Description: All Hail the ancestral energy of Rock-n-Roll! My mission is to roll out the black-studded carpet and illuminate the smoke-eyed spotlight on African Diaspora Music, Art & Culture; past, present and future.
Photo By: Samantha Hollins in Botswana at the 10th Annual Overthrust Winter Metal Mania Charity Fest in 2019
Botswana has a thunderous Rock and Metal scene that is making a lot of international noise. When I was invited there in 2019 by legendary 4-piece old school Death Metal band Overthrust , I didn’t have any preconceived notions as an artist myself. I do know that many us are judged based on outer appearances and that old saying about our beloved genre being the so called devils music.
Overthrust brand of Death Metal is like a force of nature that swallows it’s pain in order to release layers of negative energy. The vocal roars and the lyrical core is not a evil sermon waiting to wreck havoc on your soul. It is more like hardcore sound waves exterminating inner demons. My interview with lead vocalist/bassist Tshomarelo Mosaka ( Vulture Thrust ) of Overthrust is truly an eye opener, unveiling the definition of their true offering to Metal.