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For years, radicals have been trying to subvert the metal scene and use our music to spread their ideological fervour fuelled by hatred. We think it's time to take a stand and do something against it! Of course, our music has some rebellious background, and dealing with political issues is a crucial point for a large number of bands, too. Metal, rock and gothic in all its varieties have never been mere music genres, but they also reflect a certain way of life. So these people encroach our lifestyle to exclude others, spread racism and invoke violence. We are tired of just ignoring or even tolerating these people and ask everybody out there . metal heads, bands, organisers, labels, magazines or even the small record dealer around the corner - for their support. Our music should not be used to agitate against marginal groups or to exclude fans having a different colour of the skin or a different belief, but to experience the spirit of Rock'n'Roll and to share it with others!

• We want to signal our opposition. We don't want our scene to be subverted by people invoking violence and hatred.
• Music bridges opposites and unites people from all over the world in friendship.
• We all have friends from different countries or even far away continents, and we will no longer sit and watch these friendships being put at risk or even destroyed by extremists.
• Not for nothing have metal festivals always been peaceful events, despite the fact that people of different nationalities, cultures and religions come together, and we want to leave that unchanged.
• Therefore we say "fuck off" to racism, xenophobia and religious fundamentalism and every negative aspect that goes along with it.
• All men are equal, no matter which race, nationality, belief or philosophy they belong to. Everyone who argues the converse will not find a ready welcome in the community of peaceable music fans.
• To answer hatred with hatred is not a solution - therefore we also say no to people who call themselves the "enemies" of racism, nationalism or religious fundamentalism, but behave no better than the people they pretend to be against.

Torsten:
I already had first-hand experience of seeing what it is like to be a victim of right-wing violence. It happened only five days ago when I had to accompany one of my former fellow musicians to his car after he had played a show with his band, because he was threatened by a skinhead in front of the club and was afraid to go to his car all by himself. The subject of violence unfortunately is omnipresent ... Especially within the black metal scene there are . sadly . some people who abuse music to spread their right-wing ideas. And even more sadly, there are people who listen to such music, even if they do not share this ideology. This is a dangerous step in the wrong direction, because accepting these bands means supporting them, even if this is not meant to. In my opinion it is very important to sensitize music fans for such topics in order to break the silence and indifference. Fanatics are hard to be changed (if at all). But with campaigns like this one, you can get music fans to start thinking, so that they can recognise what sort of music they daily listen to and spend their money on. (http://www.agrypnie.de)

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