Guatemala Congress bars Swedish metal band, faces criticism

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Guatemalan lawmakers are facing criticism after they moved to block a Swedish dark metal band from entering the country, calling it “satanic.”
The congressional decree banning anyone involved with the group known as Marduk was approved Wednesday by an 87 to 13 vote.
Independent lawmaker Oliverio Rodas said the band’s music is offensive to “the morality of the Christian people of Guatemala.”
But opposition lawmaker Eva Monte Bac argued that t