The Old Metal Gods
There is something poetic about a heavy metal musician emigrating to the United States and arriving here on Halloween. But whereas that American holiday traffics in a capitalist caricature of horror, guitarist Metal Sam (his stage name; he asks not to use his given name saying “it’s dangerous, but also nobody knows me using that name”), who fled his native Afghanistan after the Taliban’s 2021 retaking of the country, and performs as Rig Veda, understands real terror and mortality.
Source: brooklynrail.org
