10 Interesting Facts about South African Metal Band ‘Agro’

I received a message over facebook containing these 10 interesting facts

According to Yvonne Pennicott:

“1. ‘Ritual 6′ was mastered by Michael Hankel ( Holy Moses, Apocalyptichin Reiter, Tankard, Reckless Tide, etc)

2. The album was released worldwide through Armageddon Records in Germany.

3. The album was rated in the top 20 metal albums of the year by Germany’s biggest and longest lasting printed magazine ROCK HARD!

4. Greece’s Metal Hammer rated the album in the top 10 and #1 “most pleasant surprise” for the year!

5. Previous albums have included guest appearances from Johnny Lindvist from Sweden’s Nocturnal Rites and South Africas most well known and out-spoken rock diva Jo Day.

6. Agro was rated by the USA mag KNAC as the absolute winners of Germany’s Wacken Open Air Festival of that year.

7. Agro have toured and shared stages with metal giants such as Nightwish, Sentenced, Morbid Angel, Dee Shnider, Doro, Dark Funeral, Blaze Bayley, Stratovarious, Gamma Ray, Blind Guardian, Mortification, Carcass and many more.

8. Agro have played or headlined all major music festivals in S.A. including Woodstock, Oppikoppi, Bosberok, Witchfest, Lucky Fish, Winterbach, Lentebach, Motherfudd etc.

9. Agro was invited twice by the Botswana government to headline the World Aids Day Charity Festival in Maun, Northern Botswana.

10. Agro have begun writing their 7th album which will top all of the previous recordings, there is only one way to go and that is forward!!

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Pretty interesting stuff!

Agro are listed in MusicReview’s 20 coolest band names.