Moonsorrow and Týr are NOT nazis or racists! (Paganfest 2008)

In April 2008, Moonsorrow and other performers on the folk metal festival Paganfest were accused of being Nazis, racists and fascists by the BIFFF (Berliner Institut für Faschismus-Forschung, which freely translates to "Berlin Institute for Studies on Fascism" - actually a one-man "registered association" by psychologist Peter Kratz). Ville Sorvali of Moonsorrow and Heri Joensen of Týr issued a joint video statement to refute these accusations, noting that the bands are in no way connected to fascist groups and actually are against fascism.
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Just take a look at BIFFF's website and you'll soon find out that it's some kind of a conspiracy theory page: www.bifff-berli...

[@FarFromEquilibrium]

Do you ask every rap and reggae group if they are black supremacists or aligned with the nation of islam ??

[@nietzschean3138]

Yeah, it's fucking ridiculous. Any band that openly declares themselves anti-racist to appease this bullshit is just complete nonsense too.

[@PaTZi300]

Islamic reggae XD I bet there would be a lot of stoning in the lyrics

[@jaysonwitting4671]

Why so many dislikes
(even though I disagree that paganism means respecting other cultures)

[@jonathantremaria8579]

I think it's at least partially because this video seems to have been recorded with a potato.

[@tuntematon_hiiri]

paganism is war against abrahamic religions

[@unluckykeys]

i'm confused, there's bands like Borknagar and Enslaved that don't get accused of nazism or fascism, i'm not super familiar with this band but what exactly did they do differently from the aforementioned bands that makes them so controversial in this regard?

[@unluckykeys]

also strictly speaking, fuck the right-wing, fuck racism, and fuck nazism, i'm just curious

[@--SHEPHERD-OF-MOTHER-EARTH--]

A lot of us are fans are still confused over their apparent accusations of racism and Nazi ties can you please do an update a video about what's going on with your new album, tours and of course that subject thank you very much from America California! SKÅL

[@arinmirxan7478]

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[@ZardexM]

What are Nazis? Did they come from Mordor, ally themselves with the elven folk to exterminate the Dwarfs? I do not know fantasy literature very well, so correct me if I am wrong.

[@raulangulo2508]

And anticomunista?

[@Usp_FearZz]

Communism is cancer

[@faeriefirefriend]

fastforeward to a few years later, and moonsorrow is touring with a NSBM band... oups! lol

[@epicans6065]

Loits is a nationalist band, not NSBM.

[@IamaCosmonaut]

@@epicans6065 You have to understand that to a communist, any type of nationalism equals nazism.

[@norbertososa6438]

Antifa: George soros we are bolchevique!! The art not politic!!!

[@linusweber9682]

If you believe they are not racists, then you are not really antifa lol

[@andrealvares5148]

Glad to know I'm not part of a terrorist organization.

[@hazyviews999]

You say it like that's a bad thing