NPR: "Music writer Laina Dawes is a die-hard Judas Priest fan. She's all about the band's loud and fast guitars, the piercing vocals — and she loves to see the group perform live. Now, a fact that shouldn't matter: Dawes is a black woman. This, she says, can make things uncomfortable on the metal scene. She says she's been verbally harassed and told she's not welcome."
believermag.com: "american black metal bands specialize in a uniquely brutal, homegrown sound, but they don’t actually kill people. so why should they be taken seriously?" Read on