music

edit: i am going to start going through the comments and updating this list accordingly. didn't expect so many lol, but happy to aggregate leftist music projects.

BLACKWATER SNIPER - a fusion of speedcore, noise, and extreme metal/punk. lyrical content is anti-war and anti-imperialist.

Blue Scholars - smooth and silky revolutionary jazz rap

CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP - more noisy electronic metal. i've only listened to his debut, Extreme Creep. has a track on it protesting ICE, released nearly 6 years before the 2nd trump admin.

Christ vs. Warhol - a goth / deathrock band. Dissent touches on anti-capitalism quite a bit.

Emma Goldman - i feel like the name sums it up. queer anarchist screamo.

fromjoy - unique, VERY angsty vaporwave-infused metalcore. including them on this list is a bit of a stretch, but i really enjoy and recommend them. their song "machine" on their self-titled LP is anti-cop.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - probably one of the most well known on this list. GY!BE is an anarchist music collective that makes instrumental post-rock. their latest untitled album is a protest album against the genocide in palestine.

Machine Girl - another comparatively more known project. digital hardcore. my favorite release of theirs is the metal-tinged U-Void Synthesizer. the song "Fortress Destroyer" off that album is about killing nazis.

Midori (Spain) - jungle / digital hardcore with occasional samples about anarchism

Orchid - anti-capitalist screamo/emoviolence

Panopticon - atmospheric black metal. one of the more well known faces in the RABM (red & anarchist black metal) movement. stopped sharing lyrics after the Kentucky LP. a lot of his lyrics on that album are about the miner strikes and early labor movement in kentucky.

Pig Destroyer - grindcore band. ceased writing political lyrics very early in the band's lifetime. Head Cage has an anti-cop song though.

Primitive Man - sludge metal band. genuinely a contender for the heaviest band of all time:tm:. a good portion of their lyrics on Caustic are anti-capitalist.

Pyrrhon - avant-garde, technical, dissonant metal band. Exhaust has a few political lyrics.

Sankara - communist vegan war metal. named after thomas sankara.

Thou - diy anarchist sludge metal. GREAT music, but sometimes a little sketchy. kinda gives egoist vibes

Vermin Womb - grindcore project related to primitive man