) until I go deaf. I've been told by someone that one of the members of Rose Tattoo is a White Supremacist. When I pointed out that Angry Anderson is Mauritian, they insisted on it being true. Rumours are a breeding ground for the mentally challenged.
Some of the members may have some questionable views and associate with certain 'undesirables', but the band is not, as you allude, some White Power National Socialist group of fascists. Heck, if they were, considering how massively popular they are, the evidence would be overwhelming. I mean, look at Burzum, arguably the most popular black metal artist ever and he is openly NS/WP.
I've had arguments with people who claim to be anti-fascist/anti-racist who listen to Burzum. They just find it easy to overlook the facts, because they want to listen to his music. Personally, I reckon that's a cop out.
Some of the members may have some questionable views and associate with certain 'undesirables', but the band is not, as you allude, some White Power National Socialist group of fascists. Heck, if they were, considering how massively popular they are, the evidence would be overwhelming. I mean, look at Burzum, arguably the most popular black metal artist ever and he is openly NS/WP.
I've had arguments with people who claim to be anti-fascist/anti-racist who listen to Burzum. They just find it easy to overlook the facts, because they want to listen to his music. Personally, I reckon that's a cop out.
A band that I discovered a few months ago (simtr - they were support for The Psychos that night!) and have seen as often as possible since are King of The North. Totally awesome rock n roll. They have some songs you can d/l at their Facebook page, go check 'em out.
Though my original post may have been somewhat facetious, it's a bit glib to say they're not a white supremacist group when they introduce songs with rants about Muslims invading 'our continent'. As KK is an Australian saying this in Germany (and lives as an immigrant in Europe), it's obvious that the 'our' means white.
As far as Burzum goes, Varg took all of that back so it's OK to listen to them
wiggles when young
indecent obsession when old.
That makes me feel old. My Wiggles was The Cockroaches
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30aGybZFzko&feature=youtube_gdata_player
As far as Burzum goes, Varg took all of that back so it's OK to listen to them
Where do you get your information from? Varg may have dropped the National Socialist label, but he still very much identifies with White Power/Pure Aryan Blood views. From an essay he wrote in 2005:
“A Scandinavian, for instance, has no good reasons to emotionally react negatively to "Nazism"… German 'Nazis' behaved exemplary in Denmark and Norway during WWII… In Norway only about 0.03% of the population was killed (and the vast majority was actually killed by the Allies).”
Varg Vikernes, The Nazi Ghost, July 2005.
All he's done is change the label from National Socialist to Odalist, in reference to moving back to Scandinavia's Pagan roots. His views are still very much rooted in racist and fascist ideas.
Here is some more from The Nazi Ghost, which I just d/led from his website:
So, since I am not a "nazi" I began to use another term, in the late 90ies. I did it not just to avoid confusion, but also to find a term more suitable and accurate than the other terms I had used. This new term was odalism, from Norse óðal ("homeland", "allodium", "allodial law", "nobility", "noble", "inherited goods", "fatherland", "land property", "distinguished family", "distinguished", "splendid", "kin" and "the nation"). This term replaces everything positive about all the other -isms I have ever used, and in it lies Paganism, traditional nationalism, racialism and environmentalism. It is not only a more accurate but also a more inclusive term that can be used by all Europeans (and others too for that sake). Finally, and perhaps most importantly, it is not a term tainted by history.
If we have a positive relationship to our homeland, to our blood, to our race, to our religion and to our culture we will not destroy any of this with modern "civilization" (id est capitalism, materialism, Judeo-Christianity, pollution, urbanization, race mixing, Americanization, socialism, globalization, et cetera).
HIs website.
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