Russian deathcore band Slaughter To Prevail announced a fall North American tour this morning, and among the scheduled openers are fledgling Californian deathcore band Rev3rent. The latter have been making waves recently, scoring a label deal with Atlantic Records imprint Deep Love Recordings. However, while Rev3rent currently seem tipped to breakout, the above-mentioned tour announcement has found them met with backlash on social media.
That uproar tends to follow any band who opt to tour with Slaughter To Prevail and stems from the various Nazi and transphobic allegations surrounding Slaughter To Prevail vocalist Alex Terrible. Back in 2023, Terrible addressed his past ties to fascism, publicly denying being a Nazi or harboring homophobic beliefs. However, despite his statement, there remains a vocal contingent who argue otherwise.
As such, this latest round of controversy associated with him that is coming down on Rev3rent was addressed by Terrible himself today, July 14th. Terrible stated:
“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.”
Terrible‘s statement has drawn support from various other heavy artists. I Killed The Prom Queen guitarist Jona Weinhofen, stated, “IKTPQ will do it”. Carnifex vocalist Scott Ian Lewis offered, “Hit us up next time bro, you know we’re down”. King 810 vocalist David Gunn responded, “Heavy music is a joke.”
