Black Flags Over Brooklyn 2019 is a new two-day anti-fascist extreme metal festival coming to NYC on January 25-26.
A Friday night show will be followed by an all-day Saturday event that will include an all-day vendor market of band merch, label distros, radical publishers, activist organizations, local artisans, and more, and it’s all going down at Brooklyn Bazaar in Greenpoint.
This event is for those of us who reject and push back against that poison—who adhere by the mantra that “metal is for everyone (except Nazis),” and who are committed to cleaning up our own backyard. The artists on the lineup all have different identities and come from different backgrounds, but are all united under the same ethos: FUCK NSBM.
As we all know, metal is an incredibly vibrant, diverse subculture with sounds, fans, and artists who span the globe; as we also know, there’s a small but unfortunately vocal contingent in our midst who care more about gatekeeping and upholding toxic ideologies like white supremacy, racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, Islamophobia, xenophobia, and bigotry in general than in seeing the genre thrive. The worldwide rise of violent white supremacy and fascism has put every one of us—but especially those in marginalized communities—at risk, and metal should not be allowed to remain a breeding ground for right-wing extremism. Metal is too good for Nazis.
It’s time to raise the black flag, throw the horns, and take our scene back!
FIRST ROUND OF BANDS:
DAWN RAY’D (UK)
https://dawnrayd.bandcamp.com/
RAGANA
https://ragana.bandcamp.com/
WOE
https://woeunholy.bandcamp.com/
VILE CREATURE (CAN)
https://vilecreature.bandcamp.com/
CHEPANG
https://chepang.bandcamp.com/
WHITEPHOSPHOROUS
https://whitephosphorous.bandcamp.com/
Friday tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-flags-over-brooklyn-day-1-tickets-52898438654
Saturday tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-flags-over-brooklyn-day-2-tickets-52898459717
Weekend passes: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-flags-over-brooklyn-fest-pass-tickets-52898497831
NEXT ANNOUNCEMENT IN MID-DECEMBER…
Well, it looks like we get to play with the AmRen crowd again. American Renaissance did not officially announce their plans to hold their eighth conference at Montgomery Bell Park, but we know the dates because of a story back in September about them filing a lawsuit against the state over being charged a security fee for the conference. See, last spring when they held the 2018 outing, they did something they never did before and honestly should not have done. They made the state shut down the Montgomery Bell Park Inn and fortified the area with barricades to prevent protesters from getting close to the venue. That is a HUGE issue given how the whole reason for them being here these past several years is because it is a publicly-owned facility and they could not be thrown out like they have in privately-owned venues. The problem with that for them is that also means they can’t keep the general public out of the Inn, which means the public can enjoy the park and the Inn – and so can counterprotesters. The heightened level of security pissed off counterprotesters and those who come to the park with their families and those who work there, and the state is seeking to make AmRen pay for the extra effort.
The state might lose this case, and the conference will go on as planned. Regardless of the outcome of the court case, we now know sooner than Jared Taylor would like, when his latest outing will be. More than enough time to mobilize our folks!