He Is Legend is 20-plus years deep into their career with seven albums under their belt, and vocalist Schuylar Croom feels they should be much bigger than they are. In a series of tweets, Croom said He Is Legend has spent the past 20 years "getting fucked by Christians, promoters, labels, managers, booking agents, friends, other horrible bands" after wondering if radio stations SiriusXM have been purposefully avoiding them.
Croom does state at the end of his post that of course He Is Legend has made some decisions that didn't help their popularity over the years, but that he stands behind them.
"We've never been played on Octane or Sirius radio bc those gatekeepers there either don't like Legend or don't know… or could it be…the old blacklist? Is that why we have a killer new album with zero shows save for the ones booked by yours truly? The evidence is overwhelming.
"When I finally write a book about this band it's going to be a nail biter. 20 years of getting fucked by Christians, promoters, labels, managers, booking agents, friends, other horrible bands, and here we are still ripping ass and not giving a fuck since 2001.
"When we were on tour with Underoath and Silverstein back in sept of 2006, Adam and I had a friend die suddenly under suspicious circumstances. We left the tour that night to be with his family. Some members on the tour were upset that we were dropping off and told us… 'Your friend really wouldn't want you to do this….' I'll never forget that stupid fucking Christian logic.
"Like just 'keep paying for 100 bucks a night at least his grave will be there when you get home. Gods plan, ya dig.' FUCK YOU. There are other really stupid things we did that were clearly on us and we would never deny those things. It's called integrity. These music cows don't what you to have that. I'm proud we've always been who we are and our fans are rabid bc of that."
It's worth noting that Croom's frustrations with the Christian metal scene stems from He Is Legend originally signing to Christian metal label Solid State Records, and being identified as a Christian metal band. He Is Legend has denied these claims over the years, saying in their Tragic Hero Records bio "We are in no way a Christian band… We all enjoy music; we all enjoy playing our instruments, so if we had to be classified as anything it would be a 'band' band or 'music' band"
