This just in from THE CASTING STUDIO in Cape Town… 4 Heavy Metal guys are needed for an advert to be made by a big brand in the automotive industry. If you are aged between 17 and 30 years, and can make yourselves available for casting tomorrow (Friday 3 Feb), then you might stand to
This text copied and pasted directly from RAMfest. We’ve included the relevant links for your convenience. Good luck, and happy hunting! Boys and girls, we are about to run a competition like no other. We’re about to give you something no other South African festival has ever given you before…the chance for one of you,
And we’d hate to see it dented! Too often do we see the genre of metal slipping unnoticed by the wayside when awards are categorized and even our most awesome bands are not taken seriously. Also too often, the team at M4A is defending against people accusing the metal folk of this country as being
Theatre Runs Red remain one of South Africa’s most highly acclaimed pre-release death metal acts. Over the last few years since emerging out of the Kwazulu-Natal Region, they have performed multiple shows in all major cities across the country to eager audiences, resulting in being selected to appear at festivals ranging from Ramfest (Western Cape)
Warthane popped up on my radar in 2008. Despite them being based in Johannesburg some 1,600 kilometers away from me in Cape Town, I’ve had ample opportunities to see them perform at various clubs and festivals in a number of cities at fairly regular, but well-spaced intervals over the last 4 years or so. This
Cape Town: Mind Assault finds itself on the receiving end of attack because of the open stance they have taken agaisnt the recently proclaimed Protection of Information Bill by the South African ruling party - the band fights back!
Crow Black Sky surfaced in the Cape Town live metal circuit in 2010, and released their acclaimed debut album Pantheion in 2011. Although the band has not been known to appear live since the release of this album, they are now making a much anticipated return to the stage to launch their newly remastered Pantheion
RAMfest weekend is all-systems-go, and a limited number of 1000 early-bird Cape Town punters can enjoy 2 nights camping, as well as open access to the M4A Hard Rock & Metal Bar which will be operating at the festival grounds. Camping grounds will open from 10:00am on Saturday 10 March, and remain open until 10:00am
Warthane fans are gearing up for this weekend’s release of the bands long awaited full-length album Black Divine. The launch will take place on the familiar territory of The Black Dahlia in Boksburg, Saturday 10 December. We asked the band a little about the what it took to deliver the goods: “Two and a half
When The Sonic Slaughter popped up on my radar, I was immediately intrigued. The line-up of three bands was alluring in that each one held a certain interest of mine. Beeldenstorm are a very new band on the local circuit, and I’d already missed their first two live appearances, and The Warinsane has been in
