When Virginfest came to Atlanta, Dirty South Right Watch reporters covered the event and the bigots it attracted. Incelcore, like every other bigoted ideology, uses these themes to draw isolated, troubled people in and recruit them for hate. Stylistically, it’s generally similar to electronic punk or ‘e-punk’, but with lyrics and aesthetics that heavily focus on “ironic” sexism/racism, depression, loneliness, hopelessness, and/or a lack of belonging in the world. Incelcore as a genre and scene is more-or-less a musical outgrowth of the community. They refer to mass-murderer Elliot Rodger, who killed six and injured 14 others in 2014 because he felt rejected by women and envious of sexually active men, as a “saint.” The ideology is tied to multiple acts of terror including the 2019 Halle, Germany attack, the 2018 Toronto van attack, and the 2020 Westgate Mall shooting in Phoenix, Arizona.
Because incels think they’re doomed to a life without romance, the philosophy focuses on ways to cope with their loneliness while reinforcing their beliefs, mentally preparing themselves for suicide, or plotting to take revenge on the world. The community was heavily influenced by the “ manosphere” and other parts of the online far-right that formed in the 2010s and saw their political power come to a head under Trump. They use a variety of bunk explanations to explain why (usually women) won’t date them from pseudoscience about their own skull shapes to sexist conspiracy theories, usually blaming leftists or liberals and sometimes delving into antisemitism. In a nutshell, incels think that they’re fatalistically doomed to be undateable.
Ostensibly, it was just another punk show, but locals noticed that the lineup included several performers with connections to the far-right, as well as acts that previously played at “ Virginfest,”-another incelcore show that attracted prominent bigots.
Near the edge of the arts district, 11th Street Records had planned to host “RockAngels 2” in their combination vinyl store and recording studio venue on March 26. A show featuring “incelcore” artists that was set to take place in Las Vegas was quickly canceled after locals reached out to the prospective venue about the hyper-misogynistic “involuntary celibate” subculture’s hateful nature.
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