8 Heavy Metal Songs That Denounce Racism

8. Metal Church- No Friend Of Mine

Taking aim specifically at the Ku Klux Klan with references to burning crosses and “hiding behind your bed clothes,” No Friend of Mine calls into question the learned behavior of hatred, specifically based on race, its provocation of feelings of superiority and the eventuality of passing these biases on to future generations.

Going further, the song paraphrases the Declaration of Independence in the lines “all men created equal, all have human rights” before acknowledging the seeming futility of such a heated issue.

Despite that, it essentially refers to racial sentiments as archaic, insinuating that the perpetuation of which will ultimately be more destructive than constructive, and the band’s response, even paraphrased, is simple:

If you hate based on skin or race, then you’re no friend of mine.