A new two day anti-fascist extreme music festival called Black Flags Over Brooklyn goes live on 25 & 26 January, 2019. Happening at Brooklyn Bazaar in Greenpoint, New York, the event will kick off with an evening show on Friday, followed by a full day of performances on Saturday, along with a market selling merch, records, radical publications, local art, and more.

“This event is for those of us who reject and push back against that poison – who adhere by the mantra that ‘metal is for everyone (except Nazis)’, and who are committed to cleaning up our own backyard,” declare Black Flags Over Brooklyn’s organisers on the festival’s Facebook page. “The artists on the line-up all have different identities and come from different backgrounds, but are all united under the same ethos: FUCK NSBM [National Socialist black metal].”

“Unfortunately,” they continue, there is a “vocal contingent in our midst who care more about gatekeeping and upholding toxic ideologies like white supremacy, racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, Islamophobia, xenophobia and bigotry in general than in seeing the genre thrive. The worldwide rise of violent white supremacy and fascism has put every one of us – but especially those in marginalized communities – at risk, and metal should not be allowed to remain a breeding ground for right wing extremism.

“Metal is too good for Nazis,” the festival’s declaration concludes.

Musicians so far confirmed include Dawn Ray’d, Ragana, Woe, Vile Creature, Chepang and Whitephosphorous. More acts will be announced soon. Tickets for Friday, Saturday and for the whole weekend are available now.