Moonsorrow beticht van nazisympathieën
De mannen van Moonsorrow zijn door de slimme knullen van Antifa
beschuldigd van het hebben van extreem rechtse ideeën en het uitdragen van nazi
symbolieken. Deze mensen met teveel vrije tijd om zinloos bands aan te vallen
maar met te weinig intellect om dat ook met feiten te onderbouwen trokken deze
conclusie uit een S uit het Moonsorrow-logo die wel erg op SS-rune zou
lijken en de tekst van het liedje Blood of an Apostate zou wel erg op een
oud nazi-liedje lijken.
Hier de reactie van zanger en tekstschrijver Ville Sorvali:
We, Moonsorrow, have come across news that Antifa wishes to prevent our
concert in Berlin on April 17th. We hereby announce that we are not a Nazi band,
nor we have any political connections whatsoever. We are strictly against
fascism and all restrictions against freedom of speech. We wish that Antifa
would withdraw any actions they have taken against the concert and let it
proceed normally.Some have said that Moonsorrow have an SS-rune in their logo. The logo has
been handdrawn many many years ago and it has not been renewed since. The S in
the logo is not intended to look like an SS-rune, it has been drawn in an
angular manner to suit the logos other letters.We apologise if drawing one letter in such a way makes the logo look national
socialistic – it is and has not been our or Moonsorrow’s intention to sympathise
with the Nazis by drawing the S in such a way. Changing the letters’ appearance
would make the whole logo look inconsistent and incomplete – hence we have not
even considered changing it nor do we intend to, it has never occurred to us or
to the members of Moonsorrow that there could be such a problem as this with the
logo.Some have said that the lyrics to the bands song "Blood of an apostate" are
close to an old nazi song which is against jews. We have to say first that the
members of Moonsorrow have not to this date heard of such a song, they are not
familiar with any national socialistic songs or with German lore. Secondly we
have to say that the lyrics come from a wholly different, easily recognisable
FINNISH source. The lyrics to the bands song "Blood of an apostate" come from an
old Finnish legend – the murder of the Bishop Henrik committed by the peasant
Lalli. Moonsorrow have made several lyrics based on this tale. This legend is
told in Finland already in pre-schools, it is a very common Finnish folk tale.
You can find more information about this legend from this address:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalli
.There have been claims that Moonsorrow’s music is somehow sympathetic to the
Nazis. Moonsorrow’s metal is certainly epic, but it has nothing to do with
politics. It is purely epic metal made in Finland that tells of ancient Finnish
tales – not about tales sympathised by the Nazis now or earlier.
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