What Is Making Countries BAN Certain Bands?

[@TankTheTech]

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[@GryHen-pg9iy]

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[@griffisjm]

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[@Valaran1]

The Sabaton thing reminds me of American radio refusing to play Maiden in their early years, because The Number of the Beast was "Satanic." People don't bother (or care) to listen to the lyrics.

[@evilemuempire9550]

Honestly I’d be more worried about Sabaton’s fans, there seems to be a higher percentage of tankies and wheraboos than average

[@TERMINATOR101-b8j]

Don't get me wrong, I love sabaton, but they kinda brought the tankies upon themselves with their multiple pro-soviet (not politically but just soviet union kicking ass songs) songs. Prime examples being defense of Moscow and panzerkampf. Both songs are anthems, and awesome ones at that.

[@metallikat05]

Hell, the song “Stalingrad” was just telling the story. If it even had a side, it sounded more like a Russian perspective. Sabaton as Nazi sympathizers? Dumbest take I’ve ever heard…

[@Valaran1]

@@metallikat05 sadly it's just easier for people to judge a book by it's cover.

[@nyrmetros]

​???? Whaaaaaa?

[@NPK476]

I'm actually surprised Saudi Arabia invited Metallica to play this month. Really curious to see what the religious police will censor for lyrics and if they'll play a private concert for the royal family.

[@greenmatrix30seven]

Thats actually a very good point

[@CoreDump451]

I hope they're actually becoming more progressive; if SA becomes more progressive, it will ripple throughout the whole middle-east, as they have a huge influence on a lot of different Arabic-speaking counties. I am from Jordan, for example, and SA becoming more progressive would definitely positively influence Jordan a lot. Jordan had a very active underground metal scene, and also a techno/rave scene, but both have unfortunately died out almost entirely in the previous decade, as people have become much more conservative and more nosy.

[@TankTheTech]

@@CoreDump451 This is actually a really good point to bring up.

[@MuscleCarLover]

I at least know of private concerts being a thing for the mega wealthy, so I think it's possible that it's more an exemption for that purpose rather than a lifting of a ban that might be in place. After all, money can move mountains if you have enough of it

[@MuscleCarLover]

Of course, if they're becoming more progressive, that can only be a good thing

[@peaches65835]

In my teens I wouldn't buy an album unless it has a Parental Advisory sticker. It was a pretty good indicator of interesting music.

[@ErwinBlonk]

That could include Frank Zappa's Jazz From Hell, an instrumental album. Not sure if he put it on it as a joke (he was very outspoken against any even remotely suggesting censorship) or the song title G-spot Tornado.

[@galadballcrusher8182]

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Murder Ballads ....probably for 2 specific songs, well 3 if we include Curse of Millhaven : O'Malley's Bar....and certainly Stagger Lee

[@MuscleCarLover]

I'm Australian and I'm not at all surprised about stupid bans, we censor and ban a lot of media that we don't need to, mostly videogames though admittedly. For music, we tend to have the same parental advisory stamps you have in America. Hell, they might just be the exact same. Kinda strange that we ban things left and right when normal vocabulary typically consists of swearing, C bombs, F bombs and the like

[@jamesschmidt6058]

it never happened in Australia, just some of the cover art was censored, the band never were.

[@1320crusier]

Aussie land is strangely authoritarian

[@narcissus79]

And even when they're not banned from here, we have stupid ANTIFA types that cause venues to cancel bands like Marduk from touring here. Sometimes I really hate my own country.

[@pauljh74]

If the ban was ended around 2006 - probably just newer people in charge of the department - their attitude was probably they're not going to be able to stop it with the internet and the local distributor finally wore them down.

[@traviscue2099]

Australia has been HEAVY on censorship throughout the years. Australian TV always seems so unnatural, they don't speak how the average aussie speaks.

[@vlpvlp5841]

To be fair, tons of bands (particularly death/black/thrash with anti-religious lyrics, satanic imagery etc.) would get ban/face legal issues in many areas of the world, it's more that managers know that and don't bother booking concerts there. Sometimes just the name of the band like Deicide could be enough to trigger blasphemy laws, I think.

[@Krzysiek9521]

I'm not German, but I'm pretty sure the ban on LIFAD meant that the album couldn't be displayed anywhere a minor could come across it, so basically all stationary shops.

[@arnodobler1096]

Yes, it was like DVDs videos, there was just an age restriction. Rammstein sued and was right.

[@arnodobler1096]

@@jos1 who?

[@HeavyMetalGamingHD]

@@arnodobler1096nope it was not just an age restriction. An album being on the "Index" basically means banned, even though it's not illegal. You can't advertise it all. You can't sell it really except for under the counter and so on. It's way worse than a FSK or USK 18 rating.

[@nikostraub5975]

Krzysiek, basically that's about it. You got the point

[@gregggoss2210]

Rammstein was sort of banned from the US until 2010 back from the early 2000's. Something to do with the video for Ich Will.

[@johanbatcron1206]

I have also met the members of Sabaton many times, and I completely agree. You can think what you want about Sabaton musically, but those guys are extremely hard-working and really nice people.

[@ScrapDMX]

I've heard of a dutch folkmetal band who were (are) not allowed into Denmark anymore, because they had real swords as stage props and thus violated a weapon restiction

[@jokami1051]

Sounds pretty legit... that's just stupid upon the band part if you ask me...

[@wesleywarsmith1113]

Viking bred country has a ban on swords? The world is so lame now.

[@nachtelfirokese88]

@@wesleywarsmith1113 Lame or does it have to do something with Safety especially when it comes do Idiots that wants to play Knights agains Vikings and loosing some Limps!

[@SahRuvaak]

@@nachtelfirokese88 It is pretty lame especially when you consider 9/10 times a knife is far more dangerous and concealable than a sword

[@nachtelfirokese88]

​@@SahRuvaak Well everything over 12 cm you simply cant carry around in Denmark, without permission, so of course a fucking Sword isnt allowed to carry around in Public and if you have no permission you dont have any permission to do it! Especially if you travel to that Country but i have my doubt about the Banned Part!

[@michaelhudson5741]

In Australia we once banned Manson but happily allowed R Kelly the very same year to tour

[@Desteny6]

Short comment on the german Rammstein "ban": Aside from very specific cases that deal with things like nazi literature calling for mass killings of ethnical groups and so on (which obviously you're not allowed to distribute), we don't really have censorship in a straightup fashion. Instead we have a list of works on something roughly translated as "list of youth endangering media" that is restricted in two major ways: 1. It can only be bought by people age 18+. 2. You can't promote the things on the list in advertisment etc. Whats on this list changes a lot. On a censorship themed lecture at uni I met someone who is helping to decide whats on there and what not. It's always revisited after a certain amount of years and reevaluated, the best example for that being the splatter (or slasher? not quite sure on the category) movie "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" that was on said list until the 2000s and then they decided that the effects were not seen as realistic anymore and thus it was removed from the list. Rammsteins stuff was on this exact list, so while it was a big deal in media it mostly led to more attention for Rammstein.

[@arnodobler1096]

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[@ksenss2513]

Also the Rammstein members grew up in Eastern Germany, they were - in several different Bands - part of the underground punk scene, so being censored or "forbidden" feels like a badge of honour to them.

[@Exodon2020]

10:23 It wasn't "Pu**y" but "Ich tu dir weh" which caused the album to be pulled off shelves. According to the Federal Ministry for Families back then led by a rather unimportant figure named Ursula von der Leyen (who now serves as the head of the EU Commission) that song propagates unhealthy forms of relationships to the youth, including but not limited to unconsentual BDSM, using rodents for stimulation and generally sexual practices which show very little concern for the wellbeing of your partner. For a time, the band was also banned from performing the song live and when they did (censoring the lines mentioned in the original ban) the ministry promptly banned the instrumental of the song as well. The band's legal counsel, having filed an objection to the ruling right away, used this to argue the band was unlawfully targeted - a notion later confirmed by a judge who not only lifted the ban but also forced the Ministry to surrender all files related to that decision. Turns out the ban was enacted at the personal wish of von der Leyen herself (probably because she caught one of her kids listening to it but that's not confirmed) and the Ministry forewent all due process and intermediate steps to escalate the issue right away which of course was absolutely unlawful. As far as I know, the German state had to compensate Rammstein royally for the loss in revenue. When I saw the band for the first time in May 2010, they were already back to performing "Ich tu dir weh" in its full glory. "Pu**y" only had its official video banned from TV broadcasts because it was literally porn. And they also stopped performing it live earlier this year for reasons you already discussed earlier.

[@MGCrow-jc6ps]

Actually, here in Belgium, doctors wanted to cancel Dying Fetus, since the poster of their concert was near a clinic where women having a miscarriage were treated and it was considered as too painful and confronting. On Cannibal Corpse: seen them in Germany last year, so I guess the ban is off.

[@Fedorevsky]

Yes he mentions that in the video, Cannibal Corpse is now only age restricted in Germany to people over the age of 18.

[@symptomofsouls]

@@Fedorevsky think they are still banned from playing anything from 1993 and before. It's odd

[@Fedorevsky]

that's nuts@@symptomofsouls

[@codinghusky5196]

I mean people are idiots. Just remove the poster from that one place. This culture of entitlement in which nobody is allowed to have anything that bothers me personally is making me sick.

[@brianpinion5844]

I gave Vanilla Ice A Lifetime ban from playing live at my home, not that he ever has or knows me but there is some things I don't wanna come home from and see and that's one of them

[@NemanjaDrljaca]

Most recently (in the past month) polish black metal band Batushka was met with severe criticism from Serbian orthodox church to the point where organizers had to cancel the show because they couldn't guarantee safety of the band and audience. There was this one monk that led the campaign and for some reason it was supported by all the media outlets in our country. Sad times indeed

[@theinvisibleneonrainbowzeb2567]

Do you think there will be any problems when Rammstein perform there in 2024?

[@NemanjaDrljaca]

@@theinvisibleneonrainbowzeb2567 we'll just have to wait and see

[@aleksandarradovanovic8496]

​@@theinvisibleneonrainbowzeb2567no effing way there's gonna be a problem. Rammstein is too big and strong for that.

[@aleksandarradovanovic8496]

Mene je toliko sramota toga za Baćušku, da nemam reči. Kako je bend uopste upao crkvi u oči? 😂

[@theinvisibleneonrainbowzeb2567]

​@@aleksandarradovanovic8496I really hope there's no problems, I have never been to Serbia before but I am planning a trip next year for the Rammstein tour. Fingers crossed it all goes well 🤞

[@mikeclark7002]

I was in Singapore and heading to a Watain gig when I heard they got banned from playing after flying in, setting up and about to soundcheck. Seemingly a local church pressurised the government and the show was pulled at the last minute via a police raid. I ended up hanging with and getting drunk with a local band and a BBC journalist who was meant to be covering the gig.

[@thedrunkphilosopher3123]

Cannibal corpse albums were still available in Australia with full artwork inside the cd case, it was browned out though on the CD case. They certainly toured in that time though because I went to one of the concerts

[@epicnan1855]

additional context for the Rammstein Germany thing: in Germany, there is The Index ("Index für Jugendgefährdende Medien" if i remember correctly) which disallows ads and public displays of media if it is deemed inappropriate for minors. This is specifically more intensely inappropriate stuff than ESRB ratings, as DOOM (1993 video game) was also on the index but other games rated 18+ weren't. It's really just extremely sexualized and or violent content that gets on there, and for a publisher it means that only people asking specifically for "the new Rammstein record" can buy it (which is a big deal).

[@NJD1997]

The Christian deathcore band called The Famine had a performance get canceled at the house of blues in Orlando for having a song called “The South Will Rise Again” which is a reference to hell and not about the confederacy.

[@TankTheTech]

Hell yeah brother.

[@medea27]

The article uses the word "banned" a bit disingenuously IMO.... there are significant differences between a visa being denied and an album having a restricted release, and neither of those are actually "bans." Led Zep wasn't banned... long hair on men _was_ banned in Singapore, which caused their entry visas to be denied. In the case of the Beatles, they were refused permission to tour because of safety & security concerns... and frankly, if you've ever seen footage of the crowds they attracted just getting off their plane on tour you wouldn't blame officials for thinking twice about it! Every country has it's own laws & visa rules and the US has some of the strictest, even now. So I think Loudwire have done these artists and these countries a disservice by oversimplifying these situations & lumping them under the "banned" term.

[@JanneBernards]

Loudwire is a pretty shitty outlet when it comes to actual journalism.

[@iain2080]

When Behemoth played Ireland in 2019 Nergal praised Ireland as we had a vote to remove blasphemy from the law. Ironic because there's a big ass church right across the street from that venue. For Rammstein their song "Ich Tu Dir Weh" was also "indexed" so it was a banned song, they couldnt play it live and it couldnt be on the albums German release. Its since been lifted but on that tour back then they switched that song out for their German shows.

[@poshiesymons666]

I have a friend who had a drink driving ban in the uk and was denied entry in to the usa for a holiday !!!

[@christophermerlot3366]

I still remember when they slapped the Parental Advisory sticker on Frank Zappa's 'Jazz from Hell' album. The album is completely instrument thus having zero lyrics at all.

[@thirstyguy4652]

From memory I think Hawkwind used Lemmy being unable to enter Canada as their excuse for firing him

[@EricMcLuen]

I believe Gorgoroth was banned in Poland as well due to having real goat heads on stakes and naked people on crosses on stage. This can also be seen as a potential health hazard - as in I dont know if they got new heads each time or reused them.

[@DrDipsh1t]

I wonder if Nergal ever settled his "blasphemy" charges in Poland after they caught wind of his online merch shop having a crucifix dildo 😂

[@wesleywarsmith1113]

@@GH0STST4RSCR34M No, it was Gorgoroth. It had to do with their show being close to the popes visit to Poland and the naked people on the cross . Belphegor didn't do that.

[@VikingNewt]

have worked for gorgoroth before and can confirm on the heads and naked crucified ladies. gets alot of attention every time.

[@reubenk7331]

I certainly hear the issue with germs. Two kids at two different daycares, twice the germs! 😞 Thanks for another great video Tank!

[@albumswithandy3561]

I'm a history buff and my nephew introduced me to Sabaton. They are awesome live, and their music and videos are very historical based and non-political. They also had a collection box for the USO of the US. Anyone who supports troops gets my thumbs up.

[@timokampwerth1996]

Germany has several different types of Banns. So "Banned in Germany" usually doesn't mean you can't get something here. In Order of severity it's: -Displayban: An Item isn't allowed to be displayed or advertised in a shop but the shop is free to sell it to someone who's legally allowed to buy it (usually means 18+) -Saleban: An item isn't allowed to be displayed, advertised or sold, but can still be imported into the country by someone legally allowed to own it (again, usually 18+) -Complete Ban: Displaying, advertising, selling or owning the item is prohibited. 80-90% of all bans fall into the Displayban category. Those tend to mostly be for visual reasons. for example: Musicshops don't have an 18+ section, so kids can walk around the place. If coverart is too disturbing or distinctly 18+, it tends to get Displaybanned. Same goes for movies, Videogames, etc. Things like P0rn and Tobacco, which have an exclusive 18+ audience, tend to get their own regulations. only extremely few things fall into the complete ban. It's usually things like heavy Nazi propaganda, Hatespeech, etc.

[@IvanTKlasnic]

Die Ärzte at one point in time had like 10 songs banned and pretty much all their 80s records. They include songs about a monster from below the bed brutally mutilating a small child, called lullaby, a song about a women fucking a dog, horse and then a whale, the German chancellor beating his wife and most famously a song about incest. That song is still banned to this day and can not performed legally live. They play it instrumentally on very rare occasions with the crowd singing back the lyrics to it. This song also got the singer thrown out of his parents house at age 15, later he dedicated it to his older step sister, who introduced him to punk music. Reportedly she found that all hilarious, different to his parents. This whole situation made them into one of the biggest German Bands while at the same time almost bankrupting them, leading to their first hiatus. They are also a big reason why this isn't such a bad problem anymore, they almost only regulate stuff like Nazi glorification etc. nowadays. Also it counts as a stamp of approval among rappers to get a song banned.

[@VolBeat2412.]

Obviously I wasn't born yet at that time but I remember watching something about the band Iron Maiden , they were supposed to come here for the first time in the year 1992 but the religious institutions thought they were satanic and they could have a bad impact on young people, so they didn't let them to enter the country. The band had to postpone their show until 1996.

[@NekoArts]

If I remember correctly, the Beatles were banned in Japan at some point as well (over drugs). I know Paul has been there in recent years though so I guess they eventually dropped the ban.

[@Animaniac-vd5st]

The first albums from Cannibal corpse are not banned/illegal in Germany but "indiziert". That means that they can be owned and even sold but NOT advertised in any way. Listing them in your webshop or putting them in your physical shop is seen as advertised, but you can still sell the albums if the customer explicitely asks for them. There is a loooong list of music that was blacklisted that way over the past decades. "Butchered at Birth" is really illegal in Germany though (probably because of the cover)

[@themightyironoak]

Awesome that you have a vinyl of Interludium by Powerwolf in the background, it's a great album. PowerWolf is one of my favorites, saw them on their first tour in the US.

[@shortlivedglory3314]

This video has inspired me to stop doing so many crimes. Thanks, Tank!

[@brunobastos5533]

Some times bans can be more beneficial than armful , the movie Life of Brian was banned in Norway , when released in Sweden they use it as " a movie so funny it was banned in Norway "

[@jacobfischer8385]

To be fair, if you read the federalist papers the separation of church and state was to avoid the state on infringing on religion, not so that politicians can't be guided by religious principles. Obviously over the years it has morphed into that the two are meant to be separate entities with no overlap.

[@Theiscariotsin]

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion I guess but I wouldn’t go to a roadie for political/theological advice lol

[@symptomofsouls]

I was told that it prevented the government from making an official state religion. Ex: England has the Church of England, Canada has the Church of Canada, but there is no Church of the USA. This is why

[@madjock-ig5bv]

You should check out the list of songs that have been banned through the years by the BBC. Some of the reasons are hilarious. Artists from Dylan and Stones to Tom Lehrer (about 10 of his songs were banned at points) and to The Prodigy and Frankie Goes To Holywood (the fun part is they banned "Relax" due to sexual contact but at the same time played Lou Reed's "Walk On The Wild Side" which has sex and drug references throughout as a classic single, it seems the Beeb didn't notice😂). My favourite ban was Kinks "Lola". Not for being about a trans woman but due to them mentioning "coca-cola" a brand name😂. Yes really! At one point the song "Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead" from The Wizard Of Oz was banned as folks were buying the song to celebrate the demise of Thatcher (one time Tory MP and for many a figure of hate). As I said the list is really interesting and quite funny looking back through the years ("My Ding A Ling" being seen as so damn rude). It also shows the BBC for being a bit thick when it comes to censorship!

[@sirspookybones1118]

I'm pretty sure the Coca-Cola ban was so the BBC didn't have to pay any royalties or something like not implying product bias

[@madjock-ig5bv]

@@sirspookybones1118 they have (supposedly) a remit for not advertising and not doing product placement. They break it a lot! When the Kinks changed it to "Cherry Cola" they played it.

[@HH-hd7nd]

14:45 The USA is supposed to have religious freedom, but that is not really true. The country is known for its christian fundamentalism. Swearing on the bible in court or at inaugurations is also not exactly a sign of religious freedom. Not to mention the part of the USA that is known as the Bible Belt. Other religions are at best tolerated in the USA, at worst they are attacked.

[@scottgudal945]

The swearing on a bible is not mandatory. It is not required for holding office either. Several litigations have occurred stating that this act violates the Establishment Clause.

[@arnodobler1096]

Pledge of Allegiance 🤔

[@scottgudal945]

@@arnodobler1096 sadly...yes.

[@JoinMeInDeathBaby]

Religious freedoms =/= millitant atheism. If the US does not have them nobody does.

[@akbarroosevelt2246]

Usually if a band or their members are not let into Canada it's because they have a dui. Canada border patrol Doesnt mess around with that but ,in the States you guys drink and drive like it's a regular Tuesday

[@user-do2ev2hr7h]

Canada is actually really tight on a lot of entry requirements.

[@johnanastas5922]

Well it’s a victimless crime Canada needs to chill the fuck out

[@alexanderpreuss0701]

Great video, love this kind of insight you bring! Also, I don't watch all your videos but you seem to call out these clickbait article headlines, which is nice to see :)

[@davidwright3827]

I'm surprised that they didn't mention when Lamb of God's lead singer got detained in Czech Republic for a Man Slaughter charge, (someone died hours after their show from a stage diving mishap)

[@chondrinenigma]

I don't believe LOG ever got banned as a result of that, though.

[@TankTheTech]

@@chondrinenigma Exactly.

[@davidwright3827]

@@chondrinenigma that makes sense. That's crazy they did that too him, then still allowed them to play in that country.

[@jogiwa2002]

Good to see when someone understands Sabaton, im sick of being called a "Sabanazi" because i like them.

[@flapjack413]

Damn, thanks for sharing this. I otherwise wouldn't have had any idea that I can't get into Canada. I got a DUI back in 2013, and haven't drank for the past 10 years. Kinda sucks that it'd keep me from going places, but whatever. I've got no reason to go to Canada at least for the next two years anyway, lol.

[@AndreSomers]

If the US is supposed to have a separation of church and state, then I wonder why there is that "One nation, under God" phrase in the pledge of allegiance? Or why there was ever debate or conspiracy about if Obama may be a muslim. If there truly was such a separation, it would not be a topic at all.

[@jamesrogers5184]

Because it was written in 1892 back when religion was a big deal in America. Under god was added in 1954 to fight back against the commies. People had issue with Kennedy being a Catholic. People make claims about politicians all the time.

[@eprohoda]

what a good , Tankthetech!

[@Jamer767]

He’s a good god!

[@slugger777]

Soo happy about the Letter Kenny "To be fair!"

[@timothyhoffman3470]

Glad I am an Instrumentalist Musician! Staying in the recording mode all the time~ Just to hang out pumping out the Jams!

[@ethangibbons1085]

Sunami recently were blocked from playing in Malaysia because thwy have lyrics that are anti cop

[@grungiy8909]

I saw Cannibal Corpse this year in Germany 😂

[@maxgehtdnixan4913]

The censors eventually gave up and refocused primarily on political content.

[@Martin_Koepl]

@@maxgehtdnixan4913 Their first three records still are not that easy to get your hands on in Germany and playing songs from it live, a tricky thing. And they still ban bands because of the same reasons in Germany than the did in the past.

[@maxgehtdnixan4913]

@@Martin_Koepl That's mostly because they're old. We all owned them back in the day. Same as Claudia and her German Shepherd, Quake, Wolfenstein,etc.. Censoring something pretty much made sure everyone had it. But you'll have difficulties getting any band's back catalogue unless they're literal evergreens like Sabbath or Maiden. That's just how it is.

[@Maxiamaru]

I think it was As I Lay Dying, when they came to Canada one year they threw a hissy fit on stage because their bassist couldn't enter the country because he had a DUI, so they had to get one of the other bassists on the tour to sub

[@digitaldogs233]

Ive just realised what a mega beard Tank has lol, thats some beard dedication right there ✌️👍🏻😁

[@Paducahrus]

I remember reading (about a billion years ago) that Motley Crue was once denied entry to Canada because they had pornographic materials in their possession and didn't make it through customs. This would have been "Circus" or "Hit Parader".

[@Bork_In_Volcanic]

Cannibal Corpse toured Germany just this April (2023). 😅

[@Ekan101]

YO BRO! Orbit released a new Ep, TODAY!!!! AND a music video to the best song on the EP!🤩🤩🤩

[@bager1982]

The benefit of being a dad, you get all the child germs all over again :D love your show!

[@epiendless1128]

"There are only two things a child will share willingly-communicable diseases and his mother's age." - Benjamin Spock.

[@psychodboy1511]

Wait how is GWAR not banned somewhere?

[@TankTheTech]

I've read that GWAR has had temporary bans for concerts in some areas, including their home state of North Carolina. I'm actually curious why they weren't added on this list cause it's a funny story.

[@psychodboy1511]

@TankTheTech I'm assuming that's the cuttlefish of cthulhu being locked in some evidence locker because they never got it back after Brockie got arrested.

[@diabeticmonkey]

@@TankTheTechThey’re from Richmond, Virginia, not North Carolina. Same place as Lamb of God.

[@BendingBallistics]

Tank would you do a video on your top 10 tours youve managed or worked on?

[@kf877]

WWE has to deal with this too. Uso brothers aren't allowed in Canada without a waiver.

[@Gavrev]

Curious insights.. get well soon man!

[@Faceless3791plays]

Our merch manager in Europe was from Belarus and wasn’t allowed into the UK because they’re allied with Russia. It was wild.

[@irynat.152]

Behemoth 2014 supposed to be my first metal gig in Minsk but the show was cancelled even though Belarus is a separate country and there are no religious activists here. My first show was Sabaton in 2015, as far as I remember they had zero problems back then, I am quite surprised they had some issues ten years ago.

[@Jamer767]

Thank you for calling out Behemoth and I’m an atheist

[@bringmeblueskies]

Cliff Richard as plenty of criminal records

[@robertwalley6692]

You have made a mistake on the separation of Church and state, it is not in the constitution or in any way a law. The state can not make laws based on a form of religion that is it.

[@Eazyrun]

Funfact about Rammstein's "Liebe ist für alle da" album: Since the album wasn't allowed to be promoted publicly, mainly to an audience below the age of 18, Rammstein uploaded their music videos and songs to Pornhub. It was THE promotion gag, ironically lmao

[@valis992000]

Yeah, it can be crazy in any business to go to some countries. I used to drive over the road, try getting in to Canada with any type of criminal record, no matter how old or how minor. Yeah as a tourist you would be fine, but I knew guys that had juvenile records that had been sealed and long forgotten in the USA and Canada would be able to see it and would not allow them in to drive in to the country.

[@Y0sh1no5am]

Its like bagpipes are banned from Scottland coz scottish armies used bagpipes during war or something and they dont want that reminded so they banned Bagpipes which is weird to say we always think of Scottland when we hear Bagpipes. Not only that did u know Bagpipes was originally made in Sweden by vikings. they were made out of Birch woods which Vikings would use when they sailed and plundered and it got to Scottland when Vikings started plundered them so they might see Bagpipes as viking instrument that reminded them when the dark days of swedish pagans that plundered their home.

[@michaelgallegos8811]

Hey Tank get well soon bro,,I appreciate the video 📹 🤘🎸😈

[@Pesthauch666]

I saw Cannibal Corpse live (in germany) when their album "Vile" just came out (in 1996 which I guess might even have been my first live concert) and they were the headliners and played with Impaled Nazarene (the band I was most interested to see live), Asphyx, Grave, Immolation and Rotting Christ. Since many of their songs were indeed banned (even their band name on the ticket featured a nice stamp with the words "verboten" on top) and couldn't even played live they chose to just perform kinda incognito using that current album title as band name and just played all their songs (even the banned ones) just without announcing the titles, since the authorities couldn't distinguish one song from another anyway.

[@2leggedpirate265]

i saw that tour in my country. here was cannibal corpse, immolation, impaled nazarene, vader and dark tranquility. my second show ever 😊😊

[@centaur900]

UPDATE on Russia. Songs of Cannibal Corpse are still technically banned because of cruelty towards animals and humans, but they are still available on russian legal music streaming services. Sabaton wasn't banned at all. In 2014 some cheap ass man decided that their song "Ghost Division" is glorifying nazi soldiers, and asked to ban them from entering country. But nothing happened and Sabaton had many concerts in Russia after this. Bloodhound Gang was banned in 2013 for 5 years, so now they are free to visit their fans :)

[@sarahlee6641]

Thought Sabaton was able to pull a Russia gig before virus, due to going down a video hole.

[@chupasaurus]

@@sarahlee6641 Not a gig, they had a 17 gigs tour through entire country East to West and got the quarantine right in the middle of it. On that 2013 thing, it was a clout generated by some politicians which pressured the organizers to cancel the gig, but there was no official ban and the band had no problems in Russia since.

[@rockerchik8318]

Eminem almost got banned from playing a show in Toronto, Canada with Limp Bizkit. I was in high school & at this show. Some female politican tried to get Eminem banned from entering the city cause of his lyrics in his songs about women. So that nite at the show. Eminem got the loudest reaction & mentioned the lady politican was booed the loudest. It was an awesome show. I dont think the Rolling Stones have ever been banned in Canada except that one issue with the Prime Minister's wife.

[@StormmyD]

Cannable Corpse has played shows here is Aus but yes, the art work has a slipcase cover over it so ita not shown until you buy it and open it

[@verihimthered2418]

I've seen a lot of powerwolf songs being restricted.

[@rebekahcarter8120]

It's so hilarious that The Beatles were considered so controversial back then. I agree- they seem so mild to me.

[@Sd12sx23]

I believe the beatles were also unable to play in germany for awhile due to paul incurring arson charges during their early days in hamburg.

[@TF_NowWithExtraCharacters]

I'm in my 30s and I'm from Singapore.... I remember that "no long hair" rule blocking Kitaro back in the 90s, of all people. Fellow plays uplifting stuff and his most famous works are used for elevator music. Even when I was a kid I thought that rule was dumb.

[@emersonribeiro6664]

great Tank The Tech,what these countries do to metal bands is called sensitivity and prejudice ,I live in Brazil and here too , the media and the already bankrupt religious system carry out massive propaganda against this musical genre !

[@TringmotionCoUk]

There's a lot of tenuous stuff here, but the top gear trio had visa restrictions placed on them after one of their specials in the USA, and they literally had to run for their lives (allegedly) from Argentina

[@RannonSi]

The only bad thing(s) I know about Sabaton is that they played for the *Night Wolves* (Pro Putin biker) gang in Russia occupied Crimea. And then being unable/unwilling to understand why they were criticized and why their invitation to play at the Royal Guard’s 500th anniversary was rescinded. I lost quite a bit of respect for the band because of that.

[@nevertrustbob1291]

When have they been unwilling to understand they've come out multiple times since that show about it.

[@JBobjork]

@@nevertrustbob1291 I think the problem is Per, he always sound very Pro-Russian which I believe is what causes the problems.

[@deltabravo1361]

Paladin's bass player was stopped coming into Canada ( reason unknown) , rest of the band played the Toronto show and killed it none the less.

[@HeavyMetalGamingHD]

I just wanna mention, that evil jared is a legend in Germany. He permanently moved to Germany, after Goerge W Bush was elected president and since then he appeared countless times on German TV. He even had his own show on German TV. The funny thing is, that his German is still really bad, but I think that is also just part of his character.

[@bullrage74]

In the rap world, Tyler, the Creator was banned from entering the UK in his earlier years for his extremely dark lyrical content

[@TankTheTech]

Banned from the entire UK just for lyrical content?!

[@bullrage74]

@@TankTheTech yeah, alongside Australia and New Zealand for lyrics that incited violence and r*pe culture.

[@Dimebag_Darrell420]

Not saying him specifically but a lot of drill rap actually promotes and glorifies gang violence, literally most of the songs are talking about how cool the rapper is for stabbing/shooting someone to death

[@bullrage74]

@@Dimebag_Darrell420 Tyler was extremely graphic in his lyrical content though. He would basically tell gruesome horror stories in his songs.

[@piningbuck]

They banned him because he sucks

[@JoshuaLenerville]

I thought Sabaton was touring Russia in 2020 when Covid first started?

[@nevertrustbob1291]

They got unbanned after 2012 I believe but considering how they've condemned the war in Ukraine I don't see them playing in Russia ever again. This is a shame because the band has a huge following from Russian Metal heads. But this is why tyrants ruin everything.

[@MrMinimoska]

Sabaton also banned in Ukraine, for playing in crimea, which is occupied territory by ruzzia

[@JBobjork]

And also cancelled in Sweden and got awards taken away because of the same exact reason.

[@JoeyRam.]

Believe that the separation of church and state is real or even was, is like give the benefit of doubt to Superman's existence. They have always been like a married couple where each one lives in different houses.

[@bobsatan69]

I heard that at one time Behemoth was actually banned from performing in their home country of Poland.

[@VollPsycholord]

German censor is sometimes really bad for bands. In germany we have two lists on stuff that is banned called "The Index". List A and list B. Stuff that the "testing center for media harmful to minors" thinks is harmful gets on List A. That is not that bad. It just gets a 18 symbol slapped at it and now you can only buy it when you are 18. However if the testing center wont approve of something it gets on List B. Everything on there gets a absolute ban on distribution. Which means: No selling, no streaming, no performing. (Performing only after midnight and when age was checked on every visitor before) German black/dark metal band Eisregen had a really bad time with this since after the testing center found out about their work basically 80% or their discography was banned. So they could not sell or perform most of their songs.

[@FreshCoatKustoms]

Corpse is not banned in Germany. I have seen them live several times

[@markhusseymh1]

Another bad place to pick up bugs is care homes i got new version of COVID and it's knocked hell out of me...

[@wolfgangengel4835]

No, Rammstein has never been banned in germany. But it's right. You weren't able to find the album "Liebe ist für alle da" for some weeks in german stores. I think they put a version of that album without the song "Ich tuh dir weh" in stores, because it was particularly that song that caused the problem, because of its graphic description of BDSM practice. I remember that very well. It was the former family minister Ursula von der Leyen (currently president of the EU) who caused this. Other than that, there were a couple of Rammstein videos that were banned or simply not played on Music Television. Some were heavily censored. That's all.

[@Exera80]

Australia is pretty weird about ratings nad banning of anything really.

[@imtiredsomuch]

The Cannibal Corpse's ban in Russia is even more tricky than how Loudwire describes it. The ban applies only to performing of Cannibal Corpse's songs so the band cannot perform in the country and also street musicians can face consequences if they try to cover the songs. Some popular russian e-commerce markets still sell the CDs and vinyl, either leftovers from 2021 or brought by parallel import (which is pretty legal now in Russia) Come to think of it, the Cannibal Corpse ban, the Behemoth ban, the Bloodhound Gang ban have political reasons, because since 2012 the government has been supporting religious groups that constantly bring lots of problems to the russian metal community.

[@RaccKing21]

If you wanna see some funny media ban shennanigans, look up the German version of the game Command & Conquer: Generals. The game is pretty much just "the war on terror but ridiculous," (the 2002 humor didn't really age too well) so there is quite a bit of violence and even suicide bombers. Germany would've banned the game, but the geniuses over at EA studios (RIP Westwood) decided to just change every character into a cyborg. So in the German version, every character and unit portrait that isn't a machine or vehicle has their face tinted blue and some straight lines scribbled on to make them look like robots. It looks incredibly stupid, but it also fits the incredibly stupid nature of the game. They also change the suicide bomber guy into an explosive barrel on 4 tiny wheels, which made it almost adorable.

[@Mr_jz_12]

Haven't had a chance to watch the video yet. Just got home from seeing slaughter to prevail etc at a festival in australia so super tired. It just reminded me Alex was saying a week or so ago their sideshows had venues in Australia bail on them due to some of his recent comments.

[@matthewconner7800]

“Sabaton are Nazi sympathizers” Me: “have a listen to this.” *Plays “Rise of Evil”* It’s right there in the title. They make no effort to hide their distaste for the Nazi party or the abominable crimes against humanity that they carried out.

[@stevenstrouse6248]

Did I miss Marilyn Manson or he was not listed? Crazy to think he wasn't banned from somewhere back in the 90's/2000's with everything he was doing. 😂

[@Yosser70]

They definitely tried to ban him in Italy, when he used to go on stage dressed as the pope 😂 Don’t remember if they actually banned him though.

[@acheleg]

Manson was "banned" from tulsa- but only because the most suitable venue for the nin/manson tour was owned by oral roberts university. Im sure there were other cties similar

[@marzinjedi6437]

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[@joshuagarcia6696]

How isnt marilyn manson on that list, that dude was banned in alot of places lol

[@Tigermaster1986]

I often see morons on sites like Reddit claiming that Sabaton are Nazi supporters and I honestly don't understand it. If they were Nazi supporters, would they write a song like "The Final Solution", dammit?

[@centaur900]

Same kind of morons tried to ban Sabaton in Russia. But luckly they got nothing. Sabaton wasn't banned at all and gave many concerts until covid and Ukraine war

[@wilfulbuckle13]

How is stoking the fires and taking away human rights equal?