Behemoth - Ohio Show Moved To New Venue Due To Conflicting Religious Beliefs
Polish death metallers Behemoth, along with Watain, The Devil's Blood, and In Solitude, are now booted out of the first date in The Decibel Magazine Tour in Columbus, Ohio, due to religious conflict with the venue owners of The Brewmaster's Gate, where they were going to play.
Behemoth frontman, Nergal, commented on the situation: "Wow, big motherfuckin' WOW! We are facing a legendary moment: Amerika, the land of the free, is banning Behemoth coz of religious beliefs. The madness starts in Ohio, but of korz we r playing anyway. Nothing can stop us now. God, please save me from this freedom..."
The organizers for the tour also stated: "The highly anticipated inaugural Decibel Magazine tour kicks off in a mere eight days in Columbus, OH. It wasn't too late, however, for the venue owners to prohibit the bands from appearing at The Brewmaster's Gate. Behemoth, Watain, The Devil's Blood, and In Solitude are being forbidden from playing at the venue because of religious conflicts with the venue owners. These bands are no strangers to this type of treatment, and a new venue has already been confirmed. The Columbus, OH, show will now be at Al Rosa. Tickets for this show are still available and can be purchased here."
Behemoth frontman, Nergal, commented on the situation: "Wow, big motherfuckin' WOW! We are facing a legendary moment: Amerika, the land of the free, is banning Behemoth coz of religious beliefs. The madness starts in Ohio, but of korz we r playing anyway. Nothing can stop us now. God, please save me from this freedom..."
The organizers for the tour also stated: "The highly anticipated inaugural Decibel Magazine tour kicks off in a mere eight days in Columbus, OH. It wasn't too late, however, for the venue owners to prohibit the bands from appearing at The Brewmaster's Gate. Behemoth, Watain, The Devil's Blood, and In Solitude are being forbidden from playing at the venue because of religious conflicts with the venue owners. These bands are no strangers to this type of treatment, and a new venue has already been confirmed. The Columbus, OH, show will now be at Al Rosa. Tickets for this show are still available and can be purchased here."
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| Valentin B Iconoclast Posts: 10094  |
Nuclear Blast must be drowning in cash from all this media attention :p
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| CaptainJoeyLaw Posts: 4  |
Columbus Resident here, honestly its a good move. I was planning on going to the show and I have never even heard of or know where the brewmasters gate is in downtown. I've never heard of a live show even being there before this one. Alrosa Villa however I've been too many times and its a great venue for metal shows. So all in all, not a big deal. I just hope the brewmasters gate owners realize this was likely their chance to get a lot of new people into their club and now that's not going to happen. Oh well.
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| Dani5050 Posts: 76  |
I already said that its not America banning Behemoth its just a club owner in Ohio, but looks like they want to make it a publicity stunt.
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| Paz 777 Elite Posts: 4006  |
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| Ornusashas Posts: 64  |
Written by Paz on 04.04.2012 at 21:38 Nope, Ohio is full of bible-thumpers.
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| BitterCOld The Ancient One Admin Posts: 15288  |
Written by Dani5050 on 04.04.2012 at 20:52 talk about making a mountain out of a mole hill... he is free to play, and the venue owner is free to host (or not host) whomever he chooses. behemoth will play elsewhere, with free pub. hooray.
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| Shaytaan666 Posts: 38 |
I am wondering what the hell the venue owners had thought of behemoth before they decided to kick it out of the tour 
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| BitterCOld The Ancient One Admin Posts: 15288 |
Written by Shaytaan666 on 04.04.2012 at 22:13 they probably were unaware who and what they were.
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| Milena gloom cookie Staff Posts: 4603  |
Actively and publicly proclaim hatred for a person's religion and then get surprised when a person of said religion says they don't want you in their venue. Wow indeed. Banning anyone from anywhere based on simple difference in religious beliefs is stupid, but if you involve yourself in clear-cut hate speech, you shouldn't act all surprised when you receive some hate back. I wouldn't host NSBM bands in my venues if I had them, and these Christian people shouldn't apologize if they doesn't want to host anti-Christian bands in theirs. It's their private matter. Often, when people talk about the right to practice your religious beliefs, they often think their own religious beliefs alone.
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| Zombie94 Posts: 458  |
Then the owner should have researched the bands before he booked them. Unless something happened AFTER they were booked to play e.g. the owner walked in on Nergal pissing on his copy of The Bible 
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Written by BenWasHere on 05.04.2012 at 00:23 they are just as annoying as the anit religious people such as Nergal.
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| BitterCOld The Ancient One Admin Posts: 15288 |
I really fail to see the issue. The club owner still has the freedom to control who plays at his club... his freedom unimpeded. Nergal still gets to play the city... his freedom unimpeded. Behemoth gets a bunch of free publicity. everyone wins. i wonder if the same people ripping/whining about the club owner (or America?) are cool with inviting Mormons or Jehovah Witnesses in to their house to speak their beliefs? or does freedom only apply to the ability for your beliefs to be expressed? given the comments directed at Dane recently... i think to a lot around here it is merely a one way street. hooray for hypocrisy..
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| Scuzzy McDouche Posts: 67  |
Written by [user id=20536] on 05.04.2012 at 02:27 Exactly... I personally don't agree with christianity, and I believe that God himself is actually annoyed by most so-called christians. However, it is the club owner's right to say who plays there and who doesn't. If I was a christian, I wouldn't even consider having bands like Behemoth play at my place. Anyway, Columbus, OH is the place where I've seen two of the best Mercyful Fate shows the band has ever played. There may be a lot of religious people in Ohio, but there are also a lot of metalheads there as well. Hell, one of my current favorite bands is from Ohio - Skeletonwitch. 
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Anti-religious metallers... the biggest hypocrites around 
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Account deleted Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 05.04.2012 at 01:57 I couldn't agree more. They both feed off of ignorance.
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306  |
What's the big deal?
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| PocketMetal Posts: 750 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 05.04.2012 at 01:57 well said sir .
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| BudDa Elite Posts: 887  |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 05.04.2012 at 01:57 I agree as well
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| -Morbid- Posts: 241  |
I don't have any problem with the club owners not wanting them to play there, I just think it's lame that they cancel the date a week before the tour starts and leave the tour organizers to scramble to find a different place for them to play. They should have done their research about the bands before signing off on it, but I guess that would just make too much sense. : 
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| Cynic Metalhead Ambrish Saxena Posts: 7568  |
Don't want to clear the beef about the club owner or America welcomes with warm heart, people still going fucking crazy over the kinda of musicianship Nergalhemoth is. Anyways Quote: is he now realizing what he did to bible?
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| Vombatus Potorro Posts: 2393  |
Pffffff..... Nergal is getting so annoying. It's not the first time a show changes venue (for whatever reason), and yet he feel the need to go crying around for everyone to know... Anything for free publicity :
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| Promonex Cathemeral Elite Posts: 9720  |
The only problem I see is that the venue owner didn't do any research. What did he expect when booking a band called The Devil's Blood?
---- All life begins with Nu and ends with Nu... This is the truth! This is my belief! ...At least for now. - The Mystery of Life, Vol. 841 Ch. 26
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| Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675  |
Written by BitterCOld on 05.04.2012 at 02:47 I know I didn't rip on/whine about the club owner, but I personally have invited a Jehovah's Witness into my house even though I'm not religious in any way, and never will be. About America, well yes of course it isn't really a "land of the free", but then again, nowhere on the planet is either. Written by Promonex on 05.04.2012 at 18:29 Well, yes, if the owner is a staunch Christian you'd expect he would do research when booking bands, especially extreme metal bands...
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