Norwegian “Racist” Metal Band Tour Cancelled

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https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/06/promoters-cancel-australia-tour-of-norwegian-metal-band-taake-accused-of-far-right-sympathies

Promoters have abruptly cancelled a planned tour of Australia by the Norwegian black metal band Taake, which has been accused of far-right and anti-Islamic sympathies.

In a brief statement posted on Facebook on Friday, the promoters Southern Extremeties said the tour had been cancelled "for reasons beyond our control

The original venue for the Sydney leg of the tour, University of Sydney's Manning Bar, was the first to pull out of the shows following pushback from students in December.

The Southern Funeral tour was also due to take in Brisbane's Woolly Mammoth, Melbourne's Max Watts and a replacement venue in Sydney, Metro Social. Shortly before the cancellation of the tour, the scheduled venue in Adelaide, Enigma Bar (an extreme leftist bar), announced it would no longer be hosting the band.

The group was billed to be supported by the US-based band Akhlys, whose career has also been marred with allegations of associations with far-right ideology

Hoest denied he sympathised with nazism, but in a statement labelled the owner of the Essen venue an Untermensch (subhuman), a term deployed by the Nazis in relation to Jews, Slavs and others they considered non-Aryan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeJevvhOQ8g

Taake - Full Set Performance
Bloodstock Open Air Metal Festival 2019
1 Hour 20 Minutes

0:00 Intro (Romper Stomper Theme Credits)
1:56 Jernhaand (Kong Vinter)
4:57 Ummeneske (Taake)
8:51 Hordalands Doedskvad I (Hordalands Doedskvad)
17:14 Nattestid Ser Porten Vid II (Nattestid Ser Porten Vid)
23:15 Nattestid Ser Porten Vid III (Nattestid Ser Porten Vid)
28:08 Nordbundet (Noregs Vaapen)
33:32 Du Ville Ville Vestland (Noregs Vaapen)
40:46 Nattestid Ser Porten Vid V (Nattestid Ser Porten Vid)
45:11 Nattestid Ser Porten Vid VI (Nattestid Ser Porten Vid)
52:45 Inntrenger (Kong Vinter)
1:05:28 Fra Vadested til Vaandesmed (Noregs Vaapen)
1:11:30 Nattestid Ser Porten Vid I (Nattestid Ser Porten Vid)
1:15:29 Havet I Huset (Kong Vinter)

Following the cancellation of the US tour Taake released a statement blaming "McCarthy witch hunts" and "illegal activities of Antifa and its supporters" for applying pressure on venues and promoters.

The statement said: "We have explained on many, many occasions, the history behind what caused the problems ... but just for the sake of clarity Taake is not now, has never been, and never will be a Nazi band."

The antifascist research group White Rose Society noted that Hoest had also performed on a song called Jew Killer by the band the Meads of Asphodel, on their album The Murder of Jesus the Jew. He has also been credited as guitarist on a song titled Sieg Hail Satan by a different band.

The song Orkan on Taake's own 2011 album Noregs Vaapen (Norway's Weapon), includes the lyrics "To hell with Muhammad and Muhammadans". The album was nominated for a Norwegian Grammy in 2012.

In 2013, while performing in Scotland, Hoest donned an Iron Cross above a T-shirt displaying anti-Islamic imagery.

In 2020, the organisers of the Glasgow metal festival Darkness Guides Us opted to host the scheduled performance by Taake at a "secret location" in an attempt to quell any potential protest.

The frontman of Akhlys, Kyle Spanswick, performs under the name Naas Alcameth in a slew of black metal projects, including Nightbringer. He has been accused of promoting far-right views after posting photos on social media alongside others wearing Nazi paraphernalia, as well as discussing in depth his association with the ideology.

Akhlys's and Taake's representatives have been contacted for comment.

The Jews, reds and Anarchists just have to cancel everything now!