Metal Anarchy

Sumerian Records founder Ash Avildsen has apparently decided to keep up his long-running feud with MetalSucks. The label manager recently took a shot at the metal blog via social media, before ranting about other topics like communism, government censorship, and more.

Avildsen initially shared a document from Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, who claimed the government pressured him to suppress “certain COVID-19 content” and stories regarding Hunter Biden’s laptop, along with the following comment directed at MetalSucks:

“Hey you communist clowns at @metalsucks why don’t you report on this? Hey @sonymusic do you realize this schlock blog you bought is about to be sued for libel, slander and defamation? there are consequences when you hide behind corny fake journalist names and try to cause people harm.”

He then continued after being accused of having conservative beliefs:

“Nah. Freedom of speech isn’t “conservative” it’s the essence of Rock and Roll. Heavy Metal. Punk. Emo. Hardcore. Everything that makes up the “scene” we all are part of. We call out BS whether it’s the government trying to censor the internet or divisive clowns like Kid Rock. Here’s an example. We have 20 years of receipts. https://loudwire.com/sumerian-records-lash-out-kid-rock-divisive-merch-sales/“

He also responded to another fan, who told him that “you can’t say anything about punk or hardcore while also using communist as an insult”:

“Communism is the enemy of punk and hardcore. Go read a book on the Velvet Revolution or find one punk/hardcore band who was against the fall of The Berlin Wall.

And for the record on communism – my grandmother escaped Stalin as a teen sneaking under a fence but the rest of her family / my ancestors were slaughtered in the Holodomor by Stalin (the Ukrainian holocaust) My grandma raised me right. Fuck the hammer and sickle.

It is so bizarre seeing young people praise communism, but I believe it’s caused by really greedy soulless corporate capitalism making the youth feel hopeless who aren’t well versed in history so they assume communism is the answer. It’s not.”

Avildsen also added the following after another fan said “real rock and punk is about revolution, changing the injustices of society and be part of a community”:

“Hi my name is Ash. I started Sumerian. We are the only record label (to my knowledge) in this scene to openly speak out against Netanyahu and in support of Palestinian independence.

I stand by everything written inside my album “The Illusion of Democracy” from 2004 which called out all the injustices of the Bush administration and have entire songs about all of the crimes against humanity the US government committed as well as the attack on our civil liberties. There is a song from 2002 called “Life is more Precious than Land” that is about the exact cause why you have that flag and watermelon in your bio. The Likud were in power then too.

I stand by every word I sung on stage and said between songs all over the world during that era. We were the first label in the scene to give out true 50/50 record deals. I put on DIY hardcore / metalcore festivals in my late teens / early twenties in DC where I grew up with names like BREAKDOWNS NOT BOMBS that showed dying babies getting blown up by our military on the show flyers. I’ve publicly fought against censorship, false invasions overseas, the for profit war on drugs and systemic racism my entire career. I have all the receipts.

Please explain to me why you believe I cannot “understand” what the revolution inside rock and punk is because I did a good job helping struggling unsigned bands build careers. Or just say sorry for being mean without doing your home work. ❤️”

This news comes after Avildsen previously blasted MetalSucks for their comments on this year’s Summer Slaughter tour. He told the publication the following:

“regardless if we booked cannibal and fetus or resurrected necrophagist and cynic, you’re still a bunch of pro vaccine mandate brainwashed pharma cuck sheep bootlickers. have a good day and bow to your publicly traded owner, posers.”

[via The PRP]