Are there any all-black heavy metal bands?

With our play-on-words black metal celebration in full effect, it's crucial to remember there is a more important subject at hand during the month of ... A true artist, gentleman, and heart warming dude all around, he goes above and beyond to bring his fans some of the highest energy I've ever seen on stage. read more

And then there is the now defunct (also African-American) Follow For Now, though they should probably be called hard rock rather than heavy metal. And then there are of course quite a few bands from Africa. read more

A list of the best black rock bands including a few afro-punk and black alternative bands. While black rock musicians and afro-punks might only be a minority within the United States, remember that in other regions such as South America and Africa, they're the majority. read more

Black Death are an American band who have been noted as the "first all-African-American heavy metal band". The group were also mentioned in Ian Christe's book Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal, and mentioned Rock 'n' roll and the Cleveland connection by Deanna R. Adams as "one of the only, if not the only, all-black metal bands in the country" in 1987. read more