Dead Crown treten nach massiven Todesdrohungen von der Tour mit Attila zurück

Dead Crown waren mit Attila und Jynx in den Staaten auf Tour und mussten jetzt jedoch von der Live-Rutsche zurücktreten. Grund dafür waren Todesdrohungen, die der Band in den vergangenen Wochen zuhauf zugekommen sind.

Demnach seien die besagten Drohungen bei ihnen persönlich (z.B. durch Kritzeleien auf den Van) als auch bei ihrer Familie und den Arbeitgebern eingegangen. Aus Sicherheitsgründen habe man nun entschieden, von der Tour zurückzutreten.

Dead Crown müssen wegen Drohungen von der Tour mit Attila austreten

„It is absolutely heartbreaking for us to announce that we made a group decision to drop off the Day Drinking Tour with Attila & Jynx.

Over the last few nights, we have received countless death threats, threats on our van/trailer and belongings, phone calls to our day jobs attempting to get us fired, and spammed calls to venues/promoters attempting to get us removed from the shows. These isolated but targeted attacks have been brought forth by the misinterpretation of our song’s lyrics on a social media platform.

While these comments may have been bluffs, we decided to the risk wasn’t worth the additional stress on tour of touring itself.

The safety and experience of our fans is our first priority, and second to that comes our own safety and mental health. This was a horrifying decision to have to make for us, as we’ve worked extremely hard to get this point to just to have to back out.

As it stands right now, we will be gathering ourselves at home and decompressing. We truly hope you understand this decision, and apologize to all of you who wanted to see us perform. Thank you for your ongoing support of Dead Crown.“

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Grund für die Drohungen sind die Lyrics der aktuellen Single „No Remorse“. Einige Personen haben den Songtext als Referenz auf Drummer Bryton Wilson interpretiert, der sich mit einigen Missbrauchsvorwürfen konfrontiert sah.

Hierzu veröffentlichten Dead Crown folgendes Statement:

„It’s been brought to our attention that some people have misinterpreted the lyrical content to our song ‘No Remorse‘. The song is about people attacking others on the internet with a complete disregard for human empathy. ‘No Remorse‘ seeks to portray social media toxicity as a whole.

We aimed to exemplify the very disregard for humanity that we have become sickened by. We wanted to heavily exaggerate that energy and convey a perspective that represented it at its worst. This song has nothing to do with any specific person, or any group of people, it is our frustration with society, expressed purely in a figurative light. We take the idea of suicide seriously and in no way do the lyrics intend to cause harm to anyone….“

Multiple women came forward, one with proof of a restraining order. This is the first song released post allegation and screams guilty without accountability

— free palestine (@veganeggma) September 29, 2021

Bryton has effectively victimized himself once again as he has done to escape accountability in the past. The people around him enable it. I genuinely do not wish him harm but to owe the correct apologies where they are due

— free palestine (@veganeggma) October 1, 2021

Ob es zu strafrechtlichen Folgen kommt, ist noch nicht klar. Die Tour von Attila und Jynx geht nun ohne Dead Crown weiter.

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