Sorry rio, but I think that this deserves a proper response from the author of this piece, since clearly the ones moaning at me haven't read the review properly. Let me just quote the full section here:
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Orphaned Land themselves are warriors of light in the spreading of their message of harmony between races, and their gigs are known to bring together Jew and Muslim in united appreciation of the music, something that is rare in that all-too orphaned land. My colleague Alex has praised the band elsewhere for this, and highlighted it as one of the ways Metal can bring people together rather than push them apart - a feature of our great genre that we're collectively, reader and writer, guilty of paying less attention to than, say, the racist whining of the NSBM scene.
What I'm actually saying is that we, metalheads in general, give NSBM more attention than we do bands like this, that build rather than destroy. And that that situation should be reversed. That's
it. That's
all. So all this sighing about how 'unnecessary' it is is missing the point completely - I mentioned NSBM because it's a clear example of music that promotes diversity that everyone can understand - I'm not just writing for you keyboard warriors, you know. Christ, I was expecting more complaints about the Graveland review, but apparently dressing like a ninny is less acceptable to u guise than an extremist ideology that 999 out of 1000 people would be horrified at. God. What was I supposed to say, 'the proud and honourable fight of the NSBM bands for their race and noble Aryan heritage?' Sure, because that will look brilliant to passing readers and not at all give this place a reputation!
I mean, for god's sakes how many non-race-obsessed people do you know who even give two shits about 'aryan mythology'? There is a massive difference in being proud of your country, and being into Aryan mythology, and conflating the two is bloody ridiculous. Fine, Burzum isn't an NSBM band, but Hate Forest might as well be winking at the audience with all the talk of the 'ancient race' and 'pride', and if you're really doubting their message then your heads are buried in the sand. I was bloody fair to Roman Shenko in that review, and none of you sods even commented on it, but one perceived step out of line here, bloody Orphaned Land, and you're all up in arms. Come
on.
Now, talk about The Neverending Way Of OR warriOR. This album is great, and deserves much better than all this shit. Any more off-topic comments will almost definitely be deleted - if you must comment further on the way I write about NSBM, take it up with me in another thread or via PM or MSN or email or whatever.
