10 Racist Bands You Won’t Believe Are On iTunes

According to an investigation by the Southern Poverty Law Center, Apple's iTunes service, along with Amazon and Spotify, sell music produced by hate groups. Even though Apple is the only company to report taking any action in response to this claim, it only removed some of the hate music being distributed through its service. H8Machine H8Machine is an American right-wing rock and hatecore band from New Jersey that plays white power rock music. They were the head of the U.S. hatecore movement and are close to the Hammer Skins, whose emblems they point to in various recordings. They have 50 songs available on iTunes. Lyrics from their song "Bound for Glory" read: "Dreadlocked bastard, gangster rapper/Raping white women is all that he's after/You've fooled the rest, but I know what you're about/Your threats will fall silent when you're the body count." Brutal Attack/Ken McLellan McLellan's group has been labeled by the Anti-Defamation League as "one of the oldest hate bands in continuous existence," according to SPIN. The self-described "white power" anthems have lines like "This is the final solution/ Our turn/They'll burn." They have five songs available for download. Their music is also sold through NSM88 records, which is owned by the National Socialist Movement, the largest neo-Nazi group in the U.S. Arghoslent Arghoslent is an American death metal band formed in the summer of 1990. The band's lyrics have been the source of much controversy for advocating racism, particularly promoting white supremacist views about the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and the Holocaust. The group has been criticized for its racist ideology. Blood Red Eagle This band has more than 30 songs available on iTunes. Their albums are on the list of Nazi/white power bands sold by the National Socialist Movement. Gammadion The name of the band is the symbol for the swastika. The National Socialist/Pagan metal band's lyrical themes are Aryanism and Anti-Christian War. They have more than 20 songs available on iTunes. Geimhre The band Geimhre (the name in Goidelic means "winter") was founded in 2001 as a satanic black metal band. Soon the ideology began to show Nazi influences. The themes of their lyrics covered hate and Aryan nationalism. Ian Stuart/Skrewdriver Stuart was best known for starting the band Skrewdriver. His band evolved into one of the first neo-Nazi rock bands, with the "White Power" single in 1983, which was followed by the second album "Hail the New Dawn" in 1984. They became one of the most prominent white power bands. Stuart has 104 songs available on iTunes. No Remorse No Remorse was a British neo-Nazi rock band. They were associated with Ian Stuart's Blood & Honour group. The group has five songs on iTunes. Spear of Longinus The raw occult National Socialist black metal band from Brisbane, Queensland, in Australia uses Nazi influences in some of their lyrics. Their album "Nada Brahma" is on iTunes. Youth Defense League Youth Defense League was an Oi!/New York Hardcore band formed in 1986. The band was featured in the Revelation Records compilation album "New York City Hardcore," which featured several NYHC bands, including Sick of It All and Gorilla Biscuits. They were one of the most well-known skinhead bands from the U.S. and encouraged nationalism and white power. They have one song on iTunes.

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