Chovu - Black Death Metal from Kenya
Interview with Preston and Bundi
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Interview by Jay Parker
This is Jay here reporting from Bogota , Colombia...Today i’ll be talking to vocalist Preston and guitarst Bundi, from the Kenyan Black/Death Metal sensations CHOVU... The band released an Ep called what sorcery is this ???? A dark, doomy trip through Kenyan folklore and magick... 1) Tell us about Chovu...when and where was the band formed? Who is in the current line up? Hey Jason. Chovu started in the year
2019 as Rot Paper Jesus, basically doing bedroom demos here and there, until we started a project with obsydian media and the name changed to Chovu, native Swahi-
our members are: Brian Bundi on guitars, Trieste Franco on rhythm guitars, Charles Frank Komora on bass, Barbra Simaloi on drums and Preston Saman- da on Vocals. 2) Tell us about your ep, w h a t k i n d of sorcery... w h e n and where was it recorded? What was the inspiration for the ep... Our ep is a five song compilation involving a popular folklore in Akamba tribe of Kenya,
l a t e m a ite notes, r w n a c You with 5 song right gear and the ght mood. the ri li meaning ‘kitu kibaya’ something bad and we took nativity as a theme and Black Metal as the genre,
