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Angry Christians force Slayer album out of India

Tue Oct 10, 8:13 AM ET

MUMBAI (Reuters) - U.S. heavy metal band Slayer's latest album has been recalled from music stores across India after the country's small Christian community said the cover depicting Christ with amputated arms and a missing eye was insulting.

Christian groups said the album -- "Christ Illusion" -- did not only have an offensive image on its cover, but some of the songs such as "Skeleton Christ" and "Jihad" hurt the sensibilities of Christians and Muslims alike.

"We took strong exception to the album which is offensive and in very bad taste," said Joseph Dias of Mumbai's Catholic Secular Forum.

The protests prompted EMI Music, Slayer's Indian-based label, to pull the album from all music stores and its depots.

"Last week we recalled all the albums and destroyed them as we did not want any community to be hurt," said T. Suresh, the company general manager.

In May, Christians, who make up about two per cent of Hindu-majority India's one-billion plus population, protested against the screening of "The Da Vinci Code", and forced its producers, Sony Pictures, to add a disclaimer saying the movie was a work of fiction.

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Slayer? Offensive? :shock:
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well that should end religious tension in the region

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holy fuck that's great press.
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I'm just surprised that anyone in India could afford a Slayer album.


:lol: :lol: :lol:

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sale of 2 elephants = 1 slayer cd and cd walkman

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DO NOT OFFER MY GODS ANY OF YOUR SLAYER ALBUMS!


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I think I found my next band name: Angry Christians

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I think the guys in Slayer are very proud of this.

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The Mayor of Simpleton Wrote:
I think the guys in Slayer are very proud of this.


Yeah, it's worth asking yourself... "what would they have done differently, album art/title-wise, if this was the result they were looking for all along?" Not much I guess.

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your sarcasm is appreciated, but you act as though there aren't millions of people who didn't/don't think that. :)
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I think I found my next band name: Angry Christians


Tooth and Nail would eat that up.
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I still listen to that Slayer album a lot. India is missing out.
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Well, duh, the album cover IS offensive.

Like Dalen was implying, that's kind of the point.

I love the phrase "Slayer's Indian-based label," by the way.
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I gotta admit - I read this as "Angry Christians force Stryper out of India" at first glance.

Which, oddly, I thought made more sense.
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sale of 2 elephants = 1 slayer cd and cd walkman


:lol:

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mutty Wrote:
I gotta admit - I read this as "Angry Christians force Stryper out of India" at first glance.


that's because you're dumb and cannot read.
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I love the phrase "Slayer's Indian-based label," by the way.


i thought the exact same thing. something about it just gets me.

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mutty Wrote:
I gotta admit - I read this as "Angry Christians force Stryper out of India" at first glance.


that's because you're dumb and cannot read.


Sorry, could you type slower please?
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