Slaughter to Prevail
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Le concert des Russes de Slaughter to Prevail de ce vendredi à l'occasion du 6K Fest au Reflektor à Liège est menacé d'être annulé.
La cause ? Un groupe antifa prétend qu'ils seraient néonazis, principalement en raison d'un tatouage sur le coude du chanteur (un soleil noir).
Le groupe a publié le message suivant pour se défendre de telles accusations :
"To all our friends.
Some of you might’ve read it already, there’s an article spreading about me (Alex) supposedly supporting Nazi scum. It’s based on my elbow tattoo, on which I have a “black sun” symbol. The reason I have this tattoo is because of the ancient mythological meaning behind it.
I want to make clear that neither me nor the band and our crew support and/or tolerate any type of Nazism, racism or fascism. We are very passionate about our music, that’s all we’ve ever wanted. We do not spread any political message, not right wing nor left wing. It makes us sick to our stomach that we’re being accused of such a horrible thing.
Needless to say my tattoo no longer is looked at the way it was supposed to be. Right now it’s being covered up as I want to distance myself and the band from any of these accusations. This is a clear message to how serious we are about this.
It’s shocking how people blindly believe a story posted on the internet without any sources. We have never been asked to comment on this either. We firmly believe in equal rights, no matter what race, color of belief you have. A clear example should be the main support on our EU tour is a Jewish band from Israel (Shredhead), which is the exact opposite of what someone who supports Nazis would do.
This should clear up the story, we love all of you. Now let’s get back to what we’re all about, music.
Love music, fight racism."
Depuis, le Reflektor a également réagi à la polémique en publiant ce message :
"Le 6k Fest est une location et le Reflektor n'est pas à l'origine de la programmation.Nous contactons immédiatement l'organisateur de l'événement. Nous lui exigeons d'annuler le groupe en question, voir la manifestation entière si il était au courant ou défend les opinions politiques du frontman de Slaughter to Prevail."
Edit : L'organisation de l'événement a confirmé l'annulation de Slaughter to Prevail. Les autres groupes à l'affiche seront bien présents.
La cause ? Un groupe antifa prétend qu'ils seraient néonazis, principalement en raison d'un tatouage sur le coude du chanteur (un soleil noir).
Le groupe a publié le message suivant pour se défendre de telles accusations :
"To all our friends.
Some of you might’ve read it already, there’s an article spreading about me (Alex) supposedly supporting Nazi scum. It’s based on my elbow tattoo, on which I have a “black sun” symbol. The reason I have this tattoo is because of the ancient mythological meaning behind it.
I want to make clear that neither me nor the band and our crew support and/or tolerate any type of Nazism, racism or fascism. We are very passionate about our music, that’s all we’ve ever wanted. We do not spread any political message, not right wing nor left wing. It makes us sick to our stomach that we’re being accused of such a horrible thing.
Needless to say my tattoo no longer is looked at the way it was supposed to be. Right now it’s being covered up as I want to distance myself and the band from any of these accusations. This is a clear message to how serious we are about this.
It’s shocking how people blindly believe a story posted on the internet without any sources. We have never been asked to comment on this either. We firmly believe in equal rights, no matter what race, color of belief you have. A clear example should be the main support on our EU tour is a Jewish band from Israel (Shredhead), which is the exact opposite of what someone who supports Nazis would do.
This should clear up the story, we love all of you. Now let’s get back to what we’re all about, music.
Love music, fight racism."
Depuis, le Reflektor a également réagi à la polémique en publiant ce message :
"Le 6k Fest est une location et le Reflektor n'est pas à l'origine de la programmation.Nous contactons immédiatement l'organisateur de l'événement. Nous lui exigeons d'annuler le groupe en question, voir la manifestation entière si il était au courant ou défend les opinions politiques du frontman de Slaughter to Prevail."
Edit : L'organisation de l'événement a confirmé l'annulation de Slaughter to Prevail. Les autres groupes à l'affiche seront bien présents.
