So, the company that ran the Astroworld sacrifice…I mean concert…is hosting a new concert in the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on October 22nd, 2022. Some of the bands listed had no clue they were signed up, and there’s other shenanigans associated with the event. FF before the election?
(www.whenwewereyoungfestival.com)
I’m still conflicted on metal and devil horns/“bands not knowing the symbolism.”
I appreciate the emotion behind metal more now, but moshing still seems very violent. I’m not sure I agree that music that encourages that kind of behavior is great thing, just like how new rap music encourages drugs/gangs/etc. I watched an interview with Dr. Dre—I think it was Dr. Dre—flaying the modern rap artists for taking hip hop away from its roots; there’s so many hip hop songs from the original movement about staying in school/avoiding violence and bad behavior/lifting your community up. Lauryn Hill’s That Thing comes to mind as a more recent example.
I’m sure most metal fans aren’t listening or attending concerts to worship Satan; but the moshing and horns are still something I avoid, just like modern rap.