Slaughter To Prevail are back again in the middle of a controversy

Rev3rent, a young deathcore band from California, is one of the opening acts for Slaughter To Prevail‘s fall North American tour, which was announced yesterday, as per theprp. The latter have been in the news lately after landing a label deal with Deep Love Recordings, an Atlantic Records brand. Even though Rev3rent appears to be on the verge of success right now, the aforementioned tour announcement has drawn criticism on social media. The numerous Nazi and transphobic accusations made against Slaughter To Prevail singer Alex Terrible are the source of the controversy that usually follows any band that chooses to perform with Slaughter To Prevail. Terrible officially denied being a Nazi or having homophobic views in 2023, addressing his previous affiliation with fascism. Nevertheless, there is still a vociferous group of people who disagree with his assertion. This is Terrible’s statement.

We just announced our U.S. tour for this fall, and we’ll be announcing a Latin American tour soon as well.

I remember there was a time when we toured by ourselves, and people kept complaining that we didn’t have an opening band. So we started inviting support acts, and every single time the same thing happens. Fans of those bands start calling us Nazis and say they don’t want to see their favorite bands touring with us.

That’s why, personally, it’s much easier for me to tour alone, without any support acts, so they don’t have to deal with the backlash or damage to their reputation.

I don’t want to hurt anyone’s reputation. So if @rev3rent_decides not to be part of this tour, I’ll completely understand and wish them nothing but the best. I genuinely like their music, and I believe they have a bright future ahead of them.

As for us—a band from Russia with a bad reputation—we’ll keep walking our own difficult path. At least it’s never boring.

Several other heavy musicians have endorsed Terrible’s comments. “IKTPQ will do it,” said guitarist Jona Weinhofen of I Killed The Prom Queen. “Hit us up next time bro, you know we’re down,” said Scott Ian Lewis of Carnifex. “Heavy music is a joke,” said David Gunn of King 810.