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Just last month I returned home to Cape Town from a most amazing human experience in neighbouring Botswana; a Heavy Metal concert attended mostly by black folk, both as the…

Botswana: The Gaberone-based band Skinflint recently released its latest, self-titled album. The three piece has put together a fine musical offering in this album. The sound is tight, but raw,…

Johannesburg, South Africa: DeamHorth is about to release its anticipated new album, Spiritual Serpent, in the first week of July. It’s an impressive body of work, and as I was…

Please bear in mind that this is an opinion piece written by myself as longtime observer of and participant in local Metal. My thoughts here are not Law, and I…

  I went into listening to this self-titled debut album by Zimbabwe’s Dividing The Element with very few preconceptions – I mean, how many other metal bands sing in Shona?…

Cape Town, South Africa: five bands from this city are gathering under the banner of the Metal United World Wide this weekend and will play to raise funds for Patrick…

This five-piece band from Tunisia, Africa recently released its second album Roma Delenda Est; the story of a warrior completing quests during the ancient time of Carthage. The album starts…

Pretoria, South Africa: anthropologists may look back on this chapter in history, fingering it as a most interesting juncture. What is going on, really? Not just in music, but in…

Pretoria, South Africa: check out the album artwork as Ruff Majik prepares to launch Seasons on Friday 20 April. Illustrated by Anni Buchner and Ale & Cake Illustration. Moreover, the…

Johannesburg, South Africa: As South African Metal fans, we live for the live shows, regardless of the size. There are not very many venues left where we can get our…