4.16.19 Bee-otches of the Day: those who think all death metal is evil

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Name: various
Age: various
Occupation: various
Last Seen: everywhere
Bee-otched For: thinking that all black metal is bad 
 

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Today, the world is still stunned over the destruction that heavily damaged Notre Dame.

True, the spire and a lot of the roof is gone, but thankfully, many of the artifacts were left intact in Monday's blaze.

Of course, the French have a lot to be thankful for, especially since what happened to Notre Dame is NOTHING compared to the mass destruction that three churches in Louisiana suffered recently.

An arsonist burned down those churches all around Opelousas, Louisiana a few weeks ago. The 21-year-old suspect just happens to be a sheriff's deputy's son. Holden Matthews plead not guilty in court Monday. However, the judge refused to allow him to post bail due to the substantial amount of evidence against him.

On social media, Matthews was an ardent fan of black metal music, namely the works of Varg Vikernes. Vikernes was the sole member of the Norwegian black metal band Burzum, which was known for their ambient sound. In 1993, Varg spent 15 years in prison for murdering a bandmate. He also was charged for burning down several historic churches in Norway. He's also known for his neo-Nazi views and other angry old white man beliefs.

You know black metal, the genre of metal that's more melodic than death metal, which is basically fast guitars mixed in with machine gun drums and a Cookie Monster vocalist. In the minds of the media, if one black metal band is bad, well, they're all bad. It's the way it's been since the days of Elvis swerving his hips and John Lennon proclaiming that The Beatles were bigger than Jesus. Truth best be told, leave it to Donny Osmond to tell us that one bad apple doesn't spoil the whole bunch.

Or, at least, the Southern Poverty Law Center.

The anti-hate group released an article last week about the church burnings and Vikernes. In the article, they proclaim that there ARE black metal bands that are fighting racism and fascism, though they focus on the ones that push neo-Nazi values.

The sad truth is that even some of the most-respected non-metal artists of all time were racist. Elvis himself reportedly comes to mind. Of course, the world of country had Johnny Rebel, though it appears many other country artists thankfully never shared his views.

The point is that I think metal is good music, though it's never cool to be involved with artists who promote hate in their lyrics. Because, well, Holden Matthews. Maybe if he was a fan of bands that use their music to promote good, those churches would be still standing in Louisiana.

But if those churches' pastors promoted hate themselves, then we'd all be wanting to hear all black metal.

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