Editing National Socialist black metal (section)

== Connections with broader white nationalist movements ==
Many white nationalists have warmly received NSBM for its lyrical content and ideals. However, some have not, due to the music style as well as the genre's perceived association with the rock & roll lifestyle.<ref name=uh280>''Unheilige Allianzen'', p.280</ref> However, ''Lords of Chaos'' notes that alcohol and illegal drugs never played a big part in the Norwegian black metal scene.<ref>''Lords of Chaos'', p.327</ref> [[Faust (musician)|Bård G. Eithun]], on the other hand, stated that many in the early scene "were almost alcoholics".<ref name=":7"/> Some also reject black metal musicians and fans since many of them have long hair, which they associate with [[hippies]] and left-wingers. [[Dayal Patterson]] writes that "NSBM has become a movement in its own right," one which has reached [[Western Europe]] and the Americas and overlapped with fans of more traditional far-right music genres such as [[Oi!]] and [[Rock Against Communism]].<ref name=":6">Patterson, Dayal, 2013. p. 365</ref>

The record label [[Resistance Records]], a Canadian record label promoting white nationalism and white separatism, purchased Vikernes' Cymophane Records and began releasing black metal recordings, many through a sub-label, Unholy Records.<ref name=":6" /> [[William Luther Pierce]], founder of the white nationalist [[National Alliance (United States)|National Alliance]], sought to promote NSBM as well as other forms of white nationalist music through Resistance, believing that music would "make the National Alliance rich and spread its message most effectively".<ref name="pierce">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/william-pierce-649470.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204122449/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/william-pierce-649470.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 4, 2008|title=US|website=[[Independent.co.uk]]|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref> To this end, he accommodated Absurd frontman Hendrik Möbus while the latter had fled to the United States to evade German authorities. Although Pierce appreciated the ideological mindset of NSBM and Resistance Records, as well as the financial gains, the music did not personally appeal to him, and he attacked the "sex, drugs & rock'n'roll" and what he called "negroid" influences.<ref name="pierce2">{{cite web|url=http://www.decibelmagazine.com/features/may2006/nsbm.aspx|title=Decibel Magazine|access-date=29 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208184453/http://www.decibelmagazine.com/features/may2006/nsbm.aspx|archive-date=8 February 2008}}</ref>

Asgardsrei festival, which has established itself as the major festival for NSBM, has been noted by analysts and journalists to function as a meetup point and pan-European and transnational networking hub for neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other far-right extremists.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Colborne|first=Michael|url=https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/.premium-most-neo-nazi-music-festivals-are-closely-guarded-secrets-not-this-one-1.8260218|title=Most neo-Nazi Music Festivals Are Closely Guarded Secrets — Not This One in Ukraine|date=2019-12-12|work=[[Haaretz]]|access-date=2020-04-08|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/a-black-metal-festival-in-ukraine-this-weekend-is-the-neo-nazi-networking-event-of-the-year/|title=A Black Metal Festival in Ukraine This Weekend Is the Neo-Nazi Networking Event of the Year|last=Hume|first=Tim|date=2019-12-13|website=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|language=en|access-date=2020-04-09}}</ref> In addition to the concert organizers' connections to the [[Ukrainian nationalism|Ukrainian nationalist]] Azov Assault Brigade, Ukrainian far-right political party [[National Corps]], and Russian-Ukrainian neo-Nazi movement Wotanjugend,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/09/04/the-hardcore-russian-neo-nazi-group-that-calls-ukraine-home/|title=The "Hardcore" Russian Neo-Nazi Group That Calls Ukraine Home|last1=Colborne|first1=Michael|last2=Kuzmenko|first2=Okesiy|date=2019-09-04|website=[[Bellingcat]]|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-04-09}}</ref> members of the German neo-Nazi party [[The III. Path]], the United States-based [[Right-wing terrorism|neo-Nazi terrorist]] organization [[Atomwaffen Division]], the Italian [[Neo-fascism|neo-fascist]] movement and former political party [[CasaPound]], and the Greek neo-Nazi party [[Golden Dawn (political party)|Golden Dawn]] have all participated in the festival.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":5" /> Members of neo-Nazi forums and chats such as [[Iron March]], [[Stormfront (website)|Stormfront]], and neo-Nazi chat servers on [[Discord (software)|Discord]] have attended and praised Asgardsrei,<ref name=":2" /> and the American white nationalist [[Greg Johnson (white nationalist)|Greg Johnson]] posted a review of the 2019 festival on his [[alt-right]] publication Counter Currents.<ref name=":0" />