Sub-Saharan Africa is a region rich with historic, cultural and folkloric imagery that has hitherto been unexplored by most heavy metal bands and rock musicians in the West. Maybe it's just me, but I'd like to see more bands emerge from that region to explore that untapped historical and cultural milieu.
The main reason for some metalheads to exclude black people, I believe, is because of the "black culture" that is exposed on TV and radio today. Hip Hop, Funk Carioca, and new R&B form an image of a marginalized empty-minded "nigga" that deserves no respect at all, while metal focuses on more mature and intelligent topics. I like Blues, Jazz, old Rock'n'Roll and Hendrix and that's good black music to me. And it's nice to see black people who are not affected by the stupid stereotypes.
@Qodaet Metal was invented my Jimi Hendrix, a black guy. Hardcore music was invented by bad brains, black guys. But Yes you pretty much nailed it right.
nice...such a FUCKIN inspiration... time to get 50 times better at my guitar in 2 fuckin years.... i shud have long dreads or wavy hair by then....and be ready to go to war with my axe....
@WilczynWarszyc whoooa, they not that good. lol. Don't act like you've never seen black guys b4, now. They sound ok, I'm glad and stoked to see an all black band in over 20 odd years from AFRICA! wow! but let's stay on firm ground here and not just look at race. They're average sounding for a death metal band. Maybe on another album they'd slay, definitely.
@chrisnatalie1114 Why don't you shut your nasty oozing mayonnaise monkey looking ass up you pink niglet!! Paradigm shift is happening and you fuckas is on your way out!!
What's up with all the puns on "black?" I get that the band is from Botswana and all that and that they are black, but music, no matter what genre, music has no skin color. Music is music. End of line. I for one, I am glad to see that these guys do what they do, not many African metal bands that I can think of, so this is almost like an exotic thing, sort of. But the music, Crackdust is superb.
This guys are from Africa, I like their music a lot!! Great old shool Death Metal! And by the way, there are a lot of black people in the metal scene and they can listen to Death Metal as much as the white people can! I also have 2 good black metal-friends. Metal is for everyone, everybody who have a problem with black people listening to metal, go suck your fathers dick!
wait Crakdust is from Botswana? that makes two hardcore metal bands I know of from there the scene in Botswana needs to target America for publicity a lot more
dudes forget about the whole race thing. music is music doesnt matter what race or culture you are. this is metal is an angry music. not black or white music.
xxMorrissey, we made rock n' roll, just like we made almost every other popular genre of music to come out of America. Metal is just a branch off of that tree.
Plus, what's REALLY funny is White power bands in "Black Metal" the genre. They talk about mountains & Nordic myths etc, yet it's called BLACK Metal & they already play a form of Rock n' Roll, which is Black music. LMAO
ROFL...you don't know anything about metal obviously. There are more known White Power bands in the Black Metal genre than any other music genre. ...what did you think I was talking about metal bands w/ Black members? No, the genre called Black Metal. I wish sometimes people would use this much energy when they actually have something to say that's, uh...correct, and not through the safety of the internet.
White power, as in bands that support racism and promote white people as the greatest race? Name me some bands then because what you're saying is completely untrue
Actually dude, they really do exist. Look up National Socialist Black Metal. They are literally nazis who play black metal. A small and annoying part of BM.
My god, you could have stopped at "Name me some bands then", but you go on to put your ignorance as fact out there AGAIN for no reason. Ok here's a few names, & if you're a metalhead that's sad, because I'm not & I have to tell you this. The following bands fall under either National Socialist or just White Power or both categories. Do your homework! NO White Power bands?? I thought EVERY metalhead new this! Here's some names: Eingar, Hatenwar, Mayhem, Burzum, Wotanorden, Absurd, Totenburg
"While in jail, Vikernes began to formulate his nationalist heathen ideology using material from Norse mythology combined with racism and occult National Socialism."
I don't think there's a whole lot in the "heathen" ideology that states that one must also be a nazi.
they're just proud what they came from. They sing about that stuff because it's pre-christian, time of the vikings. Not racism. It's just pride in self and my book nothing is wrong wit hthat, hail black metal \m/ hail satan \m/
look up a little band called Blasphemy from Canada, a black guy is the lead guitarist and a founding member, o and that's true black metal. Also, if ur proud of ur race and ur culture, I don't think is racist, that mean u'd be calling me a proud black man a racist.
rap is nothing to be proud of, if you have any idea of its de-evolutionary values at all you would be ashamed of its long damaging effects on society. unless of course you're stoned out of your mind right now and are digging those "beats".
Yeah, if you listen to the mainstream crap. I mean you can't deny that artist like Saul Williams aren't talented lyrically.
Anyways, hell yeah for more blacks (especially in Africa) into any type of metal. We are slowly breaking into this music. Now I just wish more black girls would be into going to concerts with me. T_T
Can't blanket a whole genre like u did & claim it's some kinda "absolute truth".
Rap is just a way of making music w/ your mouth, like how you play instruments. Some ancient "songs" were "rap". Rap was probably the first form of "singing". You could rap about a bug, money, war, politics, civil rights, etc.
I got some rap where I'm "diggin those beats", THEN I got quality hip hop too.
In rock u got GG Allin, The Mentors, Marlyn Manson, and even white power trash like Skrewdriver. Owned son.
(damn character count) ...also would like ta say I got 100s of rock CDs & tapes not countin MP3s, so I ain't hardline against rock neither, I'm just impartial & I do whatever I wanna do when it comes to MY entertainment...just like ALL Black folks should do regardless of what "peers" say.
Fuck you hip hop. All your people are moving to our side - metal
BlackMetalWars 1 week ago
What's with the mediocre mixing job? Every time there's a break, I hear the compression acting up.
SchizoManatee 1 week ago
death hip hop
rudyblackbird 3 weeks ago
crasy ass band
102920634 1 month ago
metal is for metalheads....and thats all...this is old school death metal...not the shit deathcore or that shit....
10TORMENTOR 2 months ago
eles tocam pra caralho!!!
jullijapan 2 months ago
BLEEDING AWESOME! i'm posting this everywhere i can!
SpaceKills 2 months ago
you guys have to remember that in botswana the whole your're this race so you have to behave like this doesn't exist there. thank god it doesn't
Kingtunice 2 months ago
Shame they aren't playing black metal.
JSKlunk 2 months ago
niggers cant play metal,...this is fake
Wenhold1 2 months ago
@Wenhold1 you're a nigger and a racist cunt
SpaceKills 2 months ago
@Wenhold1 eat my shit you stupid...
10TORMENTOR 2 months ago
@Wenhold1 You really don't know what you are saying right?
marylandman12 1 month ago
This is sheer awesome. Must... find... record on... Amazon...
nohero23 3 months ago
@EmonicBlood123 YES I listen to all metal!!! The hell with rap, its nothing but drugs, and sex!!!!!!
marylandman12 4 months ago
Is this African Black Metal???
arielhentai08 4 months ago
@arielhentai08 It's actually death metal.
TransylvanyanForest 4 months ago
keep metal alive
Smokeclouds702 4 months ago
awesome, me like.
cheesydarkside 5 months ago
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liaMuc87 5 months ago
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liaMuc87 5 months ago
yeh, sure is nice to see guys from the african nation getting involved. ddon't stop believing!
clifton250 5 months ago
lawl this band kicks ass!
spites1 6 months ago
The intro is really awesome :o
scarv 6 months ago
Cool band! :)
barneygumbleful 6 months ago
kind of amazing i never thought of a african metal band, and i like it too
t0xictreasure 7 months ago
@t0xictreasure
Sub-Saharan Africa is a region rich with historic, cultural and folkloric imagery that has hitherto been unexplored by most heavy metal bands and rock musicians in the West. Maybe it's just me, but I'd like to see more bands emerge from that region to explore that untapped historical and cultural milieu.
killjojo 7 months ago
Love this, holy crap, just hearin bout these guys, and im from nigeria. Theyre cool
Jimmycrackcorn23456 7 months ago
ta brutal esta bandaaa de metal
maxwell9341 7 months ago
I dont fuccin like it at all. That can enjoy hell.
MegaShatteredheart 8 months ago
fuck off back to sucking Rob Darken's dick if this doesn't endear itself to you. good night white pride.
vikingtidoganarki 8 months ago
Metal didnt have color guidelines last I checked
rollin37 8 months ago
The main reason for some metalheads to exclude black people, I believe, is because of the "black culture" that is exposed on TV and radio today. Hip Hop, Funk Carioca, and new R&B form an image of a marginalized empty-minded "nigga" that deserves no respect at all, while metal focuses on more mature and intelligent topics. I like Blues, Jazz, old Rock'n'Roll and Hendrix and that's good black music to me. And it's nice to see black people who are not affected by the stupid stereotypes.
Qodaet 8 months ago 5
@Qodaet Metal was invented my Jimi Hendrix, a black guy. Hardcore music was invented by bad brains, black guys. But Yes you pretty much nailed it right.
dancingwithcalvin 8 months ago
@Qodaet Not all hip-hop is the same.
vaguelyhumanoid 8 months ago
totally loving this! big up crackdust! big up youtube!
clifton250 8 months ago
Holy shit this awesome! I come i never heard of these guys!
Fuck you racist bastards...eventually your all going to die :3
emurami 9 months ago
not all black people are black...xD
CorpseCook 9 months ago
Sweet! been looking for METAL from all over the world and awesome to find some true African DeathMetal! keep rocking and tour the states please?!!!
faqu2ful 9 months ago
Dayum nigga,this is some awesome shit!
zastonecesda 9 months ago
thats pretty fucking rocking.
DomIstKrieg 9 months ago
whoa nice death/thrash!
homelessathome 9 months ago
If anyone can represent the suffering of the Motherland, it's Death Metal from the aforementioned location.
Zakura616 10 months ago
this is awesome, more metal from around the globe!
xalastor 10 months ago
suck my balls fucking racist, all people of color should be in the metal.
luis666hells 10 months ago 16
@luis666hells Fuck yeah
JakeLL 2 months ago
Holy fuck this is awesome!!!
merchan5967 11 months ago
OOOOOH WEEEEE!!! I LOVE IT.
npg4life 11 months ago
nice...such a FUCKIN inspiration... time to get 50 times better at my guitar in 2 fuckin years.... i shud have long dreads or wavy hair by then....and be ready to go to war with my axe....
they need a better mic tho...i think
DeBuraInc01 1 year ago 3
Kicks fucking ass!
insightliviu 1 year ago
This is a real black metal band! (excuse the terrible pun...)
antieverythingCz 1 year ago
@antieverythingCz Lol..."Black Metal" ?It's a joke ?
SadoTerrorizer 1 year ago
i didn't know there's some metal scene besides south africa
Leeschany 1 year ago 2
black guys playing death metal is cool ! respect :)
emergesync 1 year ago 8
I found these guys and gave them a chance because they were black and i never saw a black metal band before. But now I love them. CRACKDUST OWNS!
chisox100 1 year ago 2
Great band, looking forward to get their album somewhere! Support African Death Metal!
PathGrinder 1 year ago 6
Fuck me!!!
Old skul fuckin' death!! Awesome Crackdust
arimurik 1 year ago 2
never knew africa had metal bands! thats awesome!!
CONNOREXPLOSION 1 year ago
lol funny ass band name
CONNOREXPLOSION 1 year ago
temazo
AyaxTelemonio 1 year ago
I say,
Leave suicides,being emo, screamo and that metal shit to the crackers.
kylodevanti 1 year ago
Great deathmetal sounds, better than Morbid Angel, more powerfull! Excellent!!!
WilczynWarszyc 1 year ago
@WilczynWarszyc Yeah,they're good,but comparing them to Morbid Angel?No.
GGxBeast 1 year ago
@WilczynWarszyc whoooa, they not that good. lol. Don't act like you've never seen black guys b4, now. They sound ok, I'm glad and stoked to see an all black band in over 20 odd years from AFRICA! wow! but let's stay on firm ground here and not just look at race. They're average sounding for a death metal band. Maybe on another album they'd slay, definitely.
lordifrit69 1 year ago
holy shit now this is exotic. doesn't sound too shabby either. Go Crackdust!
forerunner06 1 year ago
dude these are some brutal dudes they rock!
spencersym 1 year ago
this is awesome!
berbobloo 1 year ago
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chrisnatalie1114 1 year ago
@chrisnatalie1114 Why don't you shut your nasty oozing mayonnaise monkey looking ass up you pink niglet!! Paradigm shift is happening and you fuckas is on your way out!!
brotherhood302 1 year ago
i must say the lyrics describe me
tylermac64 1 year ago
Africa is possibly the most dangerous place on earth. t's brutal, and it fits metal.
DoctaGiggles 1 year ago 14
Now this is black metal xD
VitaNegern77 1 year ago 2
@VitaNegern77
Dude this is not Black Metal. This is Death Metal.
ChannelxxAUSTRIAxx01 1 year ago
fucking awesome :D
XxMetalGorxX 1 year ago
What's up with all the puns on "black?" I get that the band is from Botswana and all that and that they are black, but music, no matter what genre, music has no skin color. Music is music. End of line. I for one, I am glad to see that these guys do what they do, not many African metal bands that I can think of, so this is almost like an exotic thing, sort of. But the music, Crackdust is superb.
CannibalFromNorway 1 year ago 6
i like wrust more
12NiBer12 1 year ago
THAT's fuckin rignt! metal spreading around the world :D:D go africans trashing!
7SteveVai7 1 year ago 5
This band is not bad but I dont see what's old school about them
Aserikoth 1 year ago
Brutal old skool death metal. I like it. Refreshing.
smokeytheshadycat 2 years ago
This guys are from Africa, I like their music a lot!! Great old shool Death Metal! And by the way, there are a lot of black people in the metal scene and they can listen to Death Metal as much as the white people can! I also have 2 good black metal-friends. Metal is for everyone, everybody who have a problem with black people listening to metal, go suck your fathers dick!
PathGrinder 2 years ago 3
hmmm...I didnt know us black Folks had the Screaming Talent lol...But uhhh I dont like the screaming...Guitar playing and everything else is cool tho
FatalDeity 2 years ago
@FatalDeity We have ALL the other talent in music...what the fuck makes you think a muthafuggah can't scream. PFFt...that's not the talented part!!
brotherhood302 1 year ago
Blackened Death Metal XD
cheesychris 2 years ago
LOL "Blackened" Lol thats funny as hell!
FatalDeity 2 years ago
african debt metal
blackened death metal
AREYOUHOUSE 2 years ago
is this the band from botswana?
vikingskippen 2 years ago 2
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yes, check out their myspace page
DrSanguine 2 years ago
yeah they are from Botswana
zeppelinrulez22 2 years ago 3
ok. ichange my opinion. The band sux. Idon't like they're screaming, but i love the guitars in this song
FoxLazer 2 years ago
@FoxLazer That is your opinion because as you stated before" I dont like death metal".
Now My opinion is that CRACKDUST represents Africa very well.
Killer riffs, growls that are very raw and tasteful.
Thumbs up, very interesting...
MetalEradeGuerra 2 years ago 37
U r exactly rite (btw, thanx 4 being nice n ur reply instead of being a bitch like some peole)
FoxLazer 2 years ago
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Mogidisimo 2 years ago
one word. KILLER!
Fekall 2 years ago 3
check out wrust they rock too!
Larisiahott 2 years ago
Vaya!!
Suena bien!!
inquisidor31 2 years ago
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I'm not being racist at all bcuz i'm black also. But like seriously these guy suck. But my opinion is based on the fact that i don't like death metal
FoxLazer 2 years ago
wait Crakdust is from Botswana? that makes two hardcore metal bands I know of from there the scene in Botswana needs to target America for publicity a lot more
XioJester 2 years ago
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i call it ghetto metal lulz awesome
inflikkt 2 years ago
@inflikkt That makes no sense, this band is african not american
Aserikoth 1 year ago
Black guys don't just like rap ya know!! This is awesome!!! Will be awesome when they get better production.
MRDJBURNS 2 years ago
i hope to see more from thos guys
and more black rock
karoloandria 2 years ago
awesome, good stuff to put botswana on the dm lovers map
darkblorg 2 years ago
dudes forget about the whole race thing. music is music doesnt matter what race or culture you are. this is metal is an angry music. not black or white music.
marrellT16 2 years ago 70
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i know tons of black people who listen to death metal
hell i just played on xbox live with one he likes lamb of god and all that remains i was like fuck yeaH!!!!
skate666guitar 2 years ago
Wow !
Finally some metal by Africans !
I hope Iron Maiden will finally play somewhere there, too.
how would Run to the hills, The Clansman, The Trooper and Bloodbrothers received there?
ulizinho 2 years ago
@ulizinho there is not abetter song than the trooper to kick a nazi ass im black
love the metal family from a black cuban!
cimarronn 1 year ago
@cimarronn
Hola prezado Cubano. Es verdad, que excribiste.
Saludos de Berlin.
ulizinho 1 year ago
Awesome shit.
DarkFallendemon 2 years ago
Surprisingly good :>
MoaiMaea 2 years ago
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these guys rock
A7XFRIEK 2 years ago 3
That's some wicked shit from the mother land big Botswana!!! Juda x
c33kez 2 years ago
"Deranged Psychopath!!!!!"
Yeah!!! Botswana Death Metal!!
gordieman 2 years ago
OMG I JUST JIZZED MY PANTS, THIS IS AMAZING!!! \m/
CharmandGrimloch 2 years ago
Good Death Metal band!!
se la rifan machin
siganle dando
se oyen chingon
African death metal!!
saludos desde Mexico!!
como to mexico!
acidprogresive 3 years ago
muy buena banda de death
siganle dando
se la rifan machin
good music!!
African Death Metal!!
saludos desde Mexico!
acidprogresive 3 years ago
cool!!!
Suffocation1984 3 years ago
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lol i love it. nigger death metal <3333
inflikkt 3 years ago
Actually, most black metal bands say they
dislike national socialist black metal, because it goes against the whole meaning of the music.
rudyblackbird 3 years ago
FUCKING WIN
juggernaut140 3 years ago
Awesome band. Gonna buy their album.
TK4098 3 years ago
demons are of the mind of metal illness, its not your fault you have been programmed
NeoOneOrg 3 years ago
5 stars for this guys :D
demonkiller068 3 years ago
Black guys singning metal! Now i've seen everything
solmoman 3 years ago
...
sledgehammer6y 3 years ago
who cares? its pretty good
Frobblo 3 years ago
do you think all black like rap a lot do but their is a unique few who know REAL music like myself!
JHunter330 2 years ago
Oh shut your ass up.
ShangoRBG 2 years ago
FUCK YEAH BRO!
DJQobra 2 years ago
@JHunter330
I like both but rap is getting really sad, sad, sad these days... way too *pop*py.
orasis 1 year ago
@solmoman black dudes BEEN 'singing' metal..where've you been?
gordieman 1 year ago
sick! im also looking for some amazonian death metal!
0Goretex0 3 years ago
I am 49 and I turned my 13 year old son on to
this awesome music.Crackdust slays!!!!
thefeepy 3 years ago 3
grande esta banda! El Metal No Tiene Fronteras!
DiegoDeElite26 3 years ago
LOL BLACK METAL AMIRITE
also, what a shitty band name. way to propogate your own negative stereotypes.
xxMorrissey 3 years ago
xxMorrissey, we made rock n' roll, just like we made almost every other popular genre of music to come out of America. Metal is just a branch off of that tree.
Plus, what's REALLY funny is White power bands in "Black Metal" the genre. They talk about mountains & Nordic myths etc, yet it's called BLACK Metal & they already play a form of Rock n' Roll, which is Black music. LMAO
ContraEnzo 3 years ago
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There are no white power bands in black metal you idiot.
juggernaut140 3 years ago
ROFL...you don't know anything about metal obviously. There are more known White Power bands in the Black Metal genre than any other music genre. ...what did you think I was talking about metal bands w/ Black members? No, the genre called Black Metal. I wish sometimes people would use this much energy when they actually have something to say that's, uh...correct, and not through the safety of the internet.
ContraEnzo 3 years ago 2
White power, as in bands that support racism and promote white people as the greatest race? Name me some bands then because what you're saying is completely untrue
juggernaut140 3 years ago
Actually dude, they really do exist. Look up National Socialist Black Metal. They are literally nazis who play black metal. A small and annoying part of BM.
damaged01 3 years ago 4
My god, you could have stopped at "Name me some bands then", but you go on to put your ignorance as fact out there AGAIN for no reason. Ok here's a few names, & if you're a metalhead that's sad, because I'm not & I have to tell you this. The following bands fall under either National Socialist or just White Power or both categories. Do your homework! NO White Power bands?? I thought EVERY metalhead new this! Here's some names: Eingar, Hatenwar, Mayhem, Burzum, Wotanorden, Absurd, Totenburg
ContraEnzo 3 years ago 2
7 bands? I thought Black Metal had the most white power bands out of any genre?
FAIL
juggernaut140 3 years ago
Disregard the last comment I wrote, I was being an asshole.
juggernaut140 3 years ago
mayhem was never a white power band nor was burzum, varg is an Odinist not a racist.
lordifrit69 2 years ago
say waht you will but:
"While in jail, Vikernes began to formulate his nationalist heathen ideology using material from Norse mythology combined with racism and occult National Socialism."
I don't think there's a whole lot in the "heathen" ideology that states that one must also be a nazi.
greatmahoo 2 years ago
Wrong. Burzum and Mayhem are not NSBM,
Chewzluvsbooze 2 years ago
they're just proud what they came from. They sing about that stuff because it's pre-christian, time of the vikings. Not racism. It's just pride in self and my book nothing is wrong wit hthat, hail black metal \m/ hail satan \m/
lordifrit69 2 years ago
look up a little band called Blasphemy from Canada, a black guy is the lead guitarist and a founding member, o and that's true black metal. Also, if ur proud of ur race and ur culture, I don't think is racist, that mean u'd be calling me a proud black man a racist.
lordifrit69 2 years ago
Most Eastern European bands are! Don't be so ignorant man you know this shit is real, I live in Germany and i know.
phenkgwane 3 years ago
NSBM is only a small niche in the genre which other black metal bands look down on.
juggernaut140 3 years ago
these guyz fuking rock!!
xXalex907Xx 4 years ago
Awesome stuff! Crackdust is a must hear. thanx for posting!
ParasztGame 4 years ago
Death Metal from African dessert.. fucking awesome!!
btw Republic of Botswana is located in S.Africa
Devnal 4 years ago
Good. . . but bizarre. . .
skok65 4 years ago
I'm sure puff daddy would be proud of the brothers representing proper like
voltronsky 4 years ago
We made rock n' roll, just like we made rap.
ContraEnzo 3 years ago
rap is nothing to be proud of, if you have any idea of its de-evolutionary values at all you would be ashamed of its long damaging effects on society. unless of course you're stoned out of your mind right now and are digging those "beats".
voltronsky 3 years ago
Yeah, if you listen to the mainstream crap. I mean you can't deny that artist like Saul Williams aren't talented lyrically.
Anyways, hell yeah for more blacks (especially in Africa) into any type of metal. We are slowly breaking into this music. Now I just wish more black girls would be into going to concerts with me. T_T
Quemin 3 years ago 2
Can't blanket a whole genre like u did & claim it's some kinda "absolute truth".
Rap is just a way of making music w/ your mouth, like how you play instruments. Some ancient "songs" were "rap". Rap was probably the first form of "singing". You could rap about a bug, money, war, politics, civil rights, etc.
I got some rap where I'm "diggin those beats", THEN I got quality hip hop too.
In rock u got GG Allin, The Mentors, Marlyn Manson, and even white power trash like Skrewdriver. Owned son.
ContraEnzo 3 years ago
(damn character count) ...also would like ta say I got 100s of rock CDs & tapes not countin MP3s, so I ain't hardline against rock neither, I'm just impartial & I do whatever I wanna do when it comes to MY entertainment...just like ALL Black folks should do regardless of what "peers" say.
ContraEnzo 3 years ago
wow, that is damn good music ;)
Metalmero 4 years ago
love it true death metal awesome
limabeing 4 years ago
six feet under-ish?
Rikxcore 4 years ago
i agree
limabeing 4 years ago
dope. guitar is dope. the sound is dope. but where on earth is botswana?
koolkidd94 4 years ago
africa
limabeing 4 years ago
i have no comment except its freaky shit
hannah30307 4 years ago
But how often do you get to hear a death metal band from Botswana?! :)
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BlankTV 4 years ago 4
That was heavy. Video wasnt all that great though.
SigSig14 4 years ago