Swedish Black Metal Guitarist Fired From Teaching Job Over Band's Lyrics
June 25, 2008David Landes of Sweden's The Local reports that a hard-rocking teacher who was fired before ever setting foot in a classroom has lodged a discrimination complaint with Sweden's Ombudsman of Justice (JO).
In early June, Emil Koverot, 30, who goes by the stage name Yxmarder as a member of the death metal band BLODSRIT (Blood Rite) (MySpace page),had been offered and accepted a position as an aesthetics instructor at the Hammargymnasiet high school in Vstervik.
Koverot's reputation as a hard rock guitarist was well known in the community in southern Sweden.
His band even came up during his employment interview with the school's principal Sven Torstensson.
"He thought my participation in the band was a good thing," Koverot explained to The Local.
"There are several students at the school who are into hard rock and he thought that I'd be able to relate to them better."
Koverot had just received his teaching degree and was looking forward to the start of classes in August.
He had even turned down other offers after being offered the job at Hammargymnasiet.
Read the entire article from The Local.
Emil Koverot:
Emil Koverot as Yxmarder:
BLODSRIT's video for the song "The Glorious Rise of Flames":
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