Someone tossed a pig's head into the pit at a Devoured Trachea show
Update: Band has released an apology
Gorbor Gladius (@BongusBoyo)
At a local show last night at The White Swan Live in Houston, Texas, featuring Devoured Trachea, Accosted, Yung Jitt, 79 Stick, Big Pete, Martyrdom, Entropy, and Two Timer, an event some may find unsettling took place.
According to social media posts, it appears that someone brought a pig's head and chucked it into the pit, leading to a mix of reactions from the crowd at the show and online.
It's unclear during whose set the pig's head was initially tossed, but the original poster commented later, "black metal bands are crazy, i watched some of these kids lickin on the pig head, guts were splattered on people, diseases were spread 😭😭."
UPDATED: See below for Martyrdom's statement on the pig's head.
Online discussions ensued, with some noting that similar occurrences have happened before.
Needless to say, those in the vegan community were none too happy about seeing the video.
X/Twitter user Gorbor Gladius (@BongusBoyo) managed to snap a photo mid-air.
UPDATE: Martyrdom has responded:
Hi everyone
we just want to start off by saying we are incredibly sorry to anyone we offended with our actions and gimmicks on stage.
We are a black metal band, and as part of it, we try to add a little bit of imagery and shock value to our set. Unfortunately our acts has gotten carried away and way out of hand, offending many and even harming some.
We want to apologize to any vegans, Muslims, or other minority groups we may have offended, and to anyone who was harmed by our act.
Most importantly we want to apologize to the White Swan, and Harry, the sound guy, specifically. thank you so much white swan for giving us the opportunity to play there.
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Post Commentpeople complaining should go to a coldplay concert or something
Heard the singer of fools game got tossed too lol
Have no idea what bands these are but f*ck yeah!!!
"Does anyone even know the pig's pronouns?" Pig/Pigself
I remember when Young and in the Way had one of their edgelord dweebs throw a pig's head into a girl's face and did permanent damage to her eye. Thankfully YAITW's rich parents were there with their money to settle cuz I guess that's something Burzum did first
Disgusting! I mean who wants to see 8 bands? Gross.
Way to do something new and incentive. Remember folks, when the music is trash get a gimmick of some sort.
Looks like one of the Medusa heads that fly at you in Castlevania from that first pic.
Not the first time I've heard of a pig's head getting thrown in the pit and definitely will not be the last.
Young And In The Way - Asheville, NC @ The LAB Brewing Co
How to trigger a bunch of snow flakes? Throw animal parts in the pit!
Yo you guys made a error, the band two timer played instead of pauliee
I'm more shocked to see a $5 show still happening.
swine flu through the air... I'll see myself out now. to all the whiny vegans you know the meat eaters will tell you the same thing about you not needing to exist. grow a pair, and get over it. no one likes a whiny veggie eater.
rick____tocchet feels big when a little boy holds him.
Was the pig vaccinated? Did it support the non binary community/Ukraine/Palestine. Did it support the current thing? I need to know before I decide how to feel about this situation.
I boiled 8 eggs and then put them in a pickle jar with olive oil and balsamic vinegar...hoping it ends up tasting ok after about a week.
I heard drummer of Martyrdom nutted in the pig head…. That shit straight nasty bro
Libtards are upset the pig's head was culturally appropriated and they/them didn't stand for the current thing. RIP.
I voted for Joe Biden. I'm also a fûcking retard.
No one cares about the overdoses and shootings on Navigation Blvd. Let's get butthurt about a pig's head instead. f*ck leftists.
But did the security guards respect their pronouns?!?
I heard the vocalist of Accosted is the one that killed the pig and chopped its head off
Didn't this also happen at a recent Escuela Grind show this week?
Should've been rick____tocchet's head. f*ck sickos, TWU.
anonymous 5 hours ago Bring back YAITW. Death to cops. We know that's your wife's bull's opinion, but what's yours?
Didn't this also happen at a recent Escuela Grind show this week? ^^^^^^ That wasn't a pig's head in Houston. It was a chicken neck in Dallas.
Security guards still aren't doing their homework.
How do you hide brining in a pig head? Could have been a bomb
"No one cares about the overdoses and shootings on Navigation Blvd. Let's get butthurt about a pig's head instead. f*ck leftists." What over doses and shootings you f*cking retard. You're probably some f*ggot that thinks the white swan is "in a sketchy area" Talk about snowflakes ^^^^^ No, things are going great in the Second Ward.
Judging by that pic, was this show held at a migrant camp?
Way to kill all your credibility with this bullshit apology. f*cking pussies.
Apologizing for being edgy as a metal act? Talk about disphoria. Go play some indie folk with that attitude fa66ots.
Oof, that apology. Black Metal? More like Bitch Metal.
Don't eat pork, not even vith a fork! Can't touch this!
Came here to comment on that girl getting blinded at a YAITW show from exactly this. No lessons learned.
Such a lame move apologizing. What a bunch of pussies. If you're going to do something edgy then do it unapologetically or don't f*cking do it
This is just corny and nasty edgelord shit. But someone definitely had taken the head home and f*cked it all night. Now that's cool
I literally cannot believe that they would do something like this and then apologize for it, f*cking pussies with no conviction. Who cares how stupid or immature throwing a pig head around is, if you're going to do it and then be wishy-washy about it what the f*ck are you even doing with your life
Nothing about the way this was handled possesses the spirit of Black Metal. This would never have been apologized for. Weak and cowardly to bend from the social pressure and criticism of others.
Maybe they should apologize to the actual pig as well? Seriously though, gross shit!
Black and death metal bands have thrown animal heads in the crowd and shit years ago. It's not creative or edgy in any way. The worst thing I've ever witnessed at a show was the drummer of Psyopus stripping nude to play and doing a blast beat with his dong.
lol all the losers from the dead punk scene are infesting black metal. they are so gay whatever scene they infect quickly dies
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