Swaar Metaal
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| Released | 2007 | |||
| Genre | Extreme metal/Heavy Metal | |||
| Label | Rhythm Records | |||
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Swaar Metaal is the third studio album by South African heavy metal band Kobus!, released on the independent record label Rhythm Records in March 2007. The ten-track album (and unlisted hidden track) sees the band's founder-members, Francois Breytenbach Blom and Theo Crous breaking away from the previous two albums experimental approach and returning to their metal roots.
Directly translated from Afrikaans Swaar Metaal literally means heavy metal; Afrikaners are not known to use this expression in the same context as English speaking metal music fans. As the name suggests, the music itself is heavy metal music.
Lyrical content
Swaar Metaal departs from the previous two albums in it being a straight Heavy Metal album. The lyrics, dark in theme, deal with topical South African sociopolitical, cultural and racial issues. Tracks like Witman, which describe frustrations from the perspectives of some young post-Apartheid white South Africans, Kinderhel, a song about child abuse and Doodstraf, which calls for the implementation of the death penalty in light of high crime figures across South Africa, deliver very unapologetic political commentaries and deal with decaying moral standards in society. Other lyrical themes include aspects of the Apocalypse.[1]
The album is called Swaar Metaal, not Pink Plastic! When it came to this album we thought let's make an album in a style that we really love and do well.
— (Francois Breytenbach Blom – 05 Apr 2007)[2]
