Then I got more politically engaged and now I screen just about every band I listen to for anything shitty. Needless to say, I have not kept up with black metal in YEARS due to that.
My least favorite part of black metal is having to comb the goddamn resumes of any new band I find just to make sure there's no nazis. I recently gave up on Alcest because I found out the dude has done side projects with Peste Noir.
At least there's a few cool anarchist and communist black metal bands out there like Dawn Ray'd. But God damn is it irritating when I hear some dope riff, do my homework, and find out it's another fucking nazi. On a more positive note there was a band that recently broke up because their singer was concealing swastika tattoos and the rest of the band quit. So hey, some people have standards and don't want to be seen on stage with a fascist piece of shit. Hooray.