Cultural Crackdown in Russia: Market for Digital Freedom & Alternative Media
The reported ban on 'satanists' (including heavy metal fans) in Russia signifies a severe cultural and political crackdown. This creates an immediate demand for services that facilitate access to information and entertainment outside state control. VPN providers, independent music platforms, and digital content distribution networks can position themselves as champions of artistic freedom and secure access, catering to audiences seeking to bypass censorship and maintain cultural connections.
Origin Reddit Post
r/music
Fans of heavy metal could face jail in Russia as Putin bans ‘satanists’
Posted by u/BreakfastTop6899•07/28/2025
Top Comments
u/halcyon8
get ready ‘merica. you’re next.
u/TSED
I always hear jokes about how Canada is 10 years behind the US culturally.
Turns out that Russia is 40 years behind.
u/MaxillaryOvipositor
Him and his band live in Florida now, which is why he was able to denounce the invasion of Ukraine without ending up in a cell.
u/Panther90
Midnight Marauders should be okay then.
u/Guns107
Sad because the metal scene is usually so accepting
u/XxDrummerChrisX
Alex is in deep shit then
u/Spulbecken
Don't forget the lead singers neonazi past.
u/Ok-Bar601
Is this another ploy to send more men to the frontline? You like metal? Into the grinder you go!
u/TherapistMD
No, actually Ronnie, I have no idea what you mean.
Like I've really thought about it and I dont have a fucking clue
u/TheRealAlexLifeson
One person comes over with an external hard drive and the battle is lost
u/Beefsupremeninjalo82
Only the US gov is pro russia now
u/SaxophoneNinja
Yeah, T.A.T.u. really milked the shock factor back then. Catchy though. Russia hasn’t had much global pop heat since
u/Vanman04
Ahh yes the old standby. If shits getting bad for you stir up a Satan scare.
u/Appropriate_Mine
For those of us that remember the 80's it's just so freaking weird.
u/TherapistMD
When in doubt I always assume drugs in the ol rock n roll metaphoria
u/halcyon8
get ready ‘merica. you’re next.
u/flibbidygibbit
Unleash the HASSELHOFF!
u/robicide
tbf that wasn't so much shock factor as it was "aw yeah hot lesbians" factor
u/nuckle
Recruitment numbers sliding for that massacre in Ukraine?
u/Graddler
Sir, the Hoff is currently drunk and flopping around in an airport... again.
u/OrangutanFirefighter
Putin tried to defile the metal!
But Putin was proven wrong.
u/TheBigCore
The `Satanic Panic` is making a comeback?
I remember when American politicians in the 1980s went on the warpath against heavy metal music and people ignored them.
u/applejuiceb0x
What’s funny is I once produced a song for a Russian artist and I made it 125 bpm on the first draft and every version the note was make it faster. It ended up being nearly hardstyle tempos b
u/Spulbecken
Don't forget the lead singers neonazi past.
u/SilentBug3547
I'm pretty sure every metal fan is more likely to go to heaven than this guy.
u/flibbidygibbit
Unleash the HASSELHOFF!
u/Rurumo666
Russia sounds a lot like the USA these days.
u/nanosam
Наркотик не класс,
Я еду на хард басс
Если ты не знал -
Наркотик кал!
https://youtu.be/A1PAO3jgmXY
u/TheRealAlexLifeson
One person comes over with an external hard drive and the battle is lost
u/spacefairies
wtf Winds of Change is a banger
u/TheOmegaKid
Might actually be Satan himself.
u/Braelind
There's nothing more metal than overthrowing shitty dictators! My brothers in metal, let's fucking go!
u/TheBigCore
The `Satanic Panic` is making a comeback?
I remember when American politicians in the 1980s went on the warpath against heavy metal music and people ignored them.
u/Braelind
Yeah, I'd support a loud car ban.
u/BobbyGuano
Someone said they are in Florida so that’s probably best case for them.
u/WokkitUp
Isn't Uranium a heavy metal? No nukes! No nukes! No nukes! Lol
u/RealSlavicHours
did you just say 'making fuck'?
u/DangerousCyclone
That was Chechnya only I think
u/Earptastic
hold up. Isn't Putin a Satanist himself?
u/tisn
[This is what half a million people looks like](https://youtu.be/TrkJ0adLofE?si=C9B70FpMOxjpKzwg). Hetfield's anxious looks upward [were apparently because](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm
u/Vanman04
Ahh yes the old standby. If shits getting bad for you stir up a Satan scare.
u/Responsible-Still839
Ronnie James Dio will ride an eagle out of hell to join in.
u/flipzyshitzy
I really wish they would.
u/GoofyWillows
about time Russia caught up...
Metal being satanic used to also be an Western talking point back in the day when it comes to different groups and even the people in office wanting to censor
u/KingBlackToof
If I recall correctly, they also banned music that was too fast - something like 125bpm+ is banned.
u/autisticpig
State sanctioned hard bass for everyone
u/MaxillaryOvipositor
Him and his band live in Florida now, which is why he was able to denounce the invasion of Ukraine without ending up in a cell.
u/IAteAGuitar
Persistent rumors of him consulting shamans and doing fucked up rituals yeah, like many bloodthirsty dictators he is obsessed with the occult.
But even [Siberian shamans seem to think he is
u/shell-pincer
lol i don’t worship satan but i know for sure that i can never travel to russia. good thing is i would never have any desire to go bc fuck that backwards shithole
u/MoneyManx10
Coward waited until Ozzy died to do this.
u/PenorPie
We need another 1991 Monsters in Moscow.
u/Badmotordrummer
Monsters of Jesus tour🔥🤘🏽🔥🤘🏽🔥🤘🏽🔥🤘🏽
u/RedheadedReff
Russian composers were forced to write in major keys (it sounded “happier”)during the USSR. Lead to some really cool stuff like shostakovich no 5. Dmitri Shostakovich was not a happy man and
u/NitehawkDragon7
No shit 😂
u/flipzyshitzy
He's not banning pop.
u/SilentBug3547
I'm pretty sure every metal fan is more likely to go to heaven than this guy.
u/chemtrailsniffa
The last time Russians wanted to drop out and listen to metal, against the wishes of the government, the Berlin Wall came down. Putin won't win this one
u/nuckle
Recruitment numbers sliding for that massacre in Ukraine?
u/SirWhatsalot
Not a time to be a fan of Ghost while living in Russia.
u/JlTlS
Fans of heavy metal are not Satanists. Fans of Satan are Satanists. DJT is dating Satan.
u/KrissieFox1
Damn, seriously? I saw them live and really liked their music. Assholes shitting on their own fans. That's really disappointing. :( Glad I didn't buy any albums yet.
u/ArchieThomas72
Glad the religious nuts are taking over everywhere. It’s sure to end well.
u/PenorPie
We need another 1991 Monsters in Moscow.
u/Responsible-Still839
I just realized that line from Holy Diver was right there, and I missed the moment.
u/IAteAGuitar
Persistent rumors of him consulting shamans and doing fucked up rituals yeah, like many bloodthirsty dictators he is obsessed with the occult.
But even [Siberian shamans seem to think he is
u/Appropriate_Mine
It's the 80's again
u/mystery_fight
Putin tried to imprison the metal / Ha Ha Ha / but he will fail and be thrown under ground
u/Dragull
RIP Arya.
u/NeinKeinPretzel
I mean give any 80+ year old the Presidency and this kind of shit is bound to happen.
Wait until these geezers are in their 90s and trying to ban loud cars.
u/NeinKeinPretzel
I mean give any 80+ year old the Presidency and this kind of shit is bound to happen.
Wait until these geezers are in their 90s and trying to ban loud cars.
u/dospinacoladas
Oh no, you mean I CaN't ViSiT RuSsIA???! What a shame. 😈🤘
u/applejuiceb0x
What’s funny is I once produced a song for a Russian artist and I made it 125 bpm on the first draft and every version the note was make it faster. It ended up being nearly hardstyle tempos b
u/MoneyManx10
Coward waited until Ozzy died to do this.
u/Tabris20
Russia is demon land.
u/63Reddit
Putin’s always known about [heavy metal](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonium). But he’s probably only recently found out heavy metal is also a music genre.
u/Andy_B_Goode
I hate to make this about Trump, but if you haven't read this articles about the parallels between Trump and the antichrist, it's worth checking out: https://www.benjaminlcorey.com/could-amer
u/MamaTalista
Pussy Riot....
u/alexefi
Or, bear with me, they were like - Ozzy is dead, i guess we done with metal now.
u/63Reddit
Putin’s always known about [heavy metal](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonium). But he’s probably only recently found out heavy metal is also a music genre.
u/NatashaArts
I figured he'd ride a tiger personally
u/Corpsey_Clownshoes
We're going backwards😅 or possibly sideways. Fucking humans suck.
u/tfsra
you say that like we shouldn't ban loud cars
u/tfsra
you say that like we shouldn't ban loud cars
u/lowest_of_the_low
Uhhh?
u/SilentBug3547
I'm pretty sure every metal fan is more likely to go to heaven than this guy.
u/ArchieThomas72
Glad the religious nuts are taking over everywhere. It’s sure to end well.
u/thespaceageisnow
Doom Metal only
u/Panther90
Midnight Marauders should be okay then.
u/MeanElevator
How. Dare. You.
u/Guns107
Sad because the metal scene is usually so accepting
u/Beefsupremeninjalo82
Its bizzaro world i stg
u/alexefi
Or, bear with me, they were like - Ozzy is dead, i guess we done with metal now.
u/thespaceageisnow
Doom Metal only
u/sephjnr
Nobody show him Monsters of Rock at Tushino Airfield
u/Ali3nat0r
[PUCK FOOTIN](https://youtu.be/YcsTJuVZ3D0?si=Aj4XmxFgkLYg-l5-)
u/NitehawkDragon7
No shit 😂
u/PenorPie
We need another 1991 Monsters in Moscow.
u/KrissieFox1
Damn, seriously? I saw them live and really liked their music. Assholes shitting on their own fans. That's really disappointing. :( Glad I didn't buy any albums yet.
u/Toucan_Lips
Everyone interested in this and what it means to Putin should watch footage of the 1991 Monsters Of Rock festival in Moscow.
As part of Gorbachev's Glasnost (opening up the Soviet Union to
u/shell-pincer
lol i don’t worship satan but i know for sure that i can never travel to russia. good thing is i would never have any desire to go bc fuck that backwards shithole
u/m0ngoos3
I'm trying to think of some reason to visit Russia, but most of their great works of architecture are just brutalist soviet propaganda.
I guess the Thunder Stone. When it was moved into posi
u/jimi-ray-tesla
Unleashed in the East, Diary, Master of Reality, punctuated w VH 1, its over
u/wulf_rk
They banned JWs and seized their assets and properties 10 years ago.
u/MamaTalista
Pussy Riot....
u/Maskatron
You can see his stripes but you know he’s clean.
u/flipzyshitzy
He's not banning pop.
u/SirWhatsalot
Not a time to be a fan of Ghost while living in Russia.
u/Severin_Suveren
You did, and we're all so disappointed in you!
u/chronicarrythmia
I really used to love them, until he said something shitty about trans people and it turned me off of them. You throw in the Ronnie Radke being his buddy and it told me everything I needed to
u/MaxillaryOvipositor
They live in Florida with the rest of the anti-LGBTQ meatheads.
u/sephjnr
Nobody show him Monsters of Rock at Tushino Airfield
u/Rurumo666
Russia sounds a lot like the USA these days.
u/humpherman
A new candidate article for dumbest shit I’ve heard this year, and that’s while Trumpistan is in full flex mode.
u/XxDrummerChrisX
Alex is in deep shit then
u/XxDrummerChrisX
Alex is in deep shit then
u/BobbyGuano
Yeah i’m pretty sure they are RW asshats…Maybe something like this is enough to make them re-evaluate some of their views but doubtful.
u/dsb2973
I’m so tired of all these old men telling everyone 60 and below what we can and cannot do. How about you all retire. And quit bogarting our governments.
u/Passchenhell17
The great thing about bpm, is that you can still have very fast sounding music at more regular speeds. Cattle Decapitation's song Bring Back the Plague, for example, is filled with 32nd and 1
u/ArchieThomas72
Glad the religious nuts are taking over everywhere. It’s sure to end well.
u/JediBlight
Many Soviet troops were also partying hard too, acting like regular civilians enjoying Metalica with their uniforms half on. Just thought it was worth noting.
u/nuckle
Recruitment numbers sliding for that massacre in Ukraine?
u/Braelind
Yeah, I'd support a loud car ban.
u/SaxophoneNinja
Yeah, T.A.T.u. really milked the shock factor back then. Catchy though. Russia hasn’t had much global pop heat since
u/TENTAtheSane
Perfect time to be a fan of ghost while living in russia /s
u/thefaehost
A former partner used to bemoan being a white man with blonde hair and a beard who is into all genres of metal but especially stuff like Yob, and loved Norse Mythology.
Also loved Gaiman, t
u/PersistentHero
What about Pussy Riot. I think that's the band name all grils metal from russia.
u/humpherman
A new candidate article for dumbest shit I’ve heard this year, and that’s while Trumpistan is in full flex mode.
u/Smockronn
So what's going to happen to Alex and slaughter to prevail?
u/Appropriate_Mine
It's the 80's again
u/Guns107
I hate that they are so good. I hear they are anti lgbqt+.
u/simojake13
WOW! Hahahahaha 😂 God please take me now
u/shell-pincer
lol i don’t worship satan but i know for sure that i can never travel to russia. good thing is i would never have any desire to go bc fuck that backwards shithole
u/KingBlackToof
If I recall correctly, they also banned music that was too fast - something like 125bpm+ is banned.
u/Passchenhell17
The great thing about bpm, is that you can still have very fast sounding music at more regular speeds. Cattle Decapitation's song Bring Back the Plague, for example, is filled with 32nd and 1
u/mystery_fight
Putin tried to imprison the metal / Ha Ha Ha / but he will fail and be thrown under ground
u/Dr4g0nSqare
He doesn't strike me as the kind of person who considers consequences before deciding to do things.
Also money is probably the answer
u/Doesdeadliftswrong
He went back to Russia for a bare-fisted fight event. I wonder how he got away with that.
u/JlTlS
Fans of heavy metal are not Satanists. Fans of Satan are Satanists. DJT is dating Satan.
u/robicide
tbf that wasn't so much shock factor as it was "aw yeah hot lesbians" factor
u/Responsible-Still839
Oh don't you see what I mean?
u/durntaur
Putin really pandering to Christians.
u/CherryVette
“Satanic Panic” and music censorship is sooo on-brand for magats
u/WanderingAlchemist
What about Little Big? Aren't they Russian? (Though now residing in the USA because of their giant anti-war balls)
u/AugieDoggieDank
Thank god those guys suck
u/CherryVette
“Satanic Panic” and music censorship is sooo on-brand for magats
u/tisn
[This is what half a million people looks like](https://youtu.be/TrkJ0adLofE?si=C9B70FpMOxjpKzwg). Hetfield's anxious looks upward [were apparently because](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm
u/im-am-an-alien
They better just move to Europe or North America
u/KhajiitHasSkooma
Bongripper - Satan Worshiping Doom...
...oh wait. How about Sunn O)))...
...eh I give up.
u/WokkitUp
Isn't Uranium a heavy metal? No nukes! No nukes! No nukes! Lol
u/wasgoinonnn
Coming soon to a country near you
(Continental US states only. All fees taxes are the responsibility of the purchaser. May cause crotch itch and anal leakage.)
u/Corpsey_Clownshoes
We're going backwards😅 or possibly sideways. Fucking humans suck.
u/wellrat
🤙🤙
u/Responsible-Still839
Oh don't you see what I mean?
u/Earptastic
hold up. Isn't Putin a Satanist himself?
u/Maskatron
You can see his stripes but you know he’s clean.
u/NatashaArts
I figured he'd ride a tiger personally
u/NeinKeinPretzel
...yeah me too
u/MamaTalista
Pussy Riot....
u/Maskatron
Yeah like riding a horse is a classic heroin metaphor, but I don’t know about tigers. Cocaine maybe? Charlie Sheen had “tiger blood.”
The “clean” line does seem to hint at a drug reference.
u/Dr4g0nSqare
He doesn't strike me as the kind of person who considers consequences before deciding to do things.
Also money is probably the answer
u/autisticpig
State sanctioned hard bass for everyone
u/TENTAtheSane
Perfect time to be a fan of ghost while living in russia /s
u/Over-Pick-7366
Be nice for the world if that fuck shits the bed tonight.
u/simojake13
Indefinitely. I feel like there is a special place in hell for individuals who negatively affect the lives of hundreds of thousands or millions.
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u/SlinkDogg
Great now I can’t go to Russia
u/Guns107
Sad because the metal scene is usually so accepting
u/TheOmegaKid
Might actually be Satan himself.
u/RedheadedReff
Russian composers were forced to write in major keys (it sounded “happier”)during the USSR. Lead to some really cool stuff like shostakovich no 5. Dmitri Shostakovich was not a happy man and
u/GoofyWillows
about time Russia caught up...
Metal being satanic used to also be an Western talking point back in the day when it comes to different groups and even the people in office wanting to censor
u/SirWhatsalot
Not a time to be a fan of Ghost while living in Russia.
u/Andy_B_Goode
I hate to make this about Trump, but if you haven't read this articles about the parallels between Trump and the antichrist, it's worth checking out: https://www.benjaminlcorey.com/could-amer
u/Panther90
Midnight Marauders should be okay then.
u/Corpsey_Clownshoes
We're going backwards😅 or possibly sideways. Fucking humans suck.
u/KingBlackToof
If I recall correctly, they also banned music that was too fast - something like 125bpm+ is banned.
u/Braelind
Yeah, I'd support a loud car ban.
u/mcjon3z
Pretty sure pussy riot calls this old news
u/PersistentHero
What about Pussy Riot. I think that's the band name all grils metal from russia.
u/MaxillaryOvipositor
Him and his band live in Florida now, which is why he was able to denounce the invasion of Ukraine without ending up in a cell.
u/NitehawkDragon7
No shit 😂
u/Rocky_Vigoda
Here's a paywall bypass.
https://web.archive.org/web/20250728014037/https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/russia-threatens-satanists-latest-crackdown-putin-b5vbx62f0
Thi
u/Beefsupremeninjalo82
Its bizzaro world i stg
u/dospinacoladas
Oh no, you mean I CaN't ViSiT RuSsIA???! What a shame. 😈🤘
u/simojake13
My mom keeps talking about end times are near ..... starting to believe her ... 😅
Edit: Spelling.
u/Doctor-Magnetic
I wonder what Alex from Slaughter to Prevail thinks about this
u/Maskatron
Yeah like riding a horse is a classic heroin metaphor, but I don’t know about tigers. Cocaine maybe? Charlie Sheen had “tiger blood.”
The “clean” line does seem to hint at a drug reference.
u/jackindaboxvii
It's not the first time. I remember maybe in 2012 one band got jail time for playing next to a church
u/[deleted]
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u/flipzyshitzy
I really wish they would.
u/BobbyGuano
Slaughter to Prevail anyone?
u/Earptastic
hold up. Isn't Putin a Satanist himself?
u/BobbyGuano
Slaughter to Prevail anyone?
u/KhajiitHasSkooma
Bongripper - Satan Worshiping Doom...
...oh wait. How about Sunn O)))...
...eh I give up.
u/DangerousCyclone
That was Chechnya only I think
u/TENTAtheSane
Perfect time to be a fan of ghost while living in russia /s
u/OrangutanFirefighter
Putin tried to defile the metal!
But Putin was proven wrong.
u/simojake13
Indefinitely. I feel like there is a special place in hell for individuals who negatively affect the lives of hundreds of thousands or millions.
u/Odd_Vampire
Hey, man, that's one of the classic rock ballads.
u/Penguin-Pete
I'm pretty sure that's how Putin just now found out what heavy metal is.
u/TherapistMD
No, actually Ronnie, I have no idea what you mean.
Like I've really thought about it and I dont have a fucking clue
u/TheRealAlexLifeson
I gotta state this because it bothers me - screw any music label that voluntarily bans their content in Russia. You don't punish the people for the leadership. Isn't right. Plain and simple.
u/BobbyGuano
Yeah i’m pretty sure they are RW asshats…Maybe something like this is enough to make them re-evaluate some of their views but doubtful.
u/LarYungmann
Will Oklahoma be next?
Forced Christianity is in the political pipeline for Oklahoma.
u/BrowRidge
You mean Germans lmfao?
u/hypnos_surf
The only time Russia actually made charts recently was when they put together the gay duo, Tatu. Even then, that was over 20 years ago and they weren’t actually lovers, lol.
u/Appropriate_Mine
For those of us that remember the 80's it's just so freaking weird.
u/MoneyManx10
Coward waited until Ozzy died to do this.
u/Appropriate_Mine
For those of us that remember the 80's it's just so freaking weird.
u/Macgrubersblaupunkt
🤘Fuck Em🤘
u/DangerousCyclone
That was Chechnya only I think
u/dsb2973
I’m so tired of all these old men telling everyone 60 and below what we can and cannot do. How about you all retire. And quit bogarting our governments.
u/Massive-Ad3419
The same thing happens to me, I heard that they don't like the community very much, even so I find them good and I listen to them but I hate that they are like that xD
u/AugieDoggieDank
Thank god those guys suck
u/Nerdenator
Another strategic blunder. Now that he has been struck down, Ozzy - and all of metal along with him - is more powerful than Pootikins could possibly imagine.
u/chemtrailsniffa
The last time Russians wanted to drop out and listen to metal, against the wishes of the government, the Berlin Wall came down. Putin won't win this one
u/CherryVette
“Satanic Panic” and music censorship is sooo on-brand for magats
u/NeinKeinPretzel
...yeah me too
u/alexefi
Or, bear with me, they were like - Ozzy is dead, i guess we done with metal now.
u/R_V_Z
It really depends. We all know the "before I start listening to this black metal band I should look up some things" game.
u/ClarkTwain
Electric Wizard will show them the way
u/RealSlavicHours
did you just say 'making fuck'?
u/Nerdenator
Another strategic blunder. Now that he has been struck down, Ozzy - and all of metal along with him - is more powerful than Pootikins could possibly imagine.
u/simojake13
My mom keeps talking about end times are near ..... starting to believe her ... 😅
Edit: Spelling.
u/Responsible-Still839
I just realized that line from Holy Diver was right there, and I missed the moment.
u/Guns107
I hate that they are so good. I hear they are anti lgbqt+.
u/dsb2973
I’m so tired of all these old men telling everyone 60 and below what we can and cannot do. How about you all retire. And quit bogarting our governments.
u/Beefsupremeninjalo82
Only the US gov is pro russia now
u/chronicarrythmia
I really used to love them, until he said something shitty about trans people and it turned me off of them. You throw in the Ronnie Radke being his buddy and it told me everything I needed to
u/nanosam
Наркотик не класс,
Я еду на хард басс
Если ты не знал -
Наркотик кал!
https://youtu.be/A1PAO3jgmXY
u/NeinKeinPretzel
I mean give any 80+ year old the Presidency and this kind of shit is bound to happen.
Wait until these geezers are in their 90s and trying to ban loud cars.
u/TSED
I always hear jokes about how Canada is 10 years behind the US culturally.
Turns out that Russia is 40 years behind.
u/chemtrailsniffa
The last time Russians wanted to drop out and listen to metal, against the wishes of the government, the Berlin Wall came down. Putin won't win this one
u/LarYungmann
Will Oklahoma be next?
Forced Christianity is in the political pipeline for Oklahoma.
u/DM725
Imagine liking music but having no religious beliefs... /s
u/Responsible-Still839
Ronnie James Dio will ride an eagle out of hell to join in.
u/Severin_Suveren
You did, and we're all so disappointed in you!
u/hypnos_surf
The only time Russia actually made charts recently was when they put together the gay duo, Tatu. Even then, that was over 20 years ago and they weren’t actually lovers, lol.
u/flipzyshitzy
I really wish they would.
u/ClarkTwain
Electric Wizard will show them the way
u/JediBlight
Many Soviet troops were also partying hard too, acting like regular civilians enjoying Metalica with their uniforms half on. Just thought it was worth noting.
u/Toucan_Lips
Everyone interested in this and what it means to Putin should watch footage of the 1991 Monsters Of Rock festival in Moscow.
As part of Gorbachev's Glasnost (opening up the Soviet Union to
u/Beefsupremeninjalo82
Only the US gov is pro russia now
u/BradDharmaTimbuktu
MY LOVE FOR YOU IS LIKE A TRUCK BEAR-ZAER-KEARRR
WOULD YOU LIKE SOME MAKING FUCK BEAR-ZAER-KEARRR
u/flipzyshitzy
He's not banning pop.
u/Rurumo666
Russia sounds a lot like the USA these days.
u/AugieDoggieDank
Thank god those guys suck
u/NeinKeinPretzel
...yeah me too
u/Penguin-Pete
I'm pretty sure that's how Putin just now found out what heavy metal is.
u/Vanman04
Ahh yes the old standby. If shits getting bad for you stir up a Satan scare.
u/TherapistMD
When in doubt I always assume drugs in the ol rock n roll metaphoria
u/LarYungmann
Will Oklahoma be next?
Forced Christianity is in the political pipeline for Oklahoma.
u/WokkitUp
Isn't Uranium a heavy metal? No nukes! No nukes! No nukes! Lol
u/Ali3nat0r
[PUCK FOOTIN](https://youtu.be/YcsTJuVZ3D0?si=Aj4XmxFgkLYg-l5-)
u/dospinacoladas
Oh no, you mean I CaN't ViSiT RuSsIA???! What a shame. 😈🤘
u/Appropriate_Mine
It's the 80's again
u/TheBigCore
The `Satanic Panic` is making a comeback?
I remember when American politicians in the 1980s went on the warpath against heavy metal music and people ignored them.
u/Graddler
Sir, the Hoff is currently drunk and flopping around in an airport... again.
u/Guns107
I hate that they are so good. I hear they are anti lgbqt+.
u/nanosam
Наркотик не класс,
Я еду на хард басс
Если ты не знал -
Наркотик кал!
https://youtu.be/A1PAO3jgmXY
u/Braelind
There's nothing more metal than overthrowing shitty dictators! My brothers in metal, let's fucking go!
u/thefaehost
A former partner used to bemoan being a white man with blonde hair and a beard who is into all genres of metal but especially stuff like Yob, and loved Norse Mythology.
Also loved Gaiman, t
u/autisticpig
State sanctioned hard bass for everyone
u/BrowRidge
You mean Germans lmfao?
u/Beefsupremeninjalo82
Its bizzaro world i stg
u/Nerdenator
Another strategic blunder. Now that he has been struck down, Ozzy - and all of metal along with him - is more powerful than Pootikins could possibly imagine.
u/R_V_Z
It really depends. We all know the "before I start listening to this black metal band I should look up some things" game.
u/jimi-ray-tesla
Unleashed in the East, Diary, Master of Reality, punctuated w VH 1, its over
u/Aprilias
They don't think it be like it is, but it do
u/TheRealAlexLifeson
One person comes over with an external hard drive and the battle is lost
u/BobbyGuano
Slaughter to Prevail anyone?
u/KrissieFox1
Damn, seriously? I saw them live and really liked their music. Assholes shitting on their own fans. That's really disappointing. :( Glad I didn't buy any albums yet.
u/BobbyGuano
Yeah i’m pretty sure they are RW asshats…Maybe something like this is enough to make them re-evaluate some of their views but doubtful.
u/Doesdeadliftswrong
He went back to Russia for a bare-fisted fight event. I wonder how he got away with that.
u/thespaceageisnow
Doom Metal only
u/Etzell
As much as I love Scorps, hopefully we get a better song out of it than "Winds of Change".
u/BradDharmaTimbuktu
MY LOVE FOR YOU IS LIKE A TRUCK BEAR-ZAER-KEARRR
WOULD YOU LIKE SOME MAKING FUCK BEAR-ZAER-KEARRR