The amount of times that I've heard the same person who says they don't have a racist bone in their body defend shitstains like Varg Vikernes is too damn high.
Granted, it might have gotten less common since the late 90s, don't meet many metal fans these days.
It's definitely less common now because black metal has kind of become a meme and Varg is just a racist car rant guy who makes shitty ambient music now.
Pantera is one of the most popular bands in the genre and their vocalist is a racist/general dickhead and their guitarist was sus at best.
The amount of times that I've heard the same person who says they don't have a racist bone in their body defend shitstains like Varg Vikernes is too damn high.
Granted, it might have gotten less common since the late 90s, don't meet many metal fans these days.
It's definitely less common now because black metal has kind of become a meme and Varg is just a racist car rant guy who makes shitty ambient music now.
Someone on reddit said they were on a forum with Darryl back in the day and his handle was "Dimebag88"
I understand it's through the grapevine so take it with a grain of salt but still