While the African heavy metal scene may not be as developed as other regions, the underground movement has steadily gained traction in recent years, offering a unique and powerful countercultural ...

"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 on ...

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.

Cape Town black metal collective Wildernessking first appeared on my radar back in 2012 with their debut album, The Writing of Gods in the Sand, and I gushed about them in miniature via my old ...