Findings
| When | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Four of Moonsorrow's five members participated in the separate grindcore project Lakupaavi. Its album Raah raah blääh featured deliberately provocative song titles including “Death to the Art Fag”, “The Jewish Question” and “The Swastika Is Actually Beautiful”. Guitarist Mitja Harvilahti later described the project as intended for fun and explicitly stated that the members opposed Nazism and racism. | Source |
| 2021 | Moonsorrow withdrew from Steelfest 2022 following controversy over the festival's associations with far-right and National Socialist black metal acts. In its withdrawal statement, the band explicitly distanced itself from political movements, including the far right, and said it did not want to participate in what had become a political platform. | Source |
| In February 2020, Moonsorrow toured Finland with Estonian band Loits, which has a documented history of Nazi imagery, historical revisionism, antisemitism and white-nationalist associations. Moonsorrow drummer Marko Tarvonen called Loits “our soulmates” and “our old friends”. When fans challenged the association, members reportedly responded that they did not care and questioned why they should take a stand against their friends. Founder Henri Sorvali had also defended wearing Burzum merchandise and compared criticism of it to Nazi-era censorship. | Source |
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