Skinflint (band)

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Skinflint
Skinflint Band Photo.jpg
Left to right: Giuseppe Sbrana, Kebonye Nkolso and Alessandra Sbrana
Background information
Origin Gaborone, Botswana
Genres African heavy metal
Years active2006–present
Labels
  • Pure Steel
  • Legion of Death
Members
  • Giuseppe Sbrana
  • Kebonye Nkoloso
  • Cosmos Modisaemang
Past members
  • Mothusi Mahuri
  • Alessandra Sbrana
Website skinflintmetal.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.

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Band history

Formation (2006)

Skinflint was founded by lead guitarist and vocalist Giuseppe Sbrana [8] in 2006. He recruited Kebonye Nkoloso [9] on bass guitar and Alessandra Sbrana [10] on drums.

Skinflint's music mixes elements of local traditional music with heavy metal, [11] inspired by Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath. [11]

Line-up change: the Iklwa era (2007–2011)

Drummer Alessandra Sbrana parted ways with Skinflint in 2007, and was replaced by Mothusi Mahuri. [12] The band then began writing Massive Destruction, which was released on 6 June 2009. [13] The album was never distributed outside of Botswana. In 2010 the band recorded their second album, Iklwa, and later launched the album at the Whiplash Metal festival in Cape Town, South Africa on 11 December 2010. [14] Iklwa was distributed by Legion of Death records and later by Pure Steel Records. [15]

Gauna era (2011–2012)

The band produced a 7-inch EP titled Gauna [5] with Legion of Death records, featuring three exclusive songs, "Mantis Skull", "Bloody Gqokli", and "Gauna". [16] The release also included a live version of the song "Iklwa", as a bonus track.

In 2012, the band was interviewed by Errol Barnett of CNN and performed the title track, "Gauna", live for CNN's Inside Africa after the interview. [17]

Dipoko era (2012–present)

Mothusi Mahuri parted ways with Skinflint, and Alessandra Sbrana returned to the helm for drum duties. [18] The band began recording Dipoko and launched the album at the Nairobi Rock fest on 8 December 2012, in Nairobi, Kenya. [18] [19] In July 2013 Dipoko was re-released through Pure Steel Records, [6] and the band embarked on their first European tour. [20]

Upon their return, the band was interviewed by Mark Tutton, [3] where Giuseppe Sbrana discussed the expansion, and interest in the African metal scene. In 2019, Sbrana would leave the band for a second time. Her replacement was Cosmos Modisaemang.

Discography

Massive Destruction [13]

Iklwa [4]

Gauna [5]

Dipoko [6]

Chief of the Ghosts

Skinflint

Hate Spell

Band members

Current band members

Past band members

Timeline

Skinflint (band)

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  3. 1 2 Tutton, Mark (13 February 2014). "Botswana's metal heads still rocking". CNN Inside Africa. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  4. 1 2 xFiruath. "Skinflint (IKLWA) CD". Metal Underground. Retrieved 25 May 2001.
  5. 1 2 3 "Gauna". Discogs.
  6. 1 2 3 Heron, Linda. "SKINFLINT "Dipoko" – Cover, Tracklist, Released 26th July 2013". Planet Mosh. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
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  9. ↑ "Kebonye Nkoloso". The Metal Archives. Encyclopaedia Metallum.
  10. ↑ "Alessandra Sbrana". Metal Archives. Encyclopaedia Metallum.
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