Exodus fan arrested after sharing lyrics on Facebook

A fan of the US metal band, Exodus, was arrested recently after posting some of the bands lyrics on Facebook.

The fan, James Evans, shared the lyrics to the bands song, 'Class Dismissed (A Hate Primer)'. Evans was arrested on August 24th because "he threatened to kill students and or staff at school."

Exodus’ publicist released a statement on behalf of the the band, stating that the band do “not promote or condone terrorists threats or bullying”, but that they don't understand “the fact that this man being charged for what seems against his first amendment rights of Freedom of Speech.”

The lyrics for 'Class Dismissed (A hate Primer)': 

"Everything around me ignites my rage
I'm burning with animosity
Everywhere I look another war to wage
Filled with purpose of singularity
Got my hollow points, got my magazines
Wrote my manifesto of decay
Commencement of the killing at the university
Antipathy, the lesson of the day
They never should have pushed me away

Student bodies lying dead in the halls

A blood splattered treatise of hate

Class dismissed is my hypothesis

Gun fire ends the debate

All I ever wanted was a little affection

But no one ever gave it to me

My hate primer's the result of my rejection

You'll die for it, and I'll die for thee

The halls of learning now a shooting range
My final exam with a gun
Killing everyone who ever thought me strange
My bloody dissertation has begun
Pomp and circumstance replaced by bullet wounds
The smell of gunpowder on the air
Murder is the nightmare of this afternoon
My malevolence, your cross to bear
All because of my despair

Hate lives in me
Hate lives in me
Hate-I need it and it needs me
Hate-I feed it and it fed me
Hate-I breed it and it bred me
Hate
Hate-I read it and it read me
Hate-I lead it and it led me
Hate-I bleed it and it bled me
I breathe it in, and it breathes through me

While SWAT teams swarm all around the quad

The symposium of slaughter carries on

Smith and Wesson is my only God

And the line in the sand has been drawn

Valedictorian of violence

Graduation day, one bullet remains

Charles Whitman set the precedent

I pull the trigger and blow out my brains

They never knew I was insane

I instruct you
And I destruct you
I deconstruct you
Until my hate has fucked you"