Whenever I want to talk about Nazi music on Ve (which, granted, isn’t very often) I get a trifle worried that I’m going to encounter a shitstorm of people offended by the post. I even have a degree of disdain for writing this, but the way I see it is this:
Let’s say you’re a food critic. You go out to eat at a fine restaurant. The service is excellent. The atmosphere is to die for, and the food is the best you’ve ever tasted. Midway through writing about your impeccable dining experience, you discover that one of the staff members of the kitchen is a Nazi. This didn’t change your dining experience, but at the same time, it doesn’t seem right to write a glowing recommendation of the restaurant without at least mentioning the fact that the staff member is a Nazi.
It’s a moral dilemma that I could easily go on all night about. I’m not sure what the answer is. At any rate, I loathe Nazism more than you’ll ever know, but I want to write about a band with a member who supports national socialism. So without further ado: Satanic Warmaster.
Did you know Satanic Warmaster has only one member? I didn’t know that until I was reading about the band on Encyclopedia Metallum in preperation for this post. I thought to myself, wait a minute, I thought The True Werwolf was the guy’s solo project. As it turns out, that’s his other solo project. Black metal is so funny.
I liken Satanic Warmaster to Chinese food. Sometimes, I’ll decide to go out for Chinese food, and instead of wanting fresh, gourmet stuff, I’ll opt for greasy, crappy food. Sometimes crappy is better somehow. Satanic Warmaster is the same way. It’s so cheesy it’s at times impossible to listen to, but at other times, it’s just perfect.
Also, the band’s sole member, Satanic Tyrant Werwolf (I don’t think that’s his birth name) has in interviews endorsed national socialist beliefs. Also, the dude is apparently a Satanist. Who would have guessed?
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