Album

Cape Town, South Africa: Abaddon released its first “Blackened Thrash Metal” album, The Fractured Race, with a live launch in Somerset West on Saturday. The Fractured Race is now also…

Johannesburg, South Africa: a tastefully grim musical affair unfolds this week, as promised, with the release of Endless Spiritual Decay by Portraits of Flesh. Largely disappearing after a small handful…

Cape Town, South Africa: metalcore in this city draws a fresh breath today with the surprise release of a full length album by As Time Divides. Fear of Falling is…

Port Elizabeth, South Africa: a new wall of moving air rises from the “Windy City” today as Dead Man Risen reveals his latest work, Petrichor. This time the movement is…

Johannesburg, South Africa: armed with a powerful debut single, Chaos Doctrine signaled a great red blip on our metal radar in April last year. Our interest was captured and has…

Johannesburg, South Africa: this city’s latest instrumental whizkid outfit, DeamHorth, has launched its Spiritual Serpent album to the public space this past weekend. Of course, we were in the privileged…

Durban, South Africa: eagerly anticipated by adoring fans of brutality all around the world, tongue in cheek band xavlegbmaofffassssitimiwoamndutroabcwapwaeiippohfffx delivers its second album; simply named Gore 2.0. Gore 2.0, by…

Cape Town, South Africa: another thread weaves itself into the string of Black Metal releases from South Africa this year with Stilte Van Die Beendere by Stille Beendere. This one-man…

Richards Bay, South Africa: black metal project Sinister Superstar returns with its first full-length album, Bipolar God. Bipolar God follows after two EPs, with the most recent being last years…

Algiers, Algeria: Death Metal reigns supreme in North Africa this month as Lelahell‘s long awaited second full-length album Alif arrives. Released on Friday, 15 June, Alif is delivered by Metal…