Many people argue that music shouldn't get involved in politics, but the fact is that rock and metal have always addressed socially relevant themes, with powerful analyses of historical realities, such as in "War Pigs" by Black Sabbath and "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" by Pink Floyd .
With the increasingly deep polarization in the current political landscape and events of great impact on society around the world, themes such as abuse of power, police brutality, racism, fascism, fake news, and hate speech are becoming increasingly present and debated in news reports and social media – and also in heavy music, whether in more general songs like "GAAD" by Go Ahead and Die , or songs that declare a position against the government, such as "Hail, Captain Genocide!" by Drowned and "Alerta Antifascista" by Ratos de Porão .
Therefore, Wikimetal has selected the best rock and metal songs (and a few surprises) that address these pressing societal issues. Check out our selection below – also available on Deezer .
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