Music and Charity

I previously mentioned in my post about Bloodstock Festival the Sophie Lancaster Foundation, and I thought I should talk about other charity work supported by people in music. The two examples which I immediately thought of were:

Gojira and Sea Shepherd
Gojira are a French band who (according to wikipedia) are a blend of "technical death metal, thrash metal, and progressive metal" whatever that means. I'm not big on putting bands into categories.
I would say their music is vocally heavy, groove based, rhythmically complex. The best way to describe them is to show you some of their music.

Their music is themed around environmental messages and they support and endorse the charity Sea Shepherd which aims to educate and take action to protect the marine environment and wildlife.

The Agonist and PETA

The Agonist are a Canadian band whose music I would describe as being quite complicated - often changing time signatures and using unusual chord progressions and intervals in the vocal melodies.

The singer, Alissa White-Gluz, who I mentioned before in my post about women in metal is well known for her vocal range from very soft singing to heavy growls. (This is one of their more accessible tracks)

Alissa is vegan and an active supporter of PETA who are an animal rights organisation. She often speaks in interviews about her views on animal rights and veganism.