  Inside Heavy Metal's Battle Against White Supremacy In early October, a group of far-right extremists were arrested for allegedly planning to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer as part of a scheme to overthrow the U.S. government. In the months leading up to their arrest, one of the men, 33-year-old Brandon Caserta, posted a series of videos on social media that outlined his vehemently racist, and violent anti-government militia training. But these videos also appeared to reveal something else about Caserta—he's a metalhead. In one of his videos, a flag for Periphery, a techy progressive metal band, is hanging in the background and he is wearing a shirt from legendary death metallers Hate Eternal.
Neither band is known for any overtly political messaging, and are certainly not aligned with the far right. When I reached out to Periphery about the flag in Caserta's video, they told me that, "We did see our logo behind one of the alleged Michigan militia members, and of course we were mortified by that association. While we obviously cannot control who elects to listen to our music, we, in no uncertain terms, condemn their actions and we condemn extremism of any stripe." Hate Eternal's publicist did not return an email asking for comment.
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Sunday, January 17, 2021
Inside Heavy Metal's Battle Against White Supremacy
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