Marduk - Banned From Playing In Minsk For Being An Affront To Christian Values
Swedish black metal band Marduk has issued the following statement about having the band's appearance in Minsk, Belarus, cancelled: "The Prosecutor General's Office has banned Swedish black metal band Marduk from playing a show in Minsk, Belarus."
"Pavel Radzivonaw, a departmental head at the Prosecutor General's Office, told reporters on Monday that Marduk's concert, scheduled for May 22, would not take place. 'The band preaches Satanism, which has nothing to do with art,' he says. 'This is an affront to Christian values, they preach the ideas of death, of the Third Reich.'
"The other bands that were scheduled to appear with Marduk at the Re:Public club ? including Kataklysm and Vader ? will be allowed to perform. Radzivonaw warned the show may be stopped if the performances involve violations of laws."
"I wonder who's really pushing for the Third Reich ideas here..."
"Pavel Radzivonaw, a departmental head at the Prosecutor General's Office, told reporters on Monday that Marduk's concert, scheduled for May 22, would not take place. 'The band preaches Satanism, which has nothing to do with art,' he says. 'This is an affront to Christian values, they preach the ideas of death, of the Third Reich.'
"The other bands that were scheduled to appear with Marduk at the Re:Public club ? including Kataklysm and Vader ? will be allowed to perform. Radzivonaw warned the show may be stopped if the performances involve violations of laws."
"I wonder who's really pushing for the Third Reich ideas here..."
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How can you get those guys out of office?
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374  |
So Marduk is NSBM now? The more you know...
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| Valentin B Iconoclast Posts: 10094  |
Oh, so a communist regime like Bielorussia's is the authority on what's an affront to Christian values now? gimme a fucking break.
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"The band preaches Satanism, which has nothing to do with art" This part pisses me off, So he gets the say on what is and isn't art?, take your head out of your arse.
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306  |
Written by X-Ray Rod on 21.05.2012 at 12:28 Ya I was like... this is stupid, this is stupid, this is stupid... wait, what?! Johan, looks like you have to blacklist these guys and remove them from the database. 
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Written by Valentin B on 21.05.2012 at 12:33 Totally agree... This is nothing but hypocrisy from a dictatorship 
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306 |
Written by [user id=101272] on 21.05.2012 at 14:35 Considering they deem Marduk an NS band, I'm not surprised they're still allowing Vader to play. They probably didn't check the lyrical content at all and just assume they sing about Star Wars.
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| Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 9157  |
Let's go burn some churches in the name of hitler! Yay! People piss me off >>
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| WorpeX Made of Metal Posts: 1352  |
I'd be a little scared if I was Vader and even Kataklysm. I'd be sure to double check my set-list to be sure there isn't anything that could be considered offensive in it so I don't get shot!
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| s_t_s Posts: 1208  |
Satanism ok, but third reich ? That's some heavy bullshit ! Reminds of the Hellfest affair here in France. They brought some priest to spread sacred water on the location of the festival ! What for ? To avoid Satan to attend some gigs ? 
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| Ankläger Posts: 254  |
Written by WorpeX on 21.05.2012 at 16:37 Beatles' cover night
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Written by Valentin B on 21.05.2012 at 12:33 You just mentioned something about country called Bielorussia just want to let yo know that there is no such country called like that. Moreover topic saying Belarus but not Bielorussia. Are u sure that u talking about the same country?
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| Valentin B Iconoclast Posts: 10094 |
Written by Litvin on 21.05.2012 at 17:57 Yes, I do know what country I'm talking about. I did not know it was also called Belarus in English (like in Romanian), I just think it sounds weird so that's why I wrote Bielorussia.
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| Kimiwind Speed Metal God Posts: 120  |
Bullshit..
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| BitterCOld The Ancient One Admin Posts: 15287  |
Written by Valentin B on 21.05.2012 at 19:06 i always found some of the 'Anglicization' odd. Belarus i guess is easier to spell even if the pronunciation isn't as accurate as how you wrote it. Moscow always confused me as it's Moskva. Not that hard to spell/pronounce. on one hand it is stupid to ban them, but on the other it is marduk, so no big loss. and i always find it amusing when bands that go out of their way to be as offensive as possible reap the "benefits" of their infamy and people get up in arms about it.
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Written by BitterCOld on 21.05.2012 at 19:23 Well. when you spell Belarus is not 'Anglicization' spelling - It is just only correct spelling and sounds correctly as well, it is just right. The example with Moskow-Moskva isn't right for that case. OK, ideally it should be spelled something like that Belarusь Letter 'ь' is a soft sign - means that sound before that letter should be pronounced as soft.Anyway it is wired that the govs ban Marduk. Also as far as i know Belarus govs banned some local bands as well, so they cant play in their own country. Also they banned new movie 'Dictator' by Sacha Borat which just come out last week.
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| LeChron James Helvetesfossen Posts: 3561  |
HA! Good old Belarus.
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| Carl Berg Carl Berg Posts: 589  |
Written by EdguyAsFuck on 21.05.2012 at 23:00 Ha! But it's the government that says when you should feel butthurt!
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| Igeldude Posts: 16 |
So, unlike most Christians...like this Radzivonaw guy, I actually did some research since I am not very familiar with this band. I concluded that this band is out to mostly bash Christianity, and the Third Reich was just a lyrical concept. They're not NSBM and don't associate themselves with Nazis. On another note, Hitler was a Christian. So I wonder, which Christian values is this band an affront to; rape, murder, theft?
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