Skinflint (band)

Skinflint
Left to right: Giuseppe Sbrana, Kebonye Nkolso and Alessandra Sbrana
Background information
OriginGaborone, Botswana
GenresAfrican heavy metal
Years active2006–present
Labels
  • Pure Steel
  • Legion of Death
Members
  • Giuseppe Sbrana
  • Kebonye Nkoloso
  • Cosmos Modisaemang
Past members
  • Mothusi Mahuri
  • Alessandra Sbrana
Websiteskinflintmetal.com

Skinflint is a heavy metal band from Gaborone, Botswana.[1] They have incorporated elements from African culture into heavy metal music,[2] attracting the attention of international media.[3] Their releases, Iklwa,[4] Gauna[5] and Dipoko,[6] pay homage to ancestral beliefs and African spirituality,[7] while the band still plays in the vein of traditional heavy metal.

  1. ^ Skinflint Official Page Archived 14 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ "Botswana Skinflint Mixes Metal With Its Own History" [SVT play], retrieved 1 November 2013.
  3. ^ Tutton, Mark (13 February 2014). "Botswana's metal heads still rocking". CNN Inside Africa. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  4. ^ xFiruath. "Skinflint (IKLWA) CD". Metal Underground. Retrieved 25 May 2001.
  5. ^ "Gauna". Discogs.
  6. ^ Heron, Linda. "SKINFLINT "Dipoko" – Cover, Tracklist, Released 26th July 2013". Planet Mosh. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  7. ^ Redgrave, Oslo. "Interview with Giuseppe Sbrana of Skinflint". EGMNOW. Archived from the original on 6 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.