I was busy looking for misplaced pickups earlier today & found this article which I've kept since 2006. That was the seminal year Mayhem performed in Singapore- without incident, mind you. Apparently, the New Paper, a domestic sensational fodder publication, ran an article on the heinous history of the band, raising ethical concerns along the way. No efforts were made to actually manifest liberal coverage of the issue at hand; was this the former apocalypse-inciting Mayhem coming here to rape Singapore's humanity? Did the band thereafter change at all? Tsk, tsk...
Effort was made to actually exhibit the decadent lyrics but Deathcrush was Mayhem's debut EP, maybe the philosophical mind behind the band's lyrics changed throughout the years (which indeed happened...)?
The reality check here is definitely the existence of double standards when it comes to music. A scantily clad, pubic area exposing female is more likely to be given the license to gyrate on stage compared to the average heavy metal musician.
This aside, I'm glad that Mayhem, the impregnable initiators of black metal, performed here & I got to shake hands with the band after the show.
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Obiter Dictum: JULY is here. It's the dreaded income tax month.
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Obiter Dictum: JULY is here. It's the dreaded income tax month.
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