Racist Metal: Exposing the Racism and Xenophobia in Heavy Metal Music

Is heavy metal a racist genre?The question deserves to be asked, as there have been countless instances of heavy metal bands supporting whether directly or indirectly notorious xenophobic and white supremacist causes.In addition to the overt racism displayed by some metal bands, there has also been a disturbing amount of hate crimes and racially motivated murders directly associated with heavy metal band members.This book by expert heavy metal author Antoine Grand exposes the racist past, and present, of the heavy metal genre.This book isn't an attack on heavy metal.It's a defense of heavy metal, a defense against those would use music to propagate their bigoted and hateful ideologies.