hey Jess! thanks so much for reading, and for your very insightful comment. Great point about such music being a creative outlet rather than a channel for violence, and yes the double standards are quite clear if you imagine someone using a violent painting as evidence in a courtroom, which seems absurd as it should be.

It's a worrying trend - part of a larger culture of clamping down on freedom of expression. I hope we can do more to resist this!