Bruce Chickinson said:
Ohhhh brother....
I'm surprised Iron Maiden wasn't listed on their "satanic band's" list...he didn't even mention CELTIC FROST, Mercyful Fate, King Diamond or Cradle of Filth....
Do your research!!!
That accident was do to IGNORANCE....devout Satanists denounce ignorance like the plague.
I think Krusty the Clown said it best when he said, "Oy Vey!"
Notice that the writer also forgot to add Venom, Slayer, Motley Crue, Metallica and many other artists that aren't necessarily Metal but could have been added because of their "Satanic" influence, including Acheron, Deicide, Non, Throbbing Gristle, Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner, Hector Berlioz, "Screamin'" Jay Hawkins, Diamanda Galas and many more.
Also, many of the bands that they do mention feature members that are avowed Christians, including Alice Cooper (who publicly announced year's ago that he's a "Born-Again" Christian and is also a friend of Pat Boone), Ozzy Osbourne (coincidentally, also a friend and one time next door neighbor of Pat Boone) as well as the other members of Black Sabbath and Twisted Sister (did you know that Dee Snider once wrote a Christmas song that was used by Celine Dion? THAT'S scary!). In fact, most of the lyrics that you'll read from most of the "satanic" bands out on the market owe more to Dennis Wheatley than they do to the devil in classical literature, a la Milton, Goethe, Twain, Dante, C.S. Lewis and others (their Satan is a far more entertaining and interesting character than scared Christian hysterics can ever hope to create).
I also love how this person couldn't be bothered to do a web search on the lyrics for
Once Bitten, Twice Shy, the Ian Hunter song that Great White was opening the show with when the fire started. Find me an e-mail address for this idiot and I can almost guarantee you that when confronted with the facts that are GLARINGLY omitted, you'll get the same attitude that I have been getting from Christians once they find out that I'm a Satanist and/or a member of the Church of Satan (i.e. "Don't bother me with facts, my God has a bigger dick than your God!" Okay, it's an exaggeration, but I think you can understand where I'm coming from.). Threats of violence have not been uncommon nor has a unwillingness to even bother to listen to what's
really going on with my beliefs...all this coming from people that preach tolerance and peace.
Whoever wrote this article is doing the same type of religous persecution that EVERY religious group has been doing against their enemies since the Romans were first confronted with the growing influence of Christianity and used the same type of propaganda against the Christians (who have also used the same thing against the Jews, Muslims, Buddhists...). It's boring and it's been done better.