bands from Kenya: AFROMETALOKALYPSE Volume One

"AFROMETALOKALYPSE Volume One" is a compilation of bands from Kenya. This collection includes: The Seeds of Datura, Chovu, Mortal Soul, Powerslide, and Lust of A Dying Breed. Out of these bands this publication has covered before: The Seeds of Datura, Mortal Soul, and Lust of A Dying Breed. Chovu is a new band to this publication and their song sounds pretty heavy. We do not have much information about Chovu yet. Powerslide is also new to this publication. They are not as heavy and intense as the other bands because they are more in the style of punk/post-punk. Below you will a find recording by them that is on Bandcamp as well as other recordings by all the other bands, except Chovu (we were unable to find their music at this moment).

"Afrometalokalypse is the first ever compilation of Kenyan metal music and it is intended to be an annual collection of the best new metal for each new year. The metal scene has persevered over the years despite access to most of things other people would call standard. In particular it should be known, there is absence of professional recording facilities available to independent artists. This can be overcome by recording everything in bits and pieces in various bedroom studios and the like. This compilation celebrates this particular mode of music production - all the songs on the album having been produced in nothing greater than a humble home studio.

As musicians oursleves we know nothing beats having a full time facility with the capability of recording multiple artists at the same time. Having access to such a facility for the extended periods of time that is needed to produce rock and metal has been amongst our greatest challenges in Kenya. This is why all of the proceeds of this album will go toward the rent of a new studio facility once the COVID-19 quarantine and lockdown measures have been opened back up in Kenya.

released June 16, 2020

AFROMETALOKALYPSE Volume One by The Seeds of Datura, Chovu, Mortal Soul, Powerslide, Lust of A Dying Breed

Cat of Nine Tails by Lust of a Dying Breed

3am Black (EP) by The Seeds of Datura

Ashes In The Wind EP (Reissue) by Mortal Soul

Cheshire Grin by Powerslide