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Hat and beard -
Just wanted to thank you again for posting the DRS record and turning me on to them. The record is wonderful and has that "transporting" quality I look for and rarely find.
Also want to thank you, for indirectly and inadvertantly kicking off this discussion. Seems a lot of people here have strong opinions on said subject, and that's great. Whether or not you are indifferent to the politics involved with a certain artist, it's wonderful y'all are thinking about this and able to converse in a civilized manner.
I, for one, won't monetarilly support an artist whose views I have a strong reaction against. It does not mean I do not respect or even enjoy their music... they just won't be getting any of my cash. They, of course, have every right to hold such an opinion, whether it be the unabashed NS views of Satanic Warmaster, or the streamlined leftism of RATM.
I'm sure the fellow(s) behind DRS are intelligent beings, but I am left to wonder if the cover art/song titles are simply a matter of shock value for shock value's sake. If so, it's a little disappointing. Maybe more so than if they actually do hold strong NS beliefs. Possibly, it's a matter of making one's art more "kvlt", more inaccessible... limiting releases to 200 or fewer copies, using odd/waning formats (3" CDs, cassettes), etc. It could be a "fuck you" to the hipsters engaging themselves with black metal, scaring them away with something only those who don't care or are "tr00 kvlt" themselves would touch.
In any case, I totally enjoy this record and recommend it to anybody who has a taste for noise/black metal/insanity.
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