Mind Assault
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Mind Assault is a heavy metal band formed in 2003, that first emerged in October 2004 under the name Mind Assault. Their members are based in Somerset West near Cape Town, South Africa. They were the first extreme metal band to use their native language Afrikaans in their music, maintaining a balanced use of Afrikaans and English in their music. This language usage results from a re-emerging consciousness (see Voëlvry) among young Afrikaans people through alternative sub-cultures, reflected by bands such as Fokofpolisiekar and Kobus!, which results from a closer observation of their own cultural heritage.
Mind Assault has become known in South Africa as a form of activism for political freedom on stage and in writing. The band's lyrical content narrates issues of state and political interest and matters of personal frustration and social problems.
The band consists of a stable line-up of three founding members. Whilst Mind Assault originally had trouble finding a suitable drummer in their home town, Stephen Lenhoff (a high school friend and multi-instrumentalist) joined the band on drums for a period of almost three years before Andries Smit started as drummer in January 2007. Smit quickly become a vital contributor to the band not only by drumming, but also as composer, establishing his role as the fifth member.
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