Bummed about Taake cancelling their tour? Buddy, do I have a solution for you. The biggest story in metal this week presents a return of themes that have dominated heavy metal discourse for decades. By this point, everyone and their extremely opinionated uncle has seen the news that Taake’s tour has been cancelled. Likewise, everyone has a strong opinion about the cancellation, antifa, and the first amendment. While passionate free speech absolutists wrote furious screeds to social media and the more vile comment sections of the internet, their counterparts wrote paragraphs-long defenses of direct action and the limitations of freedom of … Continue reading Nationalize the Scene