Fratello Metallo
Last weekend, the Italian city of Bologna played host to Gods of Metal – the country’s largest annual heavy metal festival.
30,000 metal-lovers were there to head-bang to live concerts by Iron Maiden, Slayer, Judas Priest and many more. But a rather unusual performer was among the line-up of satanically-inspired names: Fratello Metallo. His name means Brother Metal – and he’s not your usual long-haired, tattooed, heavy metal singer. He is, in fact, a 62-year-old monk: a man of God with a passion for what’s often considered the music of the devil. Dany Mitzman dressed up in black, let her hair down and joined the crowds to see him perform.
(first broadcast on Inside Europe, Deutsche Welle Radio, 5th July, 2008)