heavy metal artist sidney black is bringing a grotesque aesthetic to even grimmer sounds

There are few genres of music that balance the intensity and humanity of the grotesque quite like heavy metal and punk rock, but Sidney Black is doing just that. The hip hop leaning heavy metal rocker is creating visuals that invoke the horrorcore, with an undead aesthetic pervading his visuals. The music is metal hip hop, an amalgamation of the ferocious cadence found in the concrete jungle and the raw rage that finds its home in the pit. With clear influences from Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Eminem, and Oddfuture, it’s clear that Black is uninterested in recycling sounds of the past- he’s moving forward on untraveled ground with a diverse, genre-blending sound that is all his own. Get to know him in these videos and revel in his brand of grotesque.

By T. McLendon, AFROPUNK Contributor

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