Brazil is a country with many financial problems, as the whole world already knows, but over the years, concert promoters in Brazil have seen it as a market to make easy money and rob their own people, and try to rob bands around the world. The Brazilian way, even immigrants come to the United States and try to rip off their own people, if only other peoples. We are not generalizing, but a country that has the biggest robbery event with its own leaders, helps the people to mirror themselves in making easy money. Remembering that before judging our site, we have no bias towards any political side. And we know that the country is having political problems.
The M.A.D. Metal Fest was scheduled to take place on March 8th and 9th at VIP Station in Santo Amaro (São Paulo), but was canceled due to a series of events that led to the collapse of M.A.D. Produtora. At least, according to the event “producer”, Marlon da Silva Rocha (also known as Marlon Mitnel).The São Paulo event, focused on extreme metal, featured very prestigious names in its lineup and quickly caught the public's attention. It would be an almost unique opportunity to see bands of the stature of Dark Funeral, Nargaroth, Yoth Iria, Opera IX, Besatt and other prestigious national underground groups such as Troops Of Doom, Dorsal Atlântica, Mystifier, Luxúria de Lilith, Amen Corner and more.
As was announced this week, problems began to occur regarding the organization of the festival and we will discuss all of the points here in this article. We will follow a timeline so that our dear readers can understand exactly what happened and can draw their own conclusions. How come the event is canceled? On March 5th, just a few days before the event date, Marlon shared a video on his Instagram account in which he announced that the event was canceled. Yes, at the last minute, with countless tickets sold, people with tickets and hotel stays purchased and bands on their way to Brazil. In the description of the publication, he asked the bands not to appear at the event venue and for people not to leave their homes as the shows would no longer take place.
It was clear that the producer was presenting a frightening picture that apparently pointed to a person having a breakdown. Mitnel said he would take his own life (to be clear, this did not happen) and claimed that he had tried everything to make the event happen, but unfortunately he was being called things like “thief”, “Nazi” and “dishonest”. Because of this, people were requesting refunds for their tickets, making the show financially unviable. The video in question is no longer on the air and, although the material is in our possession and safe, for legal reasons we will not release it. It is important to note that the video was recorded the day before, that is, on March 4th, and scheduled to air the following day, March 5th. Some time after this video was published and, after people began to question what was happening, he published another video, but this one with very worrying content. Marlon’s mental state seemed to have worsened a lot in these 24 hours and the images showed someone in total despair.
The São Paulo event, focused on extreme metal, featured very prestigious names in its lineup and quickly caught the public's attention. It would be an almost unique opportunity to see bands of the stature of Dark Funeral, Nargaroth, Yoth Iria, Opera IX, Besatt and other prestigious national underground groups such as Troops Of Doom, Dorsal Atlântica, Mystifier, Luxúria de Lilith, Amen Corner and more. As was announced this week, problems began to arise regarding the organization of the festival and we will discuss all the points here in this article. We will follow a timeline so that our dear readers can understand exactly what happened and can draw their own conclusions.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE EVENT IS CANCELLED? On March 5th, just a few days before the event, Marlon shared a video on his Instagram account announcing that the event was canceled. Yes, at the last minute, with countless tickets sold, people with tickets and hotel stays purchased, and bands on their way to Brazil. In the description of the post, he asked the bands not to show up at the event and for people not to leave their homes because the shows would no longer happen.
It was clear that the producer was showing signs of instability, which apparently indicated that he was having an episode. Mitnel said he was going to take his own life (to be clear, this didn't happen) and claimed that he had tried everything to make the event happen, but unfortunately he was being called things like “thief”, “Nazi” and “dishonest”. Because of this, people were asking for refunds for their tickets, making the show financially unviable. The video in question is no longer available and, although the material is in our possession and safe, for legal reasons we will not release it. It is important to note that the video was recorded the day before, on March 4th, and scheduled to air the following day, on March 5th. Some time after this video was published and, after people began to question what was happening, he published another video, but this one with very worrying content. Marlon’s mental state seemed to have worsened significantly in the last 24 hours and the images showed someone in total despair.
Well, in the first few minutes after these videos, and at this point we at Mundo Metal had no knowledge of Marlon's history with past events, the first feeling that came over us was concern for his physical integrity. He really seemed like a desperate person who didn't know how to deal with a situation that, according to him, got out of control. We tried to understand all the details and that's what this article is about. If you haven't followed the case and found out about it through this call, I imagine you were shocked by the images above. But we ask that you continue, because THERE IS A LOT OF HIDDEN DATA that you need to know before forming a definitive opinion.
THE REASONS FOR CANCELLATION Marlon had been holding some recent events in the southern region of the country, where some of them were actually happening without major problems, however, with the help of partnerships and with other people involved. It is fair to say that M.A.D. Produtora has faced some recent accusations and has also been involved in some controversies. Local things that did not make headlines on major websites in the country, but generated comments behind the scenes, where Marlon's reputation was not the best. Regarding M.A.D. Metal Fest, the producer's most ambitious event, the complications began when Fantástico's report about the NSBM scene was aired. Mundo Metal also wrote an article about TV Globo's report and you can read it by clicking HERE. Returning to the event, some bands that were confirmed were correlated to the Black Metal niche that involves Nazi ideology. Soon, the producer came under pressure to have these bands removed from the cast, and Marlon did so.
At the time, he said he was unaware of the groups' involvement with the NSBM and even stated that some of the names linked to this group were being unfairly treated and wrongly accused. Even so, a new cast was released without the participation of the accused groups and the event was confirmed. At least, until March 5th...
In the video available above and also in the various subsequent live shows that the now former producer did, he states that he suffered cancellations on social media and people started asking for refunds of the amounts already paid for the tickets. And as this number of requests grew every day, he came to the conclusion that he would not be able to cover the entire structure of the shows. Marlon then decided to abandon the festival itself, saying that he was not mentally fit.
With the imminent questions about refunds, he stated that people would need to claim the money for the tickets through Bilheto, an online platform that allows the sale and management of tickets for events, and that he had worked on the creation of the website ingressosmad.com.br (now offline).
It is important to note that the website's domain is registered in Marlon's name, as we can see in the photo below.
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