All Shall Perish Calls Out Phil Anselmo For "White Power" Comment

Band Photo: All Shall Perish (?)

Poor Phil Anselmo just can't catch a break after throwing a Nazi salute and yelling "white power!" at the recent Dimebash 2016 event.

After Robb Flynn of Machine Head posted a video calling out Anselmo's antics, a horde of other bands have followed suit with their own comments. The latest is from All Shall Perish, who posted the image below and had this to say:

"We consider Pantera to be the single greatest metal band of all time, but we should never be afraid to call out our heroes. Seeing Phil's actions and his cowardly justification is not only disgusting and inexcusable but antithetical to the punk, metal, underground ethos to which we subscribe.

"No gods, No masters, and certainly no master race. Any justifications or cries of 'reverse racism,' BET, Double standards, PC Police, or general white whining are just profoundly ignorant of history, systemic effects, and the lasting impact of state sponsored racism, Jim crow, segregation and slavery.

"Talk with your black friends, if you have any, and try to gain some perspective. There has never, nor will ever, be a true incarnation of 'reverse racism' until white people are swinging from trees en mass, sold into torture, defined in the constitution as 3/5th's a person, denied from public institutions and forcibly segregated from society.

"In the face of what an actual tit for tat reprisal would look like, affirmative action and understanding the significance and context of displaying black pride seem the least the multi-generational benefactors of being the master race can muster. Racism and its institutions are a stain on American culture; likewise, Phil’s actions are a stain on the legacy of Pantera, Dime’s memory and the metal community as a whole. 'Nazi punks, fuck off.' – Dead Kennedys."