Zimbabwe tribesmen
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Zimbabwe Tribesmen are a Death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

 band with Instrumental, Thrash and Funk influences, formed in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

 in 2006.

Biography

The band was started by Abidemi Ambo as a project with his best friends, Kgosi Naisoh and Jengo Afriakaani. Afolabi Bastiaans later joined but left in 2007, where Shekwan Farrakhan took his place as a drum machine operator http://myspace.com/zimbabwetribesmen They are notable for avoiding usual musical rules, and generally creating most of their music as a result of a jam session
Jam session
Jam sessions are often used by musicians to develop new material, find suitable arrangements, or simply as a social gathering and communal practice session. Jam sessions may be based upon existing songs or forms, may be loosely based on an agreed chord progression or chart suggested by one...

 http://myspace.com/zimbabwetribesmen. All four members are from Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

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Zimbabwe Tribesmen are not known for playing live, and have been known to try to hide their faces.

Their first album was a released on February 22, 2007, which was solely distributed by the internet. It was entitled "Zimbabwe Tribesmen (Reload That Pistol, Son)".

A new album has been confirmed in an interview with Abidemi Ambo.

The new album, on July 11, 2007, was confirmed to be called "Optimum Discharge", and a demo of a new song has been released on the MySpace page.

Zimbabwe Tribesmen frontman Abidemi Ambo reported that this demo would contain vocals in the final version, showing a distinct change from their past instrumental history.

Albums

  • Zimbabwe Tribesmen (Reload That Pistol, Son) (2007)
  • Optimum Discharge (2007) (Currently being recorded)

Trivia

  • Afolabi Bastiaans was the original drum machine
    Drum machine
    A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums or other percussion instruments. They are used in a variety of musical genres, not just purely electronic music...

    operator, but left seemingly without notice. The band did not take kindly, and insulted him via their website http://myspace.com/zimbabwetribesmen
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