Skinflint. Vulvodyinia. Metal Orizon. Wrust. Demorogoth Satanum. You probably haven't heard of these names, but they're just some of the many African heavy metal bands featured in Edward Banchs' new ...

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Spencer Thrust, guitarist of the Death Metal band Overthrust from Botswana, performs at Wacken Open Air heavy metal music festival in Germany, on August 5 2016. Photo: AFP Tshomarelo "Vulture" Mosaka ...

Despite low rates of internet access and high data costs across the continent, many African musicians, comedians and artists have boosted their online presence during Covid-19 to forge links with fans ...

Tshomarelo “Vulture” Mosaka used to think connecting with his leather-clad fans could only ever happen as he growled lyrics at one of Botswana’s underground heavy metal concerts — until the pandemic ...

Ghanzi — Proceeds of the this year's annual charitable festival dubbed Overthrust winter Mania, will be used to lay granite at a grave where one of its members was laid to rest last December.

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Africa's metalheads have a bold vision. We talk to Edward Banchs, author of a new book about Africa's metal scene, and to a heavy metal singer in... Skinflint. Vulvodyinia. Metal Orizon. Wrust.