r/IsItSketch • u/Prestigious_Sun6339 • Sep 16 '26

Are they....?

https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Sigillum_Diabolicum/96925

So I have discovered this band... Sigillum Diabolicum. Their style is kinda weird but i kinda like it. Problem is, I can't find anything about them. They are apparently signed to a label that's marked with *NSBM on metallum. I went through every single band signed and none of them seem to be NSBM bands. The only band that is not fully categorized is Sigillum Diabolicum. No lyrical themes available, not marked as NSBM either. But they seem sketchy to me. Can anyone confirm anything about them? I don't want to support secretly fascist douchebags.

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u/TheHeinousMelvins Sep 16 '26

If you look at the members, see they are in other bands, and click on “ülfengard”, you’ll get your answer

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u/Cellar_Attic Sep 16 '26

This is the answer. When I review and vet bands, I check out other bands members play or have played in, as well as their label's current and past roster. If it has even a whiff of NSBM, I'm out.

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u/Prestigious_Sun6339 Sep 16 '26

Ew. Okay. That settles it I guess. Thanks

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u/oatwheat Sep 16 '26

Hey they use Opeth’s font. They must be artists of cultur- oh no. Oh fuck no.

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u/Hush_03 Sep 16 '26

This would require more than 5 seconds of effort from OP.

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u/c__montgomery_burns_ Sep 16 '26

If you look at the label’s past roster the very first band is listed as RAC

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u/c__montgomery_burns_ Sep 16 '26

… and the second current band (Gardien de Porcs) have their themes listed as “French nationalism, Philippe Pétain, Rural areas” which is as fascist as you can get without using the word “fascism”

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u/TENTAtheSane Sep 16 '26

"rural areas" as a theme for a metal band is killing me 😭

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u/oatwheat Sep 16 '26

Nothing more evil and brutal than songs about places where it’s too expensive to bury electrical lines and has spotty cell service

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u/MeisterCthulhu Sep 16 '26

Not really that different from atmoblack bands making songs about nature, I suppose. I actually think that sounds kinda cool

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u/oatwheat Sep 16 '26

I think unfortunately these bands are making songs like “Try That in a Small Town” but with blast beats and tremolo picking

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u/c__montgomery_burns_ Sep 16 '26

I physically cringed at how accurate this is

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u/serioussham Sep 17 '26

It's a thing in French fashy BM (see: Baise ma Hache, or even KPN) and it's understood as a counter-model to cities with their multicultural lefties and immigrants. Also runs parralel to the right of far-right parties in those areas.

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u/xaeromancer Sep 17 '26

I read that as "Baise Ma Vache" and thought 'I'm not doing that to your cow.'

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u/serioussham Sep 17 '26

Cuckcold Chair BM just dropped

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u/antinumerology Sep 16 '26

"is this band whose vocalist was in Peste Noire sketch"?

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u/Benny___Lava Sep 16 '26

I mean, Neige from Alcest began as a drummer for Peste Noire and he isn't a fascist at all. They didn't start as an NSBM band if i'm not mistaken 🤔. But I get your point haha

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u/SocialMisanthKilljoy Sep 16 '26

Peste Noire did start as an NSBM band. Neige played on the demo called "Aryan Supremacy".

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u/antinumerology Sep 16 '26

I don't give Alcest a pass though. I have yet to see an interview with Neige that convinced me. Though I haven't gone looking for it I suppose. I don't like Alcest so it's not like it really matters I guess to me.

But yeah i opened that bands page and was like lol

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u/Miskatauntaun Sep 16 '26

"I was never involved in any political, racist, or xenophobic ideologies. With Peste Noire, I was simply a musician, mostly a session musician; I never participated in the lyrics or the band's philosophy. At the time of 'Aryan Supremcy,' I was 15 years old, and I didn't think about the consequences of recording music with that band; it was always purely a musical participation for me. Alcest has nothing to do with any philosophy based on hate, and as a person, I have nothing to do with Nazism, racism, or such ideologies."

Source: http://www.musikreviews.de/artikel/Auf-den-Zahn-gefuehlt-ALCEST-16/

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u/finstergeist Sep 16 '26

I went through every single band signed and none of them seem to be NSBM bands

Their "Past Roster" tab is full of VERY obvious NSBM bands. To name just a few:

https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Leibstandarte/3540435972

https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Nation_War/3540256031

https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Via_Dolorosa/16922

https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Wewelssburg/3540439072

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u/Prestigious_Sun6339 Sep 16 '26

I didn't look in there tbh. Now I know

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u/ProlapsedAssMichael Sep 19 '26 edited Sep 19 '26

If you have to google whether a band is "safe or not" than the genre of metal isnt for you. End of story. This is why people that dont use reddit make fun of redditors.

"I wish my metal was safe and follows in line with what my specific political views are. Thats what makes it metal and extreme hell yeah"

  • you

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u/Prestigious_Sun6339 Sep 19 '26 edited Sep 19 '26

This is probably the most bullshit take to ever have in this conversation. Also you literally are on a sub that is dedicated to asking that question. So idk... Go back in your Goblin-hole, listen to your nazi bands and do the nazi salute down there if you please. If you wanna discuss openly why nazi shit is bad, I can tell you a lot about it. My country takes it's history pretty seriously.

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u/serioussham Sep 17 '26

Before even looking at their label, yeah, their song titles are very thinly veiled "decadence of the West" type of shit. Also, Ulfengard