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July 7th, 2008, 12:25 PM
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Sacrifice Divine
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: not Dubai! (Windsor Canada)
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F.S. Banned in Dubai!!!
This is too funny not to share:
About a year ago we jokingly made it a band objective to get our music banned by the government of a country. As of Sunday night, that dream has come true.
I got a phone call from one of our European distributors saying that they had mailed out 5 CDs to a Dubai metal label. A week later, the package return marked "Banned for content reasons".
How many bands (besides Saxon) can say they've been officially banned from a country?! 
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On a lighter note, if anyone has a facebook page, you can add FS as a friend. |
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July 7th, 2008, 12:31 PM
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Master of Disaster
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Curridabat, Costa Rica
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And we all know that is because of 'Infidel' 
I'm sorry for the selling losses but congratulations of being banned in a squared minded country. BTW, were Saxon was banned? (Don't tell me, in Dubai because of 'Crusader'  )
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July 7th, 2008, 12:52 PM
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Join Date: May 2002
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Your content is pretty tame compared to some of the other metal out there... I suppose some of those bands didn't even have their music reviewed based on the artwork alone...
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July 7th, 2008, 01:50 PM
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So Long As It Kills You
Join Date: Nov 2007
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Saxon were banned from performing there because a newspaper article made a huge deal about the crusader song, yes. I don't know if their music is banned there.
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July 7th, 2008, 02:22 PM
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Goatrider
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Belgium
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If I were you guys I would take the oppurtunity and tell some magazines that your CD was banned for the song "infidel"... It will be some great promotion, people will be curious about the song and album. Feel free to use them motherf*****s to promote your album, they also steel money out of your pockets so...
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July 7th, 2008, 04:56 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Greece
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Congratulations!
I second what carnut says, because he is 100% right. Just take the opportunity to spread the word for your band.
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July 7th, 2008, 05:36 PM
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Sacrifice Divine
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: not Dubai! (Windsor Canada)
Posts: 2,561
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Quote:
Originally Posted by carnut
If I were you guys I would take the oppurtunity and tell some magazines that your CD was banned for the song "infidel"... It will be some great promotion, people will be curious about the song and album. Feel free to use them motherf*****s to promote your album, they also steel money out of your pockets so...
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That's the plan. We're gonna run with the story as best we can. If anyone posts on any non-English metal boards - feel free to relay the information!  |
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July 8th, 2008, 01:56 AM
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Savaholic
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Arizona, USA
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FINAL STAGE - CANADIAN METAL SO FIERCE IT'S BANNED IN DUBAI!
Cool!
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July 8th, 2008, 05:56 AM
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Wicked Witch
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Germany
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Okay, think that's stuff for a good post in my German metal forum.
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July 8th, 2008, 02:37 PM
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Sacrifice Divine
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: not Dubai! (Windsor Canada)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chrissie
Okay, think that's stuff for a good post in my German metal forum.
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Thanks! And hey, great playlist! (Avantasia and Dream Evil) |
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July 8th, 2008, 08:02 PM
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Master of Disaster
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Curridabat, Costa Rica
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I posted in another forum in Germany but in English, as you may guessed the discussion drifted but at least I post the MySpace addy of FS.
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July 9th, 2008, 08:50 AM
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Makmoer
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Johannesburg - South Africa
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Cool, I've become a fan on facebook as well, I'll tell my friends to check it out.
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July 9th, 2008, 10:55 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2004
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Originally Posted by poundingmetal74
How many bands (besides Saxon) can say they've been officially banned from a country?! |
Alot of DM, BM and other genres in Germany and surrounding countries due to their censorship laws... get banned in them... Cannibal Corpses' material for example comes to mind...
As for Dubai... I guess it's not the Utopia that everyone makes it sound to be...
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July 9th, 2008, 10:58 PM
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Sacrifice Divine
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: not Dubai! (Windsor Canada)
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Originally Posted by Unfaithfully Metalhead
Alot of DM, BM and other genres in Germany and surrounding countries due to their censorship laws... get banned in them... Cannibal Corpses' material for example comes to mind...
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Well, obviously Cannibal Corpse. They tried to ban them in Canada for God's sake! Our lyrics, however, are incredibly tame (maybe in the same area as Dream Theater?). They probably glanced at back of the CD and went "The Heretic? INFIDEL?! Banished!" |
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July 9th, 2008, 11:01 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2004
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whose that in your sig? I love the album cover artwork...
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Maria Theresa (Tess) Fajatin
Dec. 24th, 1962-Oct. 17th, 2006
Rest in Peace My Justheart
How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found? The same old fears.
Wish you were here.
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July 9th, 2008, 11:10 PM
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Sacrifice Divine
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: not Dubai! (Windsor Canada)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Unfaithfully Metalhead
whose that in your sig? I love the album cover artwork...
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Umm... Final Stage, my band, perhaps?
The artwork rules - it was done by a guy who posts on the Ultimate Metal Andy Sneap Board named Broodwitch. We put him through a bit of hell to get the artwork exactly as we wanted it, but the end result was worth it. |
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July 9th, 2008, 11:24 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2004
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Sorry, my bad... i rarely read words in sigs.. mostly I just look at album covers... didnt know it was your band... like it though ... both the music and album coverart... Tell Andy he very talented and he should get more work from other bands as well... i love those type of artworks...
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Maria Theresa (Tess) Fajatin
Dec. 24th, 1962-Oct. 17th, 2006
Rest in Peace My Justheart
How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found? The same old fears.
Wish you were here.
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