Yes, Rock the River SA – New Years Eve Festival is just around the corner and it seems like everyone I know may well be there. This is an outline of what you will need to survive the festival. There are a few items that need to be in your bag. Heed well; this may
It’s only days to go. Cape Town, do you have your tickets yet? Or are you standing amidst those who feign at the thought of supporting a “non-metal” festival? Synergy Live is upon us, and it sees local 80′s-metal inspired Sabretooth taking up a co-headlining slot alongside international headliners, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Well, we
Metalminded Darkfiend at M4A headquarters in Cape Town offers some reflection on the state of Cape Town metal as we fast approach 2012. He offers an insiders perspective on various events, happenings and timelines, and where he expects it will leave our general state of “health” as a metal community as we find ourselves in
Heathens were a breakaway band in 2010, writing music very much at odds to the Cape Town (and indeed, South African) black metal scene, while still retaining the ethos behind the music. Earlier this year the band changed their name to Wildernessking to tie in to their distribution deal with Antithetic Records. We spoke to
Keenan Oakes is no stranger to the Cape Town metal scene, having fronted seminal death metallers, The Horror Cast and now handling bass and vocal duties for one of the more innovative bands on the Cape Town metal scene, Heathens. Below he shares his views on the Cape Town metal scene, and more exclusively, bands
Balyios is a relatively young and unknown band on the South African metal scene, having only formed in 2010. Nonetheless, they are making waves and gaining cred with their melodic folk metal that sounds like it fell straight from the skies of Finland (and not the flats of Pretoria, Balyios’ home). André Venter of Tyrannic
My weekend at Thornfest 2011 in Gauteng Province was a bit of a blur, I must admit. I arrived with co-pilot Karen (she was watching for road signs – while I was watching for potholes) and hospitality-manager Donovan (operating the cooler box) on Thursday sometime after dark and we dug into the party vibe straight
With the coming of Crow Black Sky's debut album launch this coming Saturday (18 Dec, 2010) at ROAR in Observatory, Cape Town, we thought it a nice opportunity to have a chat with the guys. Besides introducing this relatively new name on the scene to our readers, we wanted to also acquire a little insight into what we can expect from the album, 'Pantheion'
On behalf of M4A, Tyrannic Assault went in pursuit of this legendary guitar meistro from Sweden during his SA visit. Although there was no time to conduct an interview during that time, Mattias welcomed an interview via email
With one of Cape Town metal's most premier calendar dates just days away, we decided to go in and get some inside info on WHIPLASH
