During election season in Brazil, the controversy surrounding the relationship between rock, metal, and politics becomes inevitable once again. With many artists and bands using music as a platform for activism, polarization also extends to headbangers when the topic is mixing music and politics.
In episode #350 of the Wikimetal , the site's team discusses the topic, commenting on controversial cases involving bands, such as the protests at Rock In Rio , Roger Waters ' history , and the disagreements within System of a Down . They also share the opinions of those who follow the site, based Wikimetal 's poll on the topic and comments collected from our social media.
With a full house, the episode features Daniel Dystyler (co-founder of Wikimetal), Erica Roumieh (editor-in-chief), Gabriela Marqueti (writing team), Larissa Catharine Oliveira (writing and social media), and Pedro Tiepolo (label manager) to discuss the topic and share the month's recommendations, including the debut album from Thousand Thoughts , the new single from Get The Shot , and releases from the Wikimetal Music label , from João Gordo to VIPER .
The podcast is available on Spotify and Deezer Wikimetal team recording the episode on YouTube as a video. All the songs featured in the episode are on our special playlist, also available on Spotify and Deezer .
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