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Hellbangers (Hardcover)
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Hellbangers (Hardcover)
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The Hellbangers are the "enfants terribles" of a sleepy, diamonds
rich country. Photographer Pep Bonet (1974, Mallorca) has been
following Overthrust, a heavy metal band from Botswana, Africa, and
shows us a growing, exciting and thoroughly organic heavy metal
community. Ten years ago, one group existed. Today there are more
than ten - and their fans are growing every year. The inhabitants
of Botswana portrayed in this book are tattooed, loudly and proudly
dress in leather, and play heavy death metal music. Imagine the DIY
ingenuity of their 'costume creation' involving harvested animal
skulls and other natural elements. With names like Demon and
Gunsmoke, it would be easy though to think they are thugs, but "We
try to be examples. Rock is a wild thing, but also something for
the heart", says Gunsmoke, the heavy metal head. Here too, the
lyrics of the songs are very critical towards societies, just like
their western peers. Metal in Botswana is rebellious movement
against authorities. This is the story of what looks at first to be
an unlikely union, yet one which powerfully illustrates how music,
how heavy metal music, has become a positively unifying force in an
unlikely part of the world. With text contributions written by Pep
Bonet and Steffan Chirazi, and a foreword by Rob Halford from Judas
Priest.
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