The drum solo is slow at first - then raw, thunderous, explosive. Yoyoka Soma, 15, is improvising. Downstairs at the Dome in Tufnel Park, a lowkey London venue, she and a global lineup of girls with an average age of 14 are blowing the roof off.
By the time the last cymbal crash fades at Yoyoka’s first London concert, my mourning for the Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne, who died days before this show, has flipped to pure adrenaline. I’ve seen the future of metal.
