Akercocke - New Album Leads To Controversy
The forthcoming album from Akercocke, abruptly titled "Antichrist", has run into more controversy. The provocative nature of the record has already led to problems in Ireland, where the band will take part in a live discussion on the 'Nolan Live' show on BBC1 Northern Ireland tonight at 10.45pm with members of the Irish Catholic clergy.
Now the album has run into problems in the US, where the pressing plant handling the production of the album, Disc USA, has refused to handle the record due its 'anti-Christian' perspective. Commenting on the decision, Akercocke frontman Jason Mendonca stated:
"I rather perturbed that in this day and age, the 21st Century, people are so uptight. Whatever happened to freedom of speech and freedom of expression in the alleged democracy of the USA? Censorship is always ugly no matter how you view it. It smacks of fascism to me. What other works of art are barred to the good people of America?
The attitude of the printers is typical of the brainwashed. Judging something (literally) by its cover [click here for a picture of the cover art].
Anyone who took the time to look into our history would recognise that we have always stated we are anything but anti-christian. It's divisive attitudes such as this that bring about conflict. Conflict through ignorance."
Akercocke's "Antichrist" is currently set for May 28 release in UK/Europe, with an American release due on July 17.
Go to Akercocke's MySpace page to listen to the track 'Summon The Antichrist' and an album teaser.
Now the album has run into problems in the US, where the pressing plant handling the production of the album, Disc USA, has refused to handle the record due its 'anti-Christian' perspective. Commenting on the decision, Akercocke frontman Jason Mendonca stated:
"I rather perturbed that in this day and age, the 21st Century, people are so uptight. Whatever happened to freedom of speech and freedom of expression in the alleged democracy of the USA? Censorship is always ugly no matter how you view it. It smacks of fascism to me. What other works of art are barred to the good people of America?
The attitude of the printers is typical of the brainwashed. Judging something (literally) by its cover [click here for a picture of the cover art].
Anyone who took the time to look into our history would recognise that we have always stated we are anything but anti-christian. It's divisive attitudes such as this that bring about conflict. Conflict through ignorance."
Akercocke's "Antichrist" is currently set for May 28 release in UK/Europe, with an American release due on July 17.
Go to Akercocke's MySpace page to listen to the track 'Summon The Antichrist' and an album teaser.
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| Damnated Churchburner Posts: 4943  |
what a blasphemous cover art  this is why extreme metal should stay underground and hidden from the spotlight .
---- Blessed is he that murders Christ in himself and in his fellow men.  Written by TheBigRossowski on 10.02.2009 at 16:01
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| Lucas Mr. Noise Elite Posts: 13427  |
Quote: Then why name youre album Antichrist? But whatever, like controversy is something new in the Metalworld.
---- SLUDGE. DOOM. DEATH. Wait, what?  "The reason I'm running for president is because I can't be Bruce Springsteen." - Barack Obama
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| FOOCK Nam Posts: 3571  |
The cover is so nice. Anti Christian is not new perspective in Metal, why still problem arising? 
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| Stigmatized .......... Posts: 3820  |
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| Jason W. Razorbliss Staff Posts: 3523  |
I don't find the cover shocking at all. Irregardless, I will be buying the album, even if as an import.
---- "After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." - Aldous Huxley
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| Dark Forever Ruído Sonoro Posts: 699  |
Isn't music just art, culture? When someone write a book only writes true things in which he believe? Can't music also be a fictional work based on "someone's" opinion and tastes, or just about a subject no matter what are members' beliefs? If the album was something like "Die, Satan" I'm sure they hadn't started such a controversy. (btw, I'm a non-believer, I'm defending not antichristian things but musical culture). About the cover... It's kinda stupid... Both the pics and the color... Well, but at least it's a good album
---- Taste the DARK... ... and you'll live FOREVER!
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| Black_Handed A village idiot Posts: 386  |
well i think they should arrive at BBC in their stage costumes, that means suits. those guyz overthere might be pretty surprised  . btw if anyone can capture the stream with that interview, please do it i want to hear it.
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| Black_Handed A village idiot Posts: 386 |
hmm i suppose i could find it over here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/nolan/podcasts/tv/index.shtml, after its over.
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| Katatronik Angel of Lust Posts: 1018  |
There isn't freedom of artistic expression in this world...  Why are we still living in a medieval-like age? No hope...
---- "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." Howard Phillips Lovecraft
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| __Az__ Posts: 859  |
God, this is crazy.. He's right, where is free speech these days? Ill have to catch this on TV later...
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| __Az__ Posts: 859 |
Bloody hell, what a joke that program was, Nice to see the point of view of Akercocke, but that damn clergy completely have no right to say what should and what should not be said.
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| Baz Anderson Staff Posts: 13237  |
I havent seen that program (I was seeing Saxon and Masterplan) - but I have the program recorded to watch some time in the future..
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| Syk myspace/bonerama Posts: 1504  |
I haven't taken the time to look at their history, so I don't know... are they kidding there? How long was the TV bit? Could it possibly be thrown onto youtube?
---- death ? thrash ? death/doom/prog ? Hail Zoldon! he's not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays
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| Hyvaarin Posts: 1487  |
That album art is massively unblasphemous/not a problem. I'm really interested in this TV debate, too.
---- "Summoned By Words Never Spoken Before..."
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| Syk myspace/bonerama Posts: 1504 |
I think the issue with the pressing company here isn't the artwork, but more the title(/concept?) "refused to handle the record due its 'anti-Christian' perspective"
---- death ? thrash ? death/doom/prog ? Hail Zoldon! he's not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays
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| Urizen367 Posts: 1620  |
damn america. people in here are too fuckin hypocritical
---- I will not reason and compare, my business is to create.
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| tulkas el parcero Posts: 4742  |
all this contorvsry over such a laaaame cover!! haha.
---- love is like a jar of shit with a strawberry on top
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Brilliant cover art btw. The controversy probably has to do with the boobs featured on it and the album title. We all know that Christian fundamentalism is gaining ground all over the world and especially in the US.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| Syk myspace/bonerama Posts: 1504 |
Thank you Kaamos!
---- death ? thrash ? death/doom/prog ? Hail Zoldon! he's not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays
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nobody mentioned the first album is called RAPE OF THE BASTARD NAZARENE and features a naked woman fingering herself on the cover - there was and is no problem distributing or buying it... 
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