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UPDATE: Stu Block has issued another statement on social media, clarifying the deleted post in question and his stance surrounding the unrest at the Capitol. See it near the bottom of this page. In an announcement on Jan. 9 posted on his socials but attributed to the entire group, Block said the heavy metal band "absolutely DO NOT condone nor do we support riots or the acts of violence that the rioters were involved in on January 6th at the US Capitol building. We hope that all those involve...

Iced Earth address last weeks pro-Trump storming of the U.S. Capitol – which involved their own band member Jon Schaffer.

Iced Earth's Stu Block is responding to that deleted Facebook post where he seemingly expressed his support for the U.S. Capitol riots.

Iced Earth guitarist Jon Schaffer was among those photographed during the riot at the Capitol Building on Jan. 6 and his bandmates have now issued statements concerning his involvement expressing that they dont condone the riots or acts of violence. Both Luke Appleton and Stu Block posted a group statement on their Instagram accounts (seen below) that reads as follows: We want to thank those of you who have sent words of support in recent days. Some of you have been concerned by our silence, wh...

"We hope that all those involved that day are brought to justice"