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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[–] morbidcactus@lemmy.ca 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is a pretty decent list, usually my first look.

[–] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] morbidcactus@lemmy.ca 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Zo0@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago

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

[–] leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

One way is search for 'band name + controversy' or 'band name + nazi' or something similar. It becomes second nature after awhile.

Conversely, seek out non-problematic black metal - antifascist black metal is a thing.

[–] Zo0@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but that only works for bands that are popular enough that someone wrote an article about.

That sounds more to my taste haha, do you have any recommendations?

[–] leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Loads :) some of these are not explicitly anti-fascist but they're non problematic.

Panopticon
Wolves In The Throne Room
Blackbraid
Dawn Ray'd
Iskra
The Infernal Sea
Azel's Mountain
Mizmor
Gaerea
Nahasheol
Auld

There's also the Anti Fascist Black Metal YouTube channel which showcases antifa black (and other) metal - gets lots of new releases.

[–] Zo0@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago

Thanks, I'll make sure to check them out!

[–] Neilia_1@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Maybe this will help?

[–] Zo0@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago

Thanks, this is a short list but at least it's a good start

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sadly these groups have been around pretty much since black metal started. I usually just try to look up the bands bio. If they're on Wikipedia it will usually say something about it. The lists others posted seem pretty helpful too

[–] Zo0@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago

Thanks, yeah that's what I've been doing so far but I had to look up so many names before I gave up and tried looking for a more convenient way lol