Chovu was first played on NTS on 7 August 2020. Songs played include Mwikali.

Chovu are a Black Metal band formed in the one of the most dangerous areas of Nairobi, the slum of Shauri Ya Moyo. The band was formed by Lorde Death Ico (Bass), Lord Rot (Vocals), Zorth (Guitar +vocals), Saibo (guitar) - but in early 2020 the band was soon split in 2 due to the pandemic curfews and lockdown in Kenya which saw Nairobi become a prison for it’s residents. Lorde Death and Rot found themselves sharing a single room with no windows in an underground dungeon next to the filthy Nairobi river filled with sewerage and rats. Despite the unpleasant surroundings this made a great place to make music undisturbed. Using only a Roland Keyboard amplifier; electric guitar, bass and microphone -recording into their phones - they got down to work composing material for projects in multiple genres not only Black Metal. Salesmen of the narcotic Khat diurnally, the band led a nocturnal existence like no-other - recording new material nightly aided by liberal consumption of the plant. By the lifting of the curfew the band had produced an anthology of work proportional to a volume of literature from their underground lair.

The band has chosen to resurrect folk tales of the gruesome variety from the various ethnicities within the region. “Mwikali” a tale of a forbidden love triangle, the first release, came out in May 2020 on “Afrometalokalypse Volume 1,” a heavy metal compilation of the who’s who of Kenyan bands of the last decade.

In October 2020 Obsydian Media and A4 studios opened Kivulini Studios in Ngong and Chovu were the first band in residence selected to recorded a five track album/EP with acclaimed producer Wilson Muia (The Seeds of Datura). In November 2020 Chovu self-released a demo CD of “What Sorcery is This?” locally and it was quickly sold out. The official version was released by Obsydian Media at the end of the same year.

In early 2021 Chovu performed a series of sold out concerts at the renowned Dagos venue famous as the premiere venue of Kenyan music and they were recently featured on national Television in a controversial interview y254 (30k subscribers) Rock Tour Show (viewership of millions). “What Sorcery is This?” has gone on to be a critically acclaimed album by music critics and fans alike. At this moment the band is working on a full length album.