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'The duo’s beats are so distorted and frenetic they verge on blown-out black metal or the chain-saw squall of grindcore, and their piercing, feedback-laden screams hit with the pummeling cyborg intensity of industrial power electronics.' | nberlat

Africa’s metal scene has been quiet compared to its counterparts on other continents. Duma rectify that, and loudly. Vocalist Martin Khanja and guitarist and producer Sam Karugu hail from Kenya, and they relocated to Uganda to release their self-titled 2020 debut album on Kampala’s Nyege Nyege Tapes.

The duo’s beats are so distorted and frenetic they verge on blown-out black metal or the chain-saw squall of grindcore, and their piercing, feedback-laden screams hit with the pummeling cyborg intensity of industrial power electronics. Duma’s most recent release, the 2021 single “Cannis” , ups the intensity.

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