We're barely two months into the reunited rump of Pantera touring again, and the legendary heavy metal band is already at the center of a free speech scandal.

Earlier this week, music news site Consequence reported that the band has been booted from the lineup of two German music festivals and had a scheduled performance in Vienna, Austria, canceled as well. Concerts organizers haven't been explicit about the reasons for the canceled performances.

The reporting thus far suggests it's in response to a 2016 incident when Pantera lead singer Phil Anselmo threw out a Nazi salute and shouted "white power" at a tribute concert to the band's murdered guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbot.

The organizer of the two German festivals said in a translated Facebook post that after "many intensive conversations with artists, our partners and you, the festival fans, we have continued to deal with the criticism together and decided to remove the band from the program." The organizer for the Vienna show hasn't said why the band's performance was canceled...