One of the things I’ve been wanting to talk about is the number of vegans and vegetarians in music. Oh. My. Lord. It’s sad and obscene. Tragic.
A couple of traits are narcissism and sanctimoniousness. Surprised? Lol, don’t be. And of course we know many celebrities and musicians are painfully and woefully narcissistic and sanctimonious. But since this site features heavy metal more than it does celebrities, let’s dig up a list of vegans and vegetarians in heavy metal, shall we? I’ll put it in relative-alphabetical order.
Alissa White-Gluz. Arch Enemy. Vegan.
Barney Greenway. Napalm Death. Vegan.
Between The Buried And Me. Paul Waggoner and Dan Briggs. Vegan.
Carcass. Jeff Walker and Bill Steer. Vegetarians. Bill Steer used to be vegan.
Cattle Decapitaton. Travis Ryan and Josh Elmore. Vegetarian.
Converge. All vegetarians. Kurt Ballou is vegan.
Cro-Mags. Joseph McGowan. Vegan.
Deftones. Sergio Vega. Vegan.
Devin Townsend. Strapping Young Lad. Vegetarian.
Dillinger Escape Plan. Ben Weinman and Liam Wilson. Vegetarian, and vegan.
Doyle. Misfits. Vegan.
Geezer Butler. Black Sabbath. Vegan.
Kirk Hammett. Metallica. Vegetarian.
Lamb Of God. Chris Adler and John Campbell. Vegan.
Rage Against the Machine. Zack de la Rocha & Tom Morello. Vegetarian. (No surprise here.)
Rob Zombie. Vegetarian and then vegan.
Thomas Gabriel Warrior. Celtic Frost/Triptykon. Vegan.
This is just from a quick search I made on the internet. Want a bigger list? Keep reading. You should already be pretty aware that the main metal sites like “WeAreThePit,” “Blabbermouth,” “MetalSucks,” “MetalInjection,” “Kerrang,” and on down the line are ALL advocates of vegetarianism and veganism. Amongst other things…
Word to the wise: Don’t be vegetarian or vegan. Eat meat. These metal musicians didn’t get to where they’re at because of their vegetarian and vegan ways. They got there IN SPITE of it. If one of your favorite metal artists is on this list and you’re sad about it and you also believe in prayer… say a prayer for them. It might be their only hope.
It does beg the question about some of the psychology of these people. Do they feel guilty about who they are as people? Do they feel guilty about their success? Do they really, really hate themselves? What went wrong in their minds?
Want a bigger list? There is a subreddit called r/VeganMetal. Somebody with a whole lot of time on their hands put together a list, and I have copied and pasted it here for you. I’m not going to verify how accurate it is, but I’m guessing it’s pretty accurate. The internet is loaded with autists.
BLACK METAL:
Agowilt
Wisent
Human Serpent (probably non-vegan but pro-vegan band)
Baldaraz (probably non-vegan but pro-vegan band)
Belegost
Posledná minúta
Ecologist (probably non-vegan but pro-vegan band)
Noth
Skarntyde
Ancient Emblem
The Dark Wizard Rintrah
Meus Luctus (ex-Political Terror)
Book of Sand
someone from Circle of Vultures
someone from Mournhel
Zapelloni from Tiffo, Pessimista, Lerna (perhaps non-vegan but pro-vegan)
Sandra Stensen from Nekrodelirium
Austin Lunn from Panopticon
Brian Manowitz (Vegan Black Metal Chef) from Forever Dawn
Wild’s Reprisal
Jeff Maurer from The Dead Musician
Din of Awakening
Nate Myers from Mania, Leech
Guthmensch
Through Chaos & Solitude
Kadgar The Troll from Gravislatro and many other bands
Waheela from Siechtum, Ökomisanthrop (probably non-vegan but pro-vegan)
Extinctionist from Glistening, Meaningless and many other bands
Ildjarn
Kristian Eivind “Gaahl” Espedal from Gorgoroth, God Seed, Wardruna
Samuel Hartman from Anagnorisis
Alexander Paul Blake from Eden weint im Grab, Aethernaeum
BLACKENED CRUST, BLACKENED HARDCORE, CRUSTCORE:
Wildspeaker
Fall of Efrafa
Wind In His Hair
Deszcz
Forest Whitaker
URA
Appalachian Terror Unit
Gattaca
Seeds In Barren Fields
Mass Extinction
Despairwolf
someone from Storm of Sedition
Torsten from Ancst
Dominik Goncalves dos Reis and Anton Lisovoj from Downfall of Gaia
DEATHGRIND, DEATHCORE, GOREGRIND, BRUTAL DEATH METAL:
Slaughterbox
Science of Demise
Blasting Gore Necropsy
Sulamith (probably non-vegan but pro-vegan)
someone from Kraynium
Luboš Schizmo Kristek from Smashed Face
someone from Animals Killing People
someone from To The Grave (probably non-vegan but pro-vegan)
Travis Ryan and Josh Elmore from Cattle Decapitation
George Wilfinger from Monument of Misanthropy
No One Gets Out Alive
Propitious Vegetation
DEATH METAL:
Heaven Shall Burn
Carnivore Crusher
Goregast
Noroth
Ritual Of Decay
Apostle
Tales of Blood
Despicable
Timebomb
Horns of Resistance
Infernal Coil
The Secret (ex-From The Dying Sky)
someone from Hymn For The Tortured
someone from Indignacion
Scott Masson from Klendathu, Apocalyptian
Cliff Capps from MeatEaterEateR
Andy Hurley from Killtheslavemaster
Chris Meadows from Slavearc
Alissa White-Gluz, Angela Gossow and Michael Amott from Arch Enemy
Barney Greenway from Napalm Death
Marbais NoHell from Crush the Devil, Falling Elbow, Suicide of Demons
8 Foot Sativa
Beatriz Mariano from Okkultist
Scot Shamanblood from Voices of the Dead
Thomas Gurrath from Debauchery
Derrick Green from Sepultura
Bill Steer and Jeff Walker from Carcass
Ali Madarshahi, Saeed Mokari and Soroush Kheradmand from Arsames
Barry ‘Baz’ Thomson and Jo-Anne ‘Jo’ Bench from Bolt Thrower
Ken Bedene and Mendel Bij De Leij from Aborted
MELODIC DEATH METAL, POST-METAL:
King Apathy (ex-Thränenkind)
Lawrence Mackrory from Darkane
Dirk Verbeuren from Soilwork, Scarve
Ferdinand Rewicki from Fall Of Serenity
Tobias Buck from Neaera
METALCORE, METALLIC HARDCORE:
Forward To Eden
Statement
Fourth Crusade
Justice Department
Unborn
Tears of Gaia
Point Of No Return)
Cherem
Upheaval
Eye of Judgement
Condolência
xABSONEx
Eden’s Demise
Vital Force
xDestroy Babylonx
Gnapenstob (ex-Yidak)
EXTREME METAL, INDUSTRIAL METAL, PROGRESSIVE METAL:
The Way of Purity
Michael Locher from Samael
Alexander Kaschte from Weena Morloch, Samsas Traum
Lindsay Schoolcraft from Cradle Of Filth
Paul Waggoner, Dan Briggs and Tommy Rogers from Between the Buried and Me
Daniel Presland and Xenoyr from Ne Obliviscaris
SLUDGE METAL, DOOM METAL:
Disschrist
Vile Creature
Jan Müller from Tisíc let od ráje
Sūrya
Dystopia
SYMPHONIC METAL, POWER METAL:
Ida Elena from Bare Infinity
Madeleine Liljestam and Rikard Ekberg from Eleine
Clémentine Delauney from Visions of Atlantis
Jukka Nevalainen from Nightwish
HEAVY METAL, THRASH METAL:
John Joseph from Cro-Mags
1Q94
Omenomejodas
Terror Scum
Urban Assault
Joe Duplantier from Gojira
Coven Japan
NU METAL:
Lena Scissorhands from Infected Rain
ALTERNATIVE METAL:
Serj Tankian from System Of A Down
Sebastian Reichl and Sabine Weniger from Deadlock
Sergio Vega from Deftones
DARK AMBIENT:
Adam van Maledict from Adamennon, Liturgia Maleficarum, Tormental