SI SE PUEDE? EN MI MUSICA DE METAL?

I was getting a new music fix listening to the debut from Diabulus in Musica… it’s kinda like a Spanish (Tarja-era) Nightwish with a little less “umph.” Anyway, I’m listening along when all of a sudden I hear a very familiar voice- is that you, Barack Obama? 

There are two kinda weird things here, first that a band from Spain is sampling the voice of a US political figure (isn’t that System of a Down’s job?), but moreso that that political figure is our NEW Commander in Chief. I’ve gotten so used to the haterade that’s been thrown around with G Dubs, and it was really weird to hear Obama on a metal track. It’s been more than a year since Bush has been out of office and thus the hate has been less commonplace. Are we ready for a new era of politico BS intertwined in our tunes?

Is it that people are losing faith in our leader, or does it not matter who the president is, they’re always going to be criticized in music? And what’s a metal band from Spain got to do with it anyway?

-Julia