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- ↑ "Metal Band's Drummer's Longtime Associations With Hate Group Threaten its Future". Idavox. One People's Project. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ↑ "2 Men With Neo-Nazi Ties Arrested in Armed Bank Robbery Scheme".
- ↑ https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/ideology/neo-volkisch SPLC. "Neo-Volkisch". Online. Accessed 6 August 2018
- ↑ "Active Hate Groups In The United States In 2015".