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Taake is a Norwegian black metal band from Bergen, formed in 1993 and originally named Thule. The band's one continuous member is Hoest, who writes all and records most of the music.

Hoest served prison sentences for assault in 2006 and 2007.¹⁾²⁾

In March 2007, Hoest appeared on stage in Essen in Germany with a swastika painted on his chest, above an inverted cross.³⁾ This sparked controversy, and the rest of Taake's German concerts were cancelled. Hoest stated:

Taake is not a political Nazi band […] everyone should know by now that our whole concept is built upon provocation and anything evil […] we truly apologize to all of our collaborators who might get problems because of the Essen swastika scandal (except for the untermensch owner of that club; you can go suck a Muslim!)⁴⁾

Luke:
LARPing as Nazis is the same as being Nazis and this list makes no distinction