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GMC Forum _ CHILL OUT _ Metal Bands From Unlikely Places
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Aug 15 2012, 02:17 PM
I received a newsletter today from a big metal and rock music oriented community - metalhead.ro and in the news section, there was this article with metal bands from...countries in Africa 
And I don't mean South Africa...
Well, you would be surprised to hear some good metal music from totally unlikely places - these parts of the world are dangerous and totally not friendly for this sort of artistic manifestation, in my opinion and yet, amazing people are carrying the flag of metal!
Check out a few of these bands:
From Zambia
From Botswana
What do you think about these guys? 
Do you know any bands, having a particularly odd provenience?
Cosmin
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Aug 15 2012, 05:14 PM
Interesting thread mate! There is a documentary called Global metal that talks about this!
Posted by: Ben Higgins Aug 16 2012, 10:51 AM
When I read the title of this thread, I though 'I wonder if there are any African metal bands ?' and then the page opened !
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Aug 16 2012, 10:53 AM
Well, it means our minds were connected when I actually wrote the post yesterday!
Posted by: Ben Higgins Aug 16 2012, 11:01 AM
I love these guys, Skinflint !!
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Aug 16 2012, 11:06 AM
I could've bet all my guitars
It was exactly you that I had in mind when I added them here
Posted by: Ben Higgins Aug 16 2012, 11:21 AM
It was exactly you that I had in mind when I added them here Hehe... the Wrust guys are good too. I've never had any desire to visit Africa at all but hearing these guys makes we want to play some shows there
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Aug 17 2012, 04:33 PM
Check this list from South america!
Transmetal
Mexico
thrash/death metal
Andrómeda
Guatemala
power metal
Dreamlore
El Salvador
thrash/death metal
Delirium
Honduras
heavy metal/thrash
Vortex
Nicaragua
Heavy/power metal
Acero
Costa Rica
Heavy Metal
Cabeza de Martillo
Panamá
Trash y Death Metal
Masacre
Colombia
death metal
Sueño y Visiones
Venezuela
Heavy Metal
Viuda Negra
Ecuador
Metal Progresivo y Heavy Metal
Arsenal
Perú
thrash metal
Pentagram
Chile
death metal, y thrash metal
Rata Blanca
Argentina
heavy metal
Primal Instincts
bolivia.
Death Metal
STEEL ROSE
Paraguay
Heavy Metal
Deep Dream
Uruguay
Melodic Black Metal
Violator
Brazil
thrash metal
Hipnosis
Cuba
Heavy y Thrash Metal
Exsanguination Throne
republica dominicana
Black Metal
Aura Azul
Puerto rico
Heavy Metal
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Aug 18 2012, 07:09 PM
Man oh man! What a list! Gabe! I remember a band you showed me and you told me that you were sure I would like them...can you please tell me their name? I don't seem to remember .. if you do, I'd be grateful!
Thanks man!
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Aug 18 2012, 07:48 PM
Thanks man!
mm I don't remember which band it could be... maybe "Carajo"?
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Aug 19 2012, 03:39 PM
Yeaaaahhhhhhahaha That's it! Thanks man!!
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Aug 22 2012, 03:00 AM
That's it! Thanks man!!You have to see them live man! Come to Argentina and we will go to see them.
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Aug 22 2012, 07:08 AM
Gabe, you live in Buenos Aires, right?
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Aug 22 2012, 04:00 PM
yes!
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Aug 23 2012, 08:26 AM
I was asking because if things go well with the resources this year, I would like to make a brave attempt and visit South America somewhere next year
Mate, I think that traveling is the best heritage you can gather in a lifetime. You can't take physical possessions along with you in your grave, but when you think back on all that you have seen, felt, heard, tasted, smelled and enjoyed, you realize that you are truly a rich man
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Aug 24 2012, 12:41 AM
Mate, I think that traveling is the best heritage you can gather in a lifetime. You can't take physical possessions along with you in your grave, but when you think back on all that you have seen, felt, heard, tasted, smelled and enjoyed, you realize that you are truly a rich man
Nice thinking mate! You are invited here!
There are many beautiful places in Argentina so if you come to South America you have to visit my country!
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Aug 24 2012, 08:37 AM
Thanks Gabe! There was this tour of some South American countries, at a travel agency of an acquaintance, where you could visit a lot of places, all inclusive with around 900 euros. I think it's fairly cheap for what the whole tour has included. I'll have to reflect upon this Oh and the plane ticket is included too - sounds too good for reality, right?
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Aug 24 2012, 05:35 PM
Oh and the plane ticket is included too - sounds too good for reality, right?yeah! that's very cheap!! what countries/cities does it include?
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Aug 25 2012, 12:05 PM
I don't know all of them (I'll have to ask), but I know Peru, Chile and Argentina are on the list
Posted by: Himansu C Kerkar Aug 26 2012, 05:21 PM
To this list i wud love to add this band called Nervecell from Dubai UAE
Do check their songs whenever possible
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Aug 26 2012, 08:09 PM
Great! You have to know these countries!
Posted by: Sollesnes Sep 1 2012, 11:59 PM
I've posted many bands before, but I don't think I've posted this one before. Maybe someone might like them From Mongolia:
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Sep 2 2012, 07:47 PM
From Mongolia: Man this sounds totally mystical! I don;t believe that could be a didjeridoo in the beginning, as it's an aboriginee instrument, rather than a Mongolian one?
Posted by: Sollesnes Sep 2 2012, 08:04 PM
Not quite! It's throat singing
edit: or if you are thinking of the violin-like instrument that comes when the guitar kicks in, I believe it's probably an Erhu!
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Sep 2 2012, 08:42 PM
Wow Super interesting! Thanks for sharing mate - so this is why those Asian melodic lines played on the Erhu are having such a wide vibrato - it's like vibrating into thin air!
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Sep 2 2012, 10:43 PM
From Mongolia: man!! I enjoyed this a lot! this guys make a great balance of extreme metal and their own folk and the result is very interesting for me. I love when this combinations are done with good quality. One band that come to mind when I was hearing this is Sepultura. When they recorded the album "Roots" they combiner metal with their folk in a very clever way.. so they did one of the best metal albums of all time (from my point of view).
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Sep 3 2012, 07:03 AM
Hehe! I totally agree man! I loved that album ESPECIALLY because of the folk music influences they have used 
Posted by: Ben Higgins Sep 3 2012, 08:53 AM
When I first heard that album when I was a kid, me and my friends thought it was the most outrageous, heavy thing we'd ever heard !
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Sep 3 2012, 01:58 PM
haha it's awesome how our ears get accustomed to music that is more and more extreme...
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Sep 4 2012, 02:21 PM
I remember how scared i was, the first time that I listened to Tool... Man...it was horrifying - I was at a friends house at his birthday party back in 2003. His house is rather large but wider, rather than taller, so I was sleepy and trying to find an empty room to lay down a bit, I went and went, until Passing through several rooms I found one silent enough. I was alone.
The sound of music was somewhere far away but still pretty much distinguishable, so that at the point when I went in that state right before falling asleep, terror struck me.... I could hear a circus like music and suddenly, a creepy little ugly man appeared and started dancing grotesquely around the bed. I can't describe the sensation... That instant, a friend came into the room and I found myself clutching the bed cover so tight, that it got all tangled up beneath me. I later found out that the song which I was hearing was a tune played by Tool. It took me about 5-6 years to listen to them again and understand that music
I must add that I didn't even have something to drink or anything else... Pretty weird huh?
Posted by: Ben Higgins Sep 4 2012, 04:06 PM
The sound of music was somewhere far away but still pretty much distinguishable, so that at the point when I went in that state right before falling asleep, terror struck me.... I could hear a circus like music and suddenly, a creepy little ugly man appeared and started dancing grotesquely around the bed. I can't describe the sensation... That instant, a friend came into the room and I found myself clutching the bed cover so tight, that it got all tangled up beneath me. I later found out that the song which I was hearing was a tune played by Tool. It took me about 5-6 years to listen to them again and understand that music
I must add that I didn't even have something to drink or anything else... Pretty weird huh?
That is a very... unusual experience. I first heard Tool live at Ozzfest which was a lot less scary than your experience !!
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