With first-hand experience, Heart Of A Coward bassist Vishal Khetia is very much aware of racism in the global metal scene, and he doesn’t want to see the issue swept under the rug… “When I first started playing this genre of music I was fairly oblivious to the existence of racism in the metal scene, but I think in recent years it’s become more prominent. With everything going on in the world and racist attitudes becoming more visible in numerous countries it’s drawn it out, and when you see a video of Phil Anselmo giving the Nazi salute [onstage on January 22, 2016; he has since apologised] that’s something that’s not okay. “It’s also become more apparent to me with some of the places that I’ve visited. It’s a very sensitive topic, and I’m not saying this country or this city is...
