Metalcore's Vegan Warrior

There is a common belief that when people gain success, it is easy to discard their commitments and just go for the good life and live large. Well this is not always the case. People like Jona Weinhofen (guitarist in Bring Me The Horizon, a widely popular metalcore band) prove the oppposite. Commitment to veganism and/or straight edge does NOT have anything to do with being successful, living on the road as  tourning musician, or anything else that might serve as an excuse to drop out. Remember that!

MY ONLY DRUG IS MADNESS

LET'S NOT FORGET! Being vegan is not about being a weak vegetable muncher, all nice and conserved and just care a lot about animals. I see it more as a choice which is pretty extreme compared to society's standards and therefore attracts like-minded people. People who have their bullshit detector on point and who want to know what's up. I don't like vegans who have their quiet set of beliefs, who lack nerve and passion, or who are some kind of hipsters who are doing it for the fashion. Especially the last! I'd more like to think of vegans (and straight edgers, of course) as people who are thinkers, not afraid to provoke, maybe a bit bold, a little crazy, perhaps even a little eccentric, and who are fighting the good fight with enthusiasm and ongoing dedication.. And that's the way I like it. It's this kind of people who will take animal rights and the drug-free ethos onto a new level.

Fuck conservatism!

My Vegan Priority

Sometimes it seems like the thing to do is take the easy way out: eat crap, get wasted, work oneself to death, be a dick, care only about our self. That is what pretty much everyone else is doing and maybe that is why we live in a world like this.

I think that veganism and straight edge to a great extent have to do with priorities that become our life. We can always (and have the right to) choose what is bad, because for some reason , what is wrong is also easy. Only the stuff that are good and right are hard to do.

Maintainng a good vegan diet is not always easy when you're on the run, working long hours, not having enough time to plan your meals etc. Modern life is not designed for vegans. On the other hand, in a way veganism is designed for modern life: it is like an antidote for the crazy pace that goes on. Being vegan is totally more worth it when you live in a mad place like this (Athens for me, put your city here ________ ).

The way we live and what we put in out bodies definitely affects how we feel in everyday life. It is good to know you can depend on yourself to take care of yourself. It is good to know you can rely on yourself to find the stuff that will make you healthier and last more in this task we have... to stay alive and be well.

And this is just one more reason why I've been following the vegan straight edge lifestyle.

Times Are Changing

I am glad to see that even in "yo dude" metal festivals like Wacken Open Air, they had all-vegan food stalls for the more aware metalheads. The vegan flag starts to wave high in the air and we are so here to witness it. Protein-filled soy junkfood and moshing go hand in hand, don't you know? Now if metal good get a little more straight edge, that would be awesome, too.

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Χάρηκα πολύ που έμαθα ότι ακόμα και σε ένα φουλ ορκ-μεταλλάδικο φεστιβάλ σαν το Wacken Open Air (Γερμανία), είχαν περίπτερα φαγητού με αποκλειστικά βίγκαν επιλογές. Φαίνεται ότι η κουλτούρα των βίγκαν αρχίζει να εξαπλώνεται και εμείς είμαστε εδώ για να το ζήσουμε. Εξάλλου ξέρουμε καλά ότι τα γεμάτα πρωτεΐνη μπιφτέκια σόγιας και το mosh πάνε μαζί! Τώρα, αν το metal γίνει λίγο πιο straight edge, και αυτό θα ήταν καλό!

Embrace the Vegan XXX Choice

Worldwide vegan posititivity is what I like to see. We don't have to try and be all around perfect, we don't have to pretend to be holy, or want to have the perfect bodies and minds. We just have to make a start at being BETTER PERSONS by going vegan!

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Αυτό που θέλω να βλέπω είναι θετική βίγκαν ενέργεια απ'όλο τον κόσμο. Δεν χρειάζεται να προσπαθούμε να είμαστε τέλειοι, να το παίζουμε άγιοι σε κάθε τομέα της ζωής μας, ή να θέλουμε να έχουμε το τέλειο σώμα και το τέλειο μυαλό. Απλά να κάνουμε μια καλή αρχή ως καλύτερα άτομα με το να γίνουμε βίγκαν!