Megalodon offers a unique alternative to the long-standing South African sausage-machine production. Falling under a unique genre, their debut album, Darkness in Sonance, offers plenty of variation throughout ten songs, dictating almost an hour of metaphorical terror within a tightly constructed package. Megalodon's ability to perform spectacular live shows coins them as one of South Africa's trump cards!
Armed with a bar-fridge of Monster, and a desire to party, we battled against various weather conditions and unforeseen difficulties amidst the standard festival chaos. This year, the annual event that is Rock the River presented a diverse selection of music across three stages, catering towards fans of metal, alternative, and electronic music
So it's that time of year again! The gig circuit is heating up after the winter drought, and as is customary, several parties were vying for the fickle Capetonian's social calendar this past Saturday, and The Halloween Slaughter III won, in my case. It's an almost nostalgic event for me, as I reviewed the previous Halloween Slaughter which took place at the Purple Turtle about 364 days ago
I had a feeling that this ROAR gig would be a particularly interesting one, since I hadn’t experienced the kind of music two of the bands (Past Haunts and STRAGE) play live before, and Past Haunts were performing live for the first time
Friday the 19th of October saw metalheads from the greater Durban area unite for Metal Night at the Winston and as seems to be the norm in Durban these days, you make mention of a metal gig and all hell breaks loose with the weather. We're talking torrential rains that should last days being condensed into a matter of 3 or 4 hours
On Saturday 29 September, the time had come for the "INGfidels” to gather for the release of ING’s second full-length album, Ingquistion.
So, I ended up making the long schlepp from Somerset West to Observatory by myself. It was worth it though! Reaching the top of ROAR's well-trodden steps that bear scars from years of abuse from the local metalheads, I had arrived just in time to say a few hello's before the first of the three bands billed for the evening thrashed the stage. Throughout the night, I kept on getting a feeling that I was at this super-awesome high school reunion where I got to hang out with old friends I had forgotten even existed
Yesterday Helldog gave his account of the first half of Winterfest '12 and today Brutalviking dives headfirst into the "main event" of the night - the headliners, Strident and Mind Assault
Winterfest '12 has come and gone and now it's time for clean up and consolidation. We'd like to issue a massive thank you to everyone who was there and for all the support we've received worldwide for the event. Now without further ado, we hand the keyboard to Helldog to give his account of the first half of the festival
My first impression as I entered the venue was fantastic, as was the second and third and all of those which followed during the night. Alex had clearly put in a huge amount of effort in pulling everything together, displaying some serious commitment and creativity in giving the place the actual look of a live venue; complete with stage, backdrop, and even
