Chovu-Post-Black Metal from Kenya
Interview with Lord Preston
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Interview by Andrew Stanton
Chovu are a cool new Black do and Nairobi, towns in Kenya.” Holocaust, Moonspell, Obituary, Metal band from Kenya. Andrew - What bands did you Bathory, Sarcofago among others.” Stanton talked to Lord Preston like growing up? - Is Black Metal hard to disabout the African Metal scene. “I happen to know influencial cover in Africa? bands for our mem“Africa has a lot of Black - Can you tell our Metal, maybe readers a bit because our about your hiscultures are tory, please? full of voodoo “Hi I’m Chovu and witchvocalist, Lord craft and Preston. Our embracing band is a fourdarkness, in year-old project Kenya Death Metal give or take, we bers which was more common which is why are pioneers of blackened doom are hundreds but I can strongly Chovu took the sword of darkness.” and death in Kenya, we are a highlight Darkthrone, Tool, Car- - What are your lyrics about? five-piece band based in Kajia- pathian Forest, Tsjuder, Toxic “Chovu lyrics are about sor-
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