I have clearly explained many times throughout the years that me wearing a swastika once at a German concert was not at all meant to show support for the nazi ideology.

It was all about doing something extreme for the sake of it, which certainly backfired.
But it has now been 11 years and the band has even performed in Israel (!)

Anyway, similar incidents have not happened in Taake’s 25 year long career and will obviously not happen again. But certain parties seem to find this cold case unforgivable nevertheless, insisting on wilful misunderstanding.

So, once and for all, Taake is not a racist band. Never has been, never will be. Still claiming so is as ridiculous and unfounded as are the attempts at sabotaging our highly anticipated shows

–Hoest-

For reasons out of my control, and frankly out of my realm of understanding, I will be removing myself from the tour with Taake. It must be made clear that I am a Luciferian and do not preach hate, nor would I endorse a setting that allows hate to happen. I believe in both personal and spiritual growth as well as the spread of knowledge beyond all sacrifice and at all costs. The banner under which people enter a King Dude concert must be welcoming to all people of all walks of life, race, religion, gender etc. This should go without saying as this has always been the way I have conducted my concerts and I’m not sure why it should change for this tour. I absolutely do not welcome political discourse at my concerts as it has no place there. My concerts are a place that should be a sanctuary for everyone, a place for people to find church without having to go to one.

Stay tuned here for updates regarding make up shows to all of you. Thanks again for your continued support.

With the Light and Love of Lucifer,

- King Dude

If he wanted to shock everyone, like really shock everyone, he could have glued an enlarged photo of his mother's vagina on his chest, I bet he didn't think about that, because swastikas are an immediate, knee-jerk shock value, so no big deal, whereas his mother's vagina's portrait begs for a little thinking process...

This is a very specific scenario.....

But what a shock that would be! It should also come with captions explaining what the photo is all about.

It could also be educational if they include arrows and labels, I could finally find the clitoris.

I'll tell you why this has not come up until now. Some crybabies cought wind of Taake and they decided to do what they always do, go on a campaign to pressure (and often threaten) the venue owners and organizers into not hosting the band. They are not black metal fans, they did no research (else they'd have seen Hoest's statement), they just found another dragon to slay because they are on a moral crusade.
I don't know what I find most pathetic, the crybaby circus that won't let others enjoy their music, or the venue owners who cave into the pressure (unless there were threats). In the case of Marduk, Satanic Warmaster and Graveland, there were death threats sent to the organizers.

I FUCKING hate this kind of idiocy. Maybe, EVEN more than actual nazis.

I sincerely hope you're joking.

Who knows though. The push back could be a group of people who genuinely believe the guy supports nazism, a single person who has a personal grudge against the guy in Taake and found a way to enact some revenge, or some young, inexperienced activists who can't see the forest from the trees.

Regardless if Taake is a "nazi band", venues do have the right to distance themselves from bands that might do the Swastika-stunt. I can imagine that mere possibility would scare any venue owner to death.

He has 1 song called Orkan which contains the line "Til helvete med Muhammad og muhammadanerne" = "To Hell with Muhammad and the Muhammadans (the Muslims)".

The funny thing, I have not met one actual Muslim who got offended. The Muslim council in Norway even had a statement saying they supported his freedom of speech. The only ones wanting to cancel concerts are white moral crusaders being offended on behalf of "poor brown people".

It's all a bunch of bullshit. There's a larger issue at stake here anyways, this is a blatant attack on first amendment rights here in Muricaland. I get it in other countries but no here. Fuck we have white power groups marching all the god damn time. Where's antifa then. Nowhere. The second some band who may or may not havequasi kinda sorta been realted to Nazi shit, OHHHH FUCK NO, WE GOOTTAA STAHP DIS NOW. Fuck em all.

We had a god damn Nazi show in Chicago a few years back, like legitimate NSBM, and nothing happened. Ever since antifa gained ground in Canada this shit has been going on more and more here. Time for the push back.

/rant


Also in case any of you feel like questioning me, no i don't support Nazi or alt right idiocy. But if i want my first amendment rights to be guaranteed then those idiots have to have theirs. Just send antifa to them instead of to metal shows. Let those fucking morons off each other.

Fuck we have white power groups marching all the god damn time. Where's antifa then. Nowhere.

:lol: I sincerely hope you're joking.

Yeeesh, no doubt. But he's probably not.

I live in KC, and this has been an ongoing shitshow for a little bit now. The rapper speaking up was just the final straw for the decision to cancel. There's a local ANITFA group that's been pretty gung-ho about getting the show cancelled. For what it's worth, I think Taake's edgy shitck is lame, but they're probably not white nationalists or Nazis, and while I'm somewhat sympathetic to ANTIFA, this group is an absolute disaster. They're pretty much every ANTIFA stereotype rolled up into one, it's really quite amazing.
To be honest I don't give a shit about Taake being cancelled, but I do hope it doesn't reflect too badly on the venue, because they're a great place that supports metal like no other venue in the region. They absolutely do not deserve any hate.

Fuck em all.
Also in case any of you feel like questioning me, no i don't support Nazi or alt right idiocy. But if i want my first amendment rights to be guaranteed then those idiots have to have theirs. Just send antifa to them instead of to metal shows. Let those fucking morons off each other.

Anyone with a quarter of a brain know that Taake isn't a political band. No idea who that King Dude fella is but that statement was pretty piss weak. Not sure how you deal with this issue in the USA though, seems like some perverse McCarthyism.

No idea who that King Dude fella is but that statement was pretty piss weak.

Fuck, lucky Lemmy is dead as he used to rock a swastika here and there.

Fuck we have white power groups marching all the god damn time. Where's antifa then. Nowhere.

It's all a bunch of bullshit. There's a larger issue at stake here anyways, this is a blatant attack on first amendment rights here in Muricaland. I get it in other countries but no here. Fuck we have white power groups marching all the god damn time. Where's antifa then.

I wonder, if Lemmy were still alive - would these people kind of people be attacking him as well and labelling him a "Nazi" because he collected WW2 memorabilia?

When I was in 6th grade, me and my friends (many who were Jewish) drew swastikas in each other's yearbooks because we thought it was extreme or something, even though we were learning about WW2 and knew they were the scum of the earth. I'm sure many people have doodled one or arranged some blocks to form one once in their life... I did that with some "bases 10" blocks in math class once and my teacher freaked out, I was just bored. Sure there are no pictures on the internet of our 6th grade selves drawing these things, which now if we looked back would be disgusted or just laugh at, does this mean we are Nazi's as well?

But yeah there's like infinity billion more fucked up things in this country/world for these guys to spend time protesting/shutting down/rioting against. Go use your hate and anger to fight all the other things that desperately need attention.