Russia is known as a country with a terrible Neo Nazi establishment. Minorities of different colors, religions and sexual orientations are attacked by Neo Nazis in Russia all the time. It’s a huge shame that Russian Neo Nazis feel themselves welcome in Europe and find support and promotion on European music stage.
The outraging example is an approaching tour of a deathcore band from Ekaterinburg, Russia – Slaughter To Prevail (https://www.facebook.com/slaughtertoprevailrus), starting November 6 in at 6K Fest in Liege Belgium). The frontman of the band – Alexander Shikolay (also known as Alex Terrible – https://vk.com/satanicmotherfucker, https://instagram.com/aleksatana666) is a known Russian Nazi who don’t even try to hide his ideas. He wears Neo-Nazi tattoos, has open support of notorious Russian white power bands and famous extreme right-wing clothing brands like White Rex and Thor Steiner, works with Russian extreme right musicians. Since the band was getting strong promotion in Europe, Alex, his band and managers may deny the fact he shares the Neo-Nazi idea, but a closer look at his background, photos and profiles in social media says it all.
1. Nazi tattoos
“Black Sun” Svastika
On most of the band’s promo photos, also the poster for an upcoming tour Alex is posing with a stylized svastika tattoo on his elbow. This symbol, also known as “Black Sun” is widely popular among Russian and Eastern-European Nazis and is considered illegal by many goveernments and such organizations as UEFA. According to Fare Network (http://www.farenet.org/) – a worldwide organization that fights racism in football and works closely with UEFA and human rights organization, “the Black Sun represents a swastika with twelve arms or a wheel made of twelve Sig-runes. It was used by the SS (the security squadron of the Nazis) as a Nordic-pagan symbol of religion and is often used as an alternative to the swastika”
This is photos of Alex’s tattoo \See photos 1,2,3,4\
And this is photos from Nazi demonstrations in Russia. You can see the “black sun” among other Nazi banners, including celtic crosses, totenkopfs etc. \See photos 5,6,7,8\
The definition of Black Sun symbol from Fare Net’s booklet “Monitoring discriminatory signs and symbols in European football”, page 8:
http://www.farenet.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Monitoring-discriminat…
\See photo 9\
Black Sun” on a Nazi poster with sieg-heiling people and a slogan (in Russian) “The black sun will rise when nobody awaits” \See photo 10\
Black Sun on a sticker of Russian Neo-Nazi organization Wotan Jugend. /See photo 11/
“Black Sun” on the banner at a white power show (just behind the back of zieg-heiling musician), organized by Wotan Jugend /See photo 12/
Black Sun elbow tattoo of some Nazi-skinhead also wearing a t-shirt with a Celtic Cross and a “White Pride” slogan. Do you see any difference from Alex’s cute tattoo? /See photo 13/
Odal Nazi Rune
Another tattoo which Alex proudly wears on his photos, including the ones from his VK (Russian social network, analog of Facebook – https://vk.com/satanicmotherfucker) and Instagram accounts (https://instagram.com/aleksatana666), is an Odal Rune on his foot. This is another symbol very popular among Nazis, including Russian ones. Forbidden to display on most stadiums, public spaces etc in most European countries. Here is the desription of Odal Rune from Fare Net’s booklet “Monitoring discriminatory signs and symbols in European football”, page 11 (http://www.farenet.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Monitoring-discriminat…):
“The Odal-rune is a symbol of “Blood and Soil”. In Nazi Germany it was used as an emblem of the Hitler Youth. After World War II, it was used by the forbidden German neo-Nazi youth organisation Wiking Youth.” /See photo 14/
Alex’s Odal Rune tattoo /See photo 15,16/
Odal Rune on the uniform of SS-Division “Prince Eugen”/See photo 17/
Odal Rune on the banner of Nazi-supportets of FC Zenith(St Petersburg). To the left is Russian Imperial flag – another banner of Russian Neo-Nazis, with an Odal Rune on it
/See photo 18/
Odal Rune tattoo in the colors of Russian Imperial flag (black-yellow-white) also popular among Russian Neo-Nazis /See photo 19/
2. Support of Neo Nazi bands:
Here are screenshots of Alex’s page on Vkontakte which show that Alex is following the Russian Neo-Nazi band YOU MUST MURDER (https://vk.com/youmustmurder105) and also post and promote their songs on his page. YOU MUST MURDER is a Nazi “hardcore” band from Moscow – one of the biggest in Russia.
You Must Murder in the list of groups Alex is subscribed to: /See photo 20/
Post with You Must Murder’s song “Evil Russia” and a quote from it on Alex’s page Vkontakte /See photo 21/
Here are the photos and posters of You Must Murder /See photo 22,23,24,25/
3. Support of Neo Nazi and extreme right wing clothing brands.
As you can see Alex making photos in Thor Steiner – the scandalous clothing brand closely associated to right wing politics and Neo-Nazism (photos from Alex’s Vkontakte profile). /See photo 26/
Another group that Alex (Slaughter To Prevail) follows on his social network pages is White Rex – an infamous Neo-Nazi clothing brand/sport promoter from Russia (http://white-rex.com/). White Rex is known for its merchandise with Neo-Nazi symbols , extreme nationalist propaganda and even training Neo-Nazi criminals not only in Russia but also in other countries. You can read more about White Rex in this article: http://www.interpretermag.com/russian-extreme-right-white-rex-organisati….
As you can see below, Alex (Slaughter To Prevail) follows different White Rex groups on social media and also makes photos with people in White Rex clothes.
White Rex Team official group (https://vk.com/whiterexteam) in Vkontakte ( in the list of the groups Alex follows). /See photo 27/
Another White Rex Page – White Rex Division Ural (https://vk.com/club45547510) in Alex’s list of favourite groups. /See photo 28/
The page of White Rex Division Ural which Alex follows (https://vk.com/club45547510)
/See photo 29/
Here are the examples of White Rex products – stylized svastikas, Nazi runes, numbers “88” which stands for “Heil Hitler” and other extremist symbols /See photo 30,31/
Anti-immigrant, nationalist t-shirt from White Rex’s facebook (https://www.facebook.com/whiterex.official) /See photo 32/
The show of German Neo Nazi band “KATEGORIE C” (http://www.netz-gegen-nazis.de/lexikontext/kategorie-c) organized by White Rex in France. /See photo 33/
Flyer for a Nazi gig, organized by White Res: extreme right bands from Germany – Moshpit and Brainwash (http://www.netz-gegen-nazis.de/artikel/beliebte-bands-der-rechtsextremen…) and infamous Nazi-hardcore band from Russia Outlaw Heroes Standing:
/See photo 34/
Note that White Rex admits that they can not display their logos on their Facebook page, because of a site’s policy against extremist symbols. Among the banned symbols is the “black sun” which you can easily see on Alexander’s elbow on many photos, incuding those on Slaughter To Prevail facebook page.
/See photo 35/
Original photo from White Rex website (http://white-rex.com/) /See photo 36/
4. Support of Russian right wing artists.
Here is a photo of Slaughter To Prevail frontman Alex with Russian right-wing rap artists Tony Raut and Gary Topor (https://vk.com/topordybenko_group). As seen on the photo, Gary Topor is wearing White Rex merch. Below are more photos of him, sporting his White Rex clothes. /See photo 37/
Photo of Gary Topor’s t-shirt:
/See photo 38/
Another photo of Gary Topor in White Rex merch. /See photo 39/
Alex posts and promotes Gary Topor music on his page:
/See photo 40/
5. Support of NeoNazi hooligan groups.
In a list of groups supported by Alex Shikolay (Slaughter To Prevail) you can also find the event “Urals Fan Party” (https://vk.com/fanpartyfcue). It’s a page dedicated to a meeting of right wing and Neo-Nazi football fans from Ural’s region of Russia (where Alex’s hometown Ekaterinburg is situated) with the participation of white power bands “Jedem Das Seine”, “Dassler”, “Wolot”, “Yarovit” (https://vk.com/yarovitmusic) and others.
“Urals Fan Party” in the list of groups followed by Alex (Slaughter To Prevail)/See photo 41/
Page “Urals Fan Party”. Note the video about “Ural Right Scene” /See photo 42/
Post announcing the show of a hatecore band “Jedem Das Seine” at Urals Fan Party – names of the band and songs speak for themselves /See photo 43/
It’s a shame that today when right-wing ideas are so popular in the world again European music scene welcomes a band with Neo-Nazi members.
It is very important to spread this info as much as possible to tell people and bands and let them decide if they want to support this Neo Nazi band on its tour, play with them on the same show or have the band play in their town.
It is a good chance to ask the promoters, club owners, booking companies, festivals and the bands who are working together with Slaughter To Prevail, why do they support Neo-Nazis.
It may be a good idea to ask New Breed Agency (https://www.facebook.com/NewBreedAgency) and their genreal manager Alex Boezemen why do they promote a band with Nazi members and strong links to extreme right scene and even post a photo of a svastika tattoo on their own facebook page.
Alex Boezeman – New Breed Agency
newbreedagency@gmail.com
alex@doomstarbookings.com
Contact info of Slaughter To Prevail and their European management from Facebook:
(https://www.facebook.com/slaughtertoprevailrus/info/?tab=page_info)
/See photo 44/
Shredhead – a band supporting Slaugher To Prevail on tour:
https://www.facebook.com/shredheadband/
Distant – another band supporting the tour:
https://www.facebook.com/DistantOfficial/
Dates of the upcoming Slaughter To Prevail Tour:
6-11-15 6k fest, Liege, Belgium
7-11-15 Strudelfest, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands
8-11-15 Open, Germany
9-11-15 Open, Germany
10-11-15 Cross Club, Prague, Czech Republic
11-11-15 Hudobný Klub U Očka, Bratislava, Slovakia
12-11-15 Viper Room, Wien, Austria
13-11-15 Halle 5 e.V., Leipzig, Germany
14-11-15 Open, Germany
15-11-15 Rotterdam Death Fest, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
16-11-15 El Diablo, Lille, France
17-11-15 L’Amperage, Grenoble, France
18-11-15 Sala Begood, Barcelona, Spain
19-11-15 Sala Hangar XIX, Madrid, Spain
20-11-15 Sala Velvet, Malaga, Spain
21-11-15 Sala Agora, Valencia, Spain
22-11-15 DAY OFF
23-11-15 Circolo Svolta, Milan, Italy
24-11-15 PIT, Bellinzona , Switzerland
25-11-15 JAM, Koblenz , Germany
26-11-15 TBA, Mechelen, Belgium