These metal missionaries were followed by the corporate cameras of CNN and Vice, who have posted galleries online of intense African metal fashion, a cross between the The Road Warrior and Westworld.

Back in June 2012, CNN’s Inside Africa traveled to the southern African country of Botswana to meet up with some of the country’s metal heads, and found the bands’ powerful riffs were ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Africa is the future of metal." These are the words of Rock Ahavi, the singer, founder and chief songwriter with Arka’n Asrafokor, the electrifying metal band putting their home country of Togo ...

South African Black Metal Band DEMOGOROTH SATANUM Frontman Delves Into the Country's Scene & Breadth of Black Metal. Earlier this year, I ran into a headline that was too iconic to pass up.

One of the most prominent Black Metal bands from Soweto, Gauging is Demogoroth Satanum. The band was founded by guitarist Brian also known as “Thornum” and drummer Martin who goes by the name ...

Back in June 2012, CNN’s Inside Africa traveled to the southern African country of Botswana to meet up with some of the country’s metal heads, and found the bands’ powerful riffs were ...

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 Botswana known as "Vulture." ...

Africans have been fans of popular metal bands like Metallica, Motörhead and Iron Maiden since the 1970s, says Banchs, 43, a Pittsburgh, Pa.-based researcher and freelance writer who calls ...