Anti-Semitic Band to Play in Jewish District

dublin | rights, freedoms and repression | news report Thursday January 26, 2006 23:22 by ANTIFA

not if we can help it

Grand Belial's Key is an American Black Metal band, formed in 1992 by guitarist Gelal Necrosodomy and vocalist Lord Vlad Luciferian.

This band have links to the National Socialist Black Metal scene and have openly anti-semitic lyrics. So why are they playing in the Jewish district (portobello) on the 24th February in The Lower Deck pub.

Do the mangement know what sort of people they are allowing to use their premises, I'm certain they will by tomorrow morning.

History.
Commonly hailed as the fathers of US Black Metal, Grand Belial's Key have had a bumpy and controversial career since the band was formed in 1992. Early on the band was plagued with internal problems with vocalist/guitarist Lord Vlad Luciferian (who later left to join Ancient), who appears only on the first two demo releases. He was replaced by "The Black Lourde of Crucixion" who now handles the vocals and drums. His arrival marked a more "professional" shift for the band, which would release its first full-length album, "Mocking the Philanthropist", in 1997. The release was stopped dead in its path, however, when German distributor Rough Trade refused to distribute the album, claiming some of the booklet's contents could be considered illegal in Germany. The band's label, Wood-Nymph Records, refused to print a new booklet and was then left with no means of distribution and went bankrupt. The controversy didn't end with the album: The band was frequently a victim of boycotts and cancellation of its live gigs, and played live only about nine times in its first nine years of existence.