Marduk, black metal band from Norrköping, Sweden, is currently touring North America and is beeing boycotted by both BLM and antifa.
>The apparent author of the stories (which are copy/pasted in every call for a boycott) at least according to BLM Austin, is a Facebook user going by the pseudonym “PuppyMayhem.”
The reasons put forward by BLM and the ANTIFA groups for the boycott are the following:
1 - “Frontschwein” According to those calling for the Boycott, “Frontschwein,” the name of Marduk’s tour, and of their latest album “refers to the nickname given to Nazi field marshal Walther Model because he preferred to lead from the front and was known for his abuse and crudity.”
This is dumb. “Frontschwein” was simply a word used to refer to soldiers serving in the frontlines, similar to how English-speaking nations use “grunts” to refer to those serving in combat. The use of this word predates World War II, the Nazis and, of course, Walther Model’s behavior in the War.
2 - References to WWII. They even demonstrate their absolute ignorance of history, geography, and the band they’re boycotting, by claiming that Marduk’s live album “Warschau,” is named after “the site of a Nazi concentration camp during the Holocaust.” At no point did it occur to them that the album is named after the German-name for Warsaw, the city where that album was recorded.
3 - Varg Vikernes. In an interview with marduk's bassist, he said “It’s strange that it’s illegal to dislike a religion. I find it really strange that you can’t have certain views.". this is somehow proof of them beeing nazis.
4 - Anti-Christianity is just a way to be Antisemitic. Without putting forward any evidence, they say that the main theme of the album Panzer-Division Marduk is anti-semitism
