Who Are the Death Metal Cowboys of Africa?

Wearing leather jackets in Africa, now that's fucking brutal. Really cool scene.

This just shows that metal is universal. We have Mongol metal now, Arab metal, Japanese metal, Indian metal, there's an NZ Maori metal band. Metal taps into deep emotions all humans share.

Death Metal Cowboys of Africa? Fucking Brutal

If a black person in my city dressed like that, other black people would say they're "trying to be white". Though that doesn't stop ME from dressing that way!

He makes a good point concerning the african culture and mythologies not being used in mainstream metal. I'd love to hear dudes yellin' about zulu warriors goin apeshit!

I really hope that dudes cousins name is actually vulture.

2:44 His nickname is "Vulture Thrust"? God damn, that's so metal

All those dudes at 2:13 are fucking badass looking. Leather jackets in Botswana. Bad motherfuckers.

I am Motswana and it's absolutely lovely to hear things from your point of view. I think another reason we don't learn about this subculture is coz of fear, we are afraid of approaching and asking questions to help us better understand you. And mostly because like you said you are crazy, we never know what to expect. I've seen for instance walking in station ' leRock' as we have come to know them walking dragging the biggest chain and people quickly moving out his way looking both both amazed and scared. One other time, instead of pushing a shopping cart he carried it and put It on his shoulder and carried on shopping. It's very odd but also very interesting and I sincerely hope to learn more.

Here’s my 2 cents. Just a quick thought about what the drummer woman said: if you are playing metal music, you don’t really have to worry about getting your music into the mainstream, like on radio stations, for instance. People know what kind of music is on the radio already, and if they are choosing to listen to a radio station, then they are generally wanting to listen to music that is always played on the radio. The target audience for metal music is usually best reached via the internet. So in my opinion, they don’t need to worry about mainstream radio play, but instead they should be promoting their music through various internet sites (social media/metal forums). That’s the best way to reach an audience who really wants to listen to metal. I know, personally, I just searched African Metal on YouTube, and I came across this video. So that’s a perfect example. I seek specific genres of music through the internet and that’s just how it works with any music style that is not promoted on radio stations. And I’m fairly certain it’s pretty much like that in every country to a certain extent. I am a living example of my point I just made. I would never expect to hear music like this on the radio, but I find lots of great music on the internet. It’s amazing.

Glad to see Africa rocking out and branching to different genres of music

That lady drummer is pretty awesome, you kidding me? I love it when women have the chops to not only rock out with the boys, but also beat them at their own game. I hope she's still drumming and still kicking ass.

this is so fucking awesome. metal transcends race, transcends borders. Africa is a treasure of culture, history, and passion. I think Sepultura should tour there and bring more attention to these bands and the scenes down there. It makes sense that Africa would actually embrace metal, particularly the heavier genres since there has been alot of strife, and rape of their culture. makes for a lot of creative avenues of intergrating local instruments, much the way Sepultura did with their Chaos A.D. and Roots albums and beyond. love this.

There is hope for humanity

These guys are cooler than a freezer in the north pole.

Black metal

This. That shit there. Is brutal.

this is so pure and wholesome. No gymnastics about trying to be heavier than the other guy, or who can be eviler. Just people coming together for the pure joy of metal.

That dude with real skulls on his jacket...

This is the way metal is supposed to be embraced. Music unites people