For any given subculture, there are assumptions about who the true arbiters and fans of that group should be. There are rules about who can play – the same rules that made teenage metal band Unlocking The Truth such an oddity and a sensation, because many simply don’t see young black boys from Brooklyn as the face of heavy metal music.
Feature documentary "Death Metal Angola" turns this idea on its head as it spotlights a group of rockers and metal enthusiasts a world away from the music’s roots in Europe and the United States. Amid a nation ravaged by generations of war and internal conflict, the subgenre of death metal is used as an emotional outlet and in fact, a…
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