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Nazi metal fest happening this weekend (Oct 18-20) in Oakland!

by Shut Down Nazi Metal
ALERT: Oakland venues Elbo Room and Oakland Metro are hosting a black metal festival with neo-Nazi ties called Never Surrender this weekend Oct 18 - 20. Never Surrender (formerly called Nuclear War Now Fest) is organized by labels known for distributing Nazi metal: Iron Bonehead Productions and Nuclear War Now! Productions. The lineup for Never Surrender includes bands known to have Nazi associations such as Black Witchery, Bone Awl, Volahn, and Blue Hummingbird On The Left.
More info: https://nsbmboneheads.wordpress.com/
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Oakland venues Elbo Room and Oakland Metro Operahouse are scheduled to host a black metal festival with neo-Nazi ties called Never Surrender on Oct 18 – 20, 2019. Never Surrender Fest is organized by labels known for distributing Nazi metal: Iron Bonehead Productions based in Germany and Nuclear War Now! Productions based in the Bay Area. Some of the bands booked for Never Surrender are known to have Nazi associations including Black Witchery, Bone Awl, Volahn, and Blue Hummingbird On The Left.

Patrick “Traumatic” Kremer, who runs the metal label Iron Bonehead Productions is said to have a neo-Nazi background and was a co-owner of a Berlin record store “Metal and Hell” which was eventually shut down due to the fact that it sold NSBM (National Socialist Black Metal) records and other neo-Nazi material. Kremer continues to release and distribute Nazi metal on his label Iron Bonehead.

Nuclear War Now! Productions is owned by a wealthy biotech chemist Yosuke Konishi and like its longtime partner label Iron Bonehead, releases and distributes Nazi metal/noise records. The Nuclear War Now! website’s forum has long served as an online hub for those who produce and consume Nazi metal.

More info: https://nsbmboneheads.wordpress.com/
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§Why are we allowing a store selling Nazi material to operate in Oakland?
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Nuclear War Now!, one of the labels putting on the Nazi metal fest this weekend, runs a store selling Nazi metal in East Oakland: Eastern Front Records on 7800 MacArthur Blvd. The owner is wealthy biotech chemist Yosuke Konishi who says the neighborhood is “currently filth-ridden but there are signs of things changing”
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by Stop Nazi Metal
NO NAZI FESTs in Oakland: https://www.facebook.com/events/531507064299287/

"Elbo Room Jack London and Oakland Metro Operahouse are hosting a black metal festival with neo-nazi ties this weekend IN OAKLAND. Details here:
https://nsbmboneheads.wordpress.com/

Matt Shapiro (from Elbo Room) claims that none of the bands are fascist, but when confronted with evidence proving otherwise, he willfully ignores it.

Now is the time to call, message and visit these venues, and let them know that this will not be tolerated. The venue pages are linked above. Their phone numbers are:
Elbo Room: 510-808-7650
Oakland Metro Operahouse: 510 763-1146

Let's strategize how we shut this down."
by Aron pieman kay (Pieman420 [at] gmail.com)
I am a child of holocaust survivors....time to kick racist nazi ass
by R.V.N.
Lol srsly? I think the guy from NWN being asian and half of the bands mentioned being mexicans, with lyrics about the aztecs, psychoactives and Pancho Villa speaks for itself. Too much tinfoil.
by Frank Gacy
If NSBM inspires you to eat right and exercise, isn’t that a good thing?
by J
This title is misleading and a call to incite without knowing any of the facts. It seems as though what's missing from the article is any proof of "Nazi ties". How many degrees of separation does one need to have these alleged ties? Shared a stage with a band where one person has bad politics? Be on a record label where a few bands have anti Semitic lyrics? Please define your criteria
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