The Haarp Machine denied entry into U.S.

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UK progressive metal band, and recent Sumerian Records signees, The Haarp Machine , are apparently unable to enter the United States legally at this point. The group had the following to say: "The American Government has denied us entry into the US. Go figure."



Given the group's name and its members, one could easily read into this a bit too much. Could the U.S. government be overly suspicious of a band seemingly named after the High Frequency Active Auroral Reasearch Program, a much-maligned military research initiative? Or could the ethnicity of band founder Abdullah Al-Mu'min have triggered some sort of warning bells within our increasingly sensitive homeland security apparatus? Perhaps, and most likely, this is just a case of a few minor legalities that need to be tended do. [I can't believe that I just wrote this paragraph]



Regardless, this could obviously prove problematic for the band as they are scheduled to embark upon a tour of North America late this month with Decapitated and Decrepit Birth, among others. There has been no word thus far on whether their denial into the U.S. is temporary or permanent, so we'll have to see what happens.

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