Metal made by black musicians

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Metal made by black musicians

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I was wondering which 80's Metal bands with official releases (not including South America/Africa) consisted of or had black musicians?
Maybe you can add more bands to the list:

Bernie Torme's Electric Gypsies
Black Death (US)
Black Sheep (US)
Blackkout (US)
Blasphemy (Can)
Black Dethe (US)
Bronx (Fra)
Defcon (->Metallica) (US)
Dyoxen (Can)
Dragonfly (UK)
Fucker (Ger)
Force (US)
Harvey (US)
Hirax/L.A. Kaos (US)
Iron Man (US)
Kalaschnikov (Ger)
King Kobra (US)
M.A.R.S./Tony McAlpine (US)
Mass (Ger)
Phantasm (US/CA)
Revelation (US)
Sabre (US/Ger)
Saviour (Hol)
Sapphire (UK)
Samson (UK)
Sound Barrier (US)
Steel Prophet (US)
Stone Vengeance (US)
Strattson (Fra)
Suffocation (US)
Suicidal Tendencies (US)
The Plasmatics (US)
Wanted (US)
Wicca (US)
Zoetrope (US)
Znowhite/Cyclone Temple (US)
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Force (US)
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M.A.R.S. (US) - Tony McAlpine, he also released many solo-shredding albums in the 80s.
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Great guys, how could I forget them, added to the list.
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Mass from Germany - the vocalist was of African origin.
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Herkus Monte wrote:Mass from Germany - the vocalist was of African origin.
He doesn't look very black to me on the photos I have of the band.
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Warepire wrote:
Herkus Monte wrote:Mass from Germany - the vocalist was of African origin.
He doesn't look very black to me on the photos I have of the band.
Not even on the cover of this one? http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/ ... ter_house/

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Warepire wrote:M.A.R.S. (US) - Tony McAlpine, he also released many solo-shredding albums in the 80s.
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Hirax..... :D
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Ernest Thesiger wrote:
Warepire wrote:
Herkus Monte wrote:Mass from Germany - the vocalist was of African origin.
He doesn't look very black to me on the photos I have of the band.
Not even on the cover of this one? http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/ ... ter_house/
Ok, I hadn't seen that photo before. I can see the African genes. Nice catch.
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I am certain I have seen a few black dudes on the photos of some more obscure Brazillian death/thrash bands from the 80`s but I cannot recall the names right now.
Oh, and there is also Mystifier...
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Black Dethe (they released only demos though)
And I'm not sure if the dude in the MA photo of Death Mask is black, latino or both.
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