I’m a Belgian 23 year old guy who’s studying to be a nurse, i’m not racist whatsoever, i feel sad when animals get hurt, well you get the picture… And still I like this music you call so ‘demonic’. May I remind you that perhaps in those songs there is spoken of vandalism, murder and so on but if all those band members were murderers then i suppose your problem would be easily solved. Then again the only crime i have seen here related to this music is you people wanting to burn someones property, talk about vandalism. It shows of no respect for another whatsoever. If you had a little more believe in your own educational skills you wouldn’t have to blame all the schools or try to burn your own family’s belongings. It’s this overprotecting, caging behaviour that led some of the children to listen to this music and actually believe the lyrics, not me, i just like guitars. It’s sad to see how your love for your children drives them away. It’s the same reason why some of you have such fear for everything that is different, other religions, other races, other sexuality, other music… Tolerancy must not be an important word for republicans. I even have to admit these articles sometimes scare me more than most metal music ever has. Metal most of the time doesn’t hurt people, your articles in the contrary have perhaps led people to destroy their children’s cd’s collection, punish them, even hurt them and keeping them away of the natural growth process in life just because you are so scared of the world out there. Even worse, if you look at the bigger picture your beliefs have led an entire nation to go to war against what in fact ? I can imagine those soldiers in iraq sure would like some metal now, home, in peace.

I respect your opinions and your belief but don’t let it destroy more than what your were actually fighting for.

Jan

with best wishes, angie

Freedom of religion is an important component of democracy – as well as Freedom of speech :

So I see NO reason at all for blaming Heavy Metal bands for praising the “Horned One” or criticizing gouvernments ( as in Slayers ” Abolish Gouvernment”)

If you’ve got good reason – tell me, and I’ll stop to hear Heavy Metal music.

PS:
Metallica’s “Fade to Black” is a song against suicide,and “So What” is found on “Garage Inc” – and all Songs on “Garage Inc” are covered songs. So what ?

And there’s one Megadeth album called “Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?” – now think again what
“Killing Is My Business…” could mean.

“Why don’t presindents fight the war?
Why do they always send the poor?”

Metal music is the way to teach yungs thinking, and not to beliving such assholes like you Shelley!