 There's a shitload of tension. We're trying to break that fucking tension. We're the first all black, black metal band. We're at Ellis with Uproxx Report. I'm in Soweto, South Africa, a township in Johannesburg. I've spent the last couple of days getting to know the black metal band, Gemma Garab Seitanum, a group that's overcoming a dark path and changing the status quo. Right now, we're in Soweto in a place called Zola. Everybody in the band is from Soweto. It's a Soweto band. Soweto has its own vibe going on. It's got this house music, R&B-ish vibe. And they don't really explore other things, you know? I think our biggest obstacle was getting over what the community would think of us. They think that if we're doing this, you guys are going to say to us, what the fuck, we're going to pay into whatever it is. That a band like that came up out of Soweto and they're doing quite well sort of themselves and it's fantastic. We need more of that to happen. You know, breaking into this scene that's like white people only, that is hard getting our first performances and shit. Will they take us seriously? Off the top of my head, personally, in my segment of the scene, I wouldn't be able to mention an old black metal band. Between 1948 and 1991, racial segregation between black and white South Africans was institutionalized by a policy known as apartheid. This created a system where black South Africans were forced to live outside of the city in areas known as townships like Soweto. Apartheid's always a very touchy, touchy question and essay. I think with every country where segregation happened, it's a long road to recovery and all that, but when it just ended in that sense, I think the topics of music got influenced by it. Nelson Mandela became president after the first free elections in 1994, ending apartheid in South Africa. Those born after apartheid are known as born free. Born free, they are open to more music, you know, in the sense of there was no, oh, well, you're restricted to this area or to this type of music or to this culture. It's open. It's as if the board is opened. The world's board is open. The musical board is open. Trying to get more black people involved by playing here in Soweto. I cannot fuck it. I'll be tired of going out then. We're in Soweto and we're a punk fuck, baby. To just get all these bands to come and play, so that's how we actually make the metal and rock scene grow in Soweto. I think once the community sees that, putting time into something positive, it'll explode. We're trying to get wise people to come to Soweto now. In Soweto, that's a very, very weird thing to see, which is cool. It's working out. They fucking love it. We host some of the best gigs. A part of it is only like what, just over 20 years ago. So there's a shit load of tension. We're trying to break that fucking tension. And once our country breaks that racial tension, then we can fucking move on. They won't call us white people for playing white people music. For more information, follow them on Facebook or go to Uproxx.com.