After days of discussion, the Guatemalan congress approved with 87 votes in favor and 13 against, that the concerts of the Swedish band Marduk, which would take place in the month of October in the Central American country, were canceled because they were considered "satanic" and "immoral". In addition, instructions were issued to the Guatemalan Migration Institute to even prohibit members of the group from entering the country.
This decision was not without controversy on the part of many sectors of the Guatemalan population, who called it “retrograde”. "If we are going to ban this music, let's start with reggaeton, for the songs of the narcocorridos ... Reggaeton speaking ill of women with misogynistic messages, that men can have as they please. And when we talk about the narcocorridos, that they help the people "said the deputy Eva Monte Bac.
Even a priest, Sergio Godoy He criticized the veto, calling it "hypocritical." “Anything is a very useful distractor, even our double standards. More satanic than Marduk are the underlying intentions of corrupt deputies who want to pass laws in their favor; more satanic is a health system that silently kills; more satanic is this exclusive and unjust system; Satanic is the stubbornness and stupidity of the incense and procession blessed who are scandalized by a "satanic music group", but they are not scandalized by the hunger and misery of their people and the brashness and arrogance of the rulers: that is Satanic."
Marduk yes it will be presented in Mexico as part of the promotion of his most recent album, 'Viktoria', on October 13 and 14 in Monterrey and Mexico City respectively.