Rising from the primordial seas of the local metal scene is a new band that has recently gained the attention of many. Megalodon is a five-piece, eight-string slinging experimental groove metal band hailing from Cape Town. Their recent debut show at Metal4Africa’s Summerfest ’12 was highly praised, with a full house of head bangers showing
Cape Town thrash fans rejoice, for impact is imminent! Bonded by a mutual love of thrash legends Exodus, members of some of the Cape Town metal scene’s most highly regarded bands have joined forces under the guise of Sexodus to wreak some lethal whiplash-inducing havoc this Easter weekend. The band will be performing a full
This one started as a rant about South African Metal. How we are always years behind the international scene, save for a few bands. I was going to complain how it took the local scene years to get into genres like folk metal, while still producing hundreds of death metal and deathcore bands that were
Originally from Durban, playing gigs above the Winston Pub & Burn Night Club, this groove death metal band has been growling its way onto the local metal scene since 2006 and has performed at all the major venues and festivals in South Africa. Contrast The Water has just returned from a massively successful six month
Johannesburg heavy metal legends Agro have just sent us this press release regarding the band performing at Wacken Open Air this year as their plans for the near future. Read on. We are extremely pleased to announce that Agro, South Africa’s premiere Metal band, will be gracing the stage at this year’s Wacken Open Air
This week, guest writer Malcolm McArb pays tribute to Pothole and their kicker of a track, “Hung To Dry”. To read more of his rants and raves, drop by his blog: updated daily… sort of. Pothole, along with such luminaries as VOD, Groinchurn and Sacryphyx, must be considered one of the most prolific and influential
M4A’s Nitro-Mecha-Penguin recently had the privilege of conducting an interview with Voice of Rock CEO and Founder, Frank Riester. This article followed: Most metalheads hailing from South Africa are frustrated with the fact that there are no radio stations dedicated to metal and hard rock music in our country. Long gone are the days of Barney Simon’s
The first time I ever encountered Charve Archer, he ran up behind me, wrapped his arms around me and said ‘oh my god, your shirt, I love your shirt, I want your shirt.’ I was wearing my favourite band, Theatre Runs Red‘s Tomb of Matrimony. We spent ten minutes sharing our love for Theatre with
Entrance was free, the line-up was impeccable and the gang was game, therefore our mission was clear, a mid-week metal adventure to Pretoria to escape from the mundane “back at work” regime the new year has brought with it. Armed with anticipation and metal thirsty ears, we piled into my little Chevy and embarked on
Metalheads, generally, are an interesting breed of people. We like the fact that we are outsiders. We absolutely adore the fact that most people don't get it. One of my greatest metal moments happened the other night. I was talking to my dad about if Nazi party scientists where involved in the Manhattan Project and the effect that American nuclear regulation on third world countries post-World War Two, and then the conversation shifted to Devin Townsend
