Mostly talking about stuff like NSBM, but there are also bands where members are nazis (see Pantera) without the music being nazi. Popular might be an overstatement, I guess accepted is another way to put it.
It is far from the majority of metal, but they made up a significant enough amount and get fairly mild pushback by metal fans (at least back when I was meeting them on a regular basis, it might have changed). I remember people getting defensive about it as if it was a free speech issue, that they were just breaking taboos or that I just lacked the "edge" needed to appreciate it.
Mostly talking about stuff like NSBM, but there are also bands where members are nazis (see Pantera) without the music being nazi. Popular might be an overstatement, I guess accepted is another way to put it.
It is far from the majority of metal, but they made up a significant enough amount and get fairly mild pushback by metal fans (at least back when I was meeting them on a regular basis, it might have changed). I remember people getting defensive about it as if it was a free speech issue, that they were just breaking taboos or that I just lacked the "edge" needed to appreciate it.