The Shell Shock steel competition, set to be held October nineteenth in Orlando, Florida, has seen headliner Evergreen Terrace and different bands drop off the invoice after inviting Kyle Rittenhouse to participate within the festivities.
Rittenhouse is finest referred to as the then 17-year-old who shot three males throughout an August 2020 protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, killing two of them. He was acquitted after claiming self-defense, however nonetheless has two civil lawsuits pending in opposition to him.
Shell Shock competition payments itself as a charity occasion that “helps first responders battling accidents to incorporate Publish Traumatic Stress Dysfunction (PTSD).”
When Evergreeen Terrace discovered of Rittenhouse’s look, they pulled out of the competition. The Florida metalcore band launched the next assertion:
“Evergreen Terrace has at all times supported and continues to help philanthropic occasions for veterans, PTSD consciousness, youngster poverty, and lots of extra, however we is not going to align with an occasion selling a perceived assassin comparable to Kyle Rittenhouse capitalizing off of their pseudo superstar. Sadly we didn’t do our due diligence with this specific occasion. Even after they provided to drag Kyle from the occasion, we found a number of related entities that we merely don’t agree with. As advocates free of charge speech we’re respectfully canceling the Shell Shock competition. We shall be personally contributing to a veterans charity and urge you to do the identical. The promoters have been nothing lower than understanding.”
The bands Southpaw, Let Me Bleed, and American Hole all adopted go well with, with Southpaw stating, “We knew going into this, that the competition was veteran based mostly, which we help. However knew nothing of a specific particular person being a important focus of help for the present till after accepting it. On account of occasions which have taken place and drama surrounding this specific particular person, we made the choice to respectfully step down.”
In response, The Antihero Podcast — which is among the many organizers of the Shell Shock competition — acknowledged, “Now we have been silent. However we’re prepping. The liberal mob tried to destroy Shell Shock. However we is not going to enable it. That is now about greater than a live performance. It is a conflict of ideology.”
Instead of Evergreen Terrace, Shell Shock has now booked a Slipknot cowl band named (SiC) as its new headliner.
In the meantime, Evergreen Terrace are organizing their very own present in Orlando, telling followers, “Orlando. We shall be seeing you quickly. We’re presently organizing a present with the bands that dropped off of the Shell Shock fest after being blindsided. All of Evergreen’s proceeds will go to an related veterans group. Updates quickly. We play reveals, not rallies.”