I would think industrial music indeed is the place where uncool things are welcomed to be examined. I don't have enough interest in AIW to go through his discography to see if he would somehow glorify it. Simply present the moments from history, that have direct link to nation you are from.
Perhaps one day in underground art, people step above the pavlovs dog approach even with subject of colonialism and see there is quite interesting substance there that is way beyond "exploiting peoples of the african continent" and that it is "morally wrong". I don't think this is matter of tough guys vs others, since the behavior one usually lumps to be quality of tough guys, tends to come from the sensitive guys right?
It is interesting question I have been pondering. What was the year when toughness (i.e. strong enough to withstand adverse conditions or rough or careless handling) was no longer that, but became synonymous for sensitive. Even in this little scene of ours, you often see the self proclaimed tough men being first to be drama queens or react on any smallest thing. Not having resilience to survive little critic or even joke. This is present in hardcore, Black Metal even skinhead movement, where toughness often appears to be applied to guy who cries the most and the quickliest. hah.. It would perhaps bring positive results if ironic use of tough would be just replaced by word sensitive. I would hope for return of tough, in sense of ability to not break instantly into automated hysteria.
That said,
I did became almost break into hysteria noticing that MURDER CORPORATION CD that Old Europa Cafe just put out, is not yet another reissue, but NEW stuff from 2025! As soon as it was out of the shipping box, I rushed copy into CD player and gave it a spin. 2025 Murder Corporation is not the muddy lo-fi bloodshed of 1995. I would say half of the tracks have some of the contemporary issues, where too clean samples and synth gadgets or such are not ideal, but about half of album is good painful stuff. I think Murder Corporation never was about creating flawless ear candy. Its just different now than in some of his classics, but several ripping good tracks here.
