By now, metal musicians and fans participating in politics isn’t entirely unheard of; even in Asia you can find such prominent examples as Joko Widodo (president of Indonesia). Freddy Lee, the frontman of the Taiwanese symphonic black/folk metal band Chthonic, is running for a seat in Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan, as reported by Blabbermouth. Lee has participated in his country’s politics for some time and is running as a member of the recently formed New Power Party, which advocates for Taiwanese nationalism. In the past, he’s apparently used his position in Chthonic to promulgate these political views. Part of his campaign includes a free concert in Taipei on December 26th, which admittedly may be a bit difficult for our primarily Western audience to participate in.
Tags: Black Metal, Chthonic, folk metal, mainstream metal, politics, symphonic metal, taiwan
thanks but ill stick with the Mulan soundtrack, which happens to be better than most metal. how many of you can honestly say anything ildjarn ever did is better than this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSS5dEeMX64
It does seem to be one of the most enduring pop songs to come out of the Disney canon, for whatever reason. Check back in 10 years and see if it’s still mentioned.
let’s hope his work in politics is better than his work in music.