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Chilean Anthrax Fans Start A Fire in The Moshpit

The dumbest thing ever. There's not a dumber thing than this.

November 14, 2017

This Monday during an Anthrax show in Chile, some fans started a fire or let off a flare or something in the moshpit. This is both incredibly stupid and incredibly dangerous and we don't condone it in any way.

You may as well take a look at it though:

To reiterate: this is super dumb and you shouldn't do anything like this. People could've died. But yeah, Chilean metal fans are wild.

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