Cecil John Rhodes, colonial bastard that he was, fantasized about creating a railway linking "The Cape to Cairo" - a holy grail of trans-continental travel that back in the 19th century would have been at the pinnacle of engineering feats. It never came to be, but now more than a century later, there is a ton of metal that promises to link Egypt and South Africa on a completely different level
It's finally here! The "Mecca" of global metal has noticed that there is a movement on the southern tip of the Dark Continent worthy of recognition and it has thrown open the doors of its temple, inviting us in. We're talking about Wacken Open Air, the world's biggest festival of heavy metal which takes place every August in northern Germany
For anybody who is not yet aware, South Africa is in for a special Christmas Season this year as we get treated to a rare appearance from some South American metal heads! Whats better is that along with Shajol, who hail from Ecuador, the tour will be joined by Pretoria's very own Boargazm. The press release below
About two weeks ago we were contacted by Ewa Kopyra of Radio Revolta in Poland regarding a South African metal special of the show. The show, “Demons of South Africa”, will be aired this Thursday (10 May) at 21:00 Polish time (which is approximately 20:00 here in South Africa). Click the promo poster to visit
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
On Friday, US label Antithetic Records initiated a fundraiser for the Wildernessking double vinyl release of The Writing of Gods in the Sand. Let’s face it, times are tough. Especially when it comes to running a small record label. We’ve had some really great releases so far, but when sales start to slow, so does
Symphonic death metal stalwarts, Fleshgod Apocalypse will be bringing their unique brand of orchestral chaos to South Africa in 2012 as the headliners of The Detonation Tour! The Italian metal maestros will be joined by Pretoria bands Bile of Man and Bleeding Spawn as well as local support bands at each venue. The tour is
If you listen to heavy music, there is no way you have not heard the name of German industrial-metal band, RAMMSTEIN. With a career spanning over 15 years, they are one of the biggest and most successful extreme acts in the world! And they are heading to South Africa!
