Editing National Socialist black metal (section)

== Denial of identification ==
Some bands have denied being labeled NSBM, and assert that they are either pagan or instead prefer the label "nationalist black metal." Official statements against this label have been made by bands such as Graveland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.graveland.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=351:graveland-is-not-an-nsbm&catid=3:news-home&Itemid=1|title=GRAVELAND IS NOT AN NSBM!|last=Darken|first=Rob|website=www.graveland.org|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-09-24}}</ref> Akitsa, a group sometimes rumoured to be NSBM, made strong statements against the Nazi ideology and the whole NSBM genre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/akitsa-grands-tyrans-interview-black-metal/|title=Akitsa Are 'Grands Tyrans': An Interview on Their History, Purity in Black Metal, and Squashing NSBM Rumors|last=Vesin|first=François|date=2015-05-29|website=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|language=en|access-date=2020-04-09}}</ref> Ukrainian band [[Nokturnal Mortum]] has made efforts to distance themselves from the movement, but still continue to occasionally partake in some NSBM practices such as playing at festivals held for the genre.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/nokturnalmortumofficial/posts/10154629159940487  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/427708580486/10154629159940487 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=As well as a person who has many-sided... - Nokturnal Mortum |website=Facebook.com |access-date=22 March 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=16 August 2017 |title=In Response to Our Article, Spotify Is Removing Neo-Nazi Hate Bands |url=https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2017/08/16/spotify-remove-neo-nazi/ |access-date=12 February 2022 |website=Digitalmusicnews.com}}</ref> 

While some bands made statements which the scene and critics has taken as genuine statements condemning Nazism, other bands' statements has, by many critics, been viewed merely as a tactic to be able to play live gigs or not have their music banned, such is the case with Graveland, among others, who has continued to openly support white supremacist organizers after making statements about being "unpolitical".<ref name=":13">{{Cite news|url=https://pov.international/militant-black-metal-i-denne-weekend-samles-hojreekstremister-fra-hele-verden-i-kiev/|title=Lige nu samles højreekstremister fra hele verden til festival i Kiev • POV|last=Hagen|first=Freddy|date=December 12, 2019|newspaper=Pov|language=da|access-date=2020-04-09}}</ref>