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."

Laina Dawes is the author of author of What Are You Doing Here?: A Black Woman's Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal

Laina Dawes Interview - January 02, 2013 - WNYC Laina Dawes Interview - January 04, 2013 - NPR

Texts at NPR & WNYC

Further interviews at www.invisibleoranges.com and www.vice.com

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

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