Durg a recent appearance on "The Jasta Show", TESTAMENT guarist Alex Skolnick discsed the fact that there are very few openly homosexual micians the heavy metal scene. Sayg that "the ia of a sger a metal band beg gay" was "shockg" prr to JUDAS PRIEST's Rob Halford g ou...
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- THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW
- WHY AREN'T THERE MORE OPENLY GAY HEAVY METAL MICIANS? TESTAMENT'S ALEX SKOLNICK WEIGHS IN
THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW
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They are often distilled down to merely “trans metal artists”; worse they face homophobic and transphobic hatred om the more close-md sectns of the extreme metal muny.
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Shortly after Cynic guarist Pl Masvidal me out as gay 2014, alongsi the band’s dmmer Sean Reert, he received a letter om a fan who revealed that Masvidal’s g out had ma him rethk his homophobia. It led him to qutn how bad beg gay uld be if that was how his favoure guar player intified.
WHY AREN'T THERE MORE OPENLY GAY HEAVY METAL MICIANS? TESTAMENT'S ALEX SKOLNICK WEIGHS IN
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Homophobia metal is tied to what some see as hypermasculy. When Mache Head put out their fourth rerd Supercharger, Slayer’s Kerry Kg sulted ontman Robb Flynn’s vols g a homophobic slur. Greg Puciato, ontman of The Dillger Espe Plan, is a notably vol advote for LGBT rights and has cricised particular homophobia metal.
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