Anybody who has seen Mind Assault perform live would know that the band has their more lighthearted and quirky side, and which contrasts quite strongly against their mostly dark and serious lyrical content contained in all material released to date
From the opening lines of "Deathworm", the perfect soundtrack to a blasphemous life if ever it needed one, to the very last note of the aggravated themes of turmoil and desperation of the closing song "Robert Carlyle", Zombies Ate My Girlfriend's Patient Zero is a very well directed, un-apologetic, pissed-off musical statement!
Last seen in Cape Town in 2011, Juggernaught, are a band of men with beards, makin’ manly Southern rock. I know that this is a website dedicated to metal, but Juggernaught have bigger balls than a lot of metal bands in my opinion. Fusing bluesy riffs and lyrics with hard hittin' rock, this band ain't one to push aside. And besides, I haven't met a single metalhead that doesn't dig it like wors!
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
Peter Saffy was the vocalist of the Bloemfontein-based band Ichor. He will always be remembered as a kind, fun-loving person, and a friend to just about everyone who ever met him. Geologist by day, work had him moving around a lot, and he couldn’t stay in Bloem. However, this did not keep him from doing what he loved, travelling 600 to 1 100 km over a weekend for band practice
In the spirit of bringing you new and exciting music here on Metal4Africa.com, we are pleased to announce the release of the first ever Metal4Africa Sampler Showcase! Tailored to the imminent arrival of Winterfest '12, this seven track sampler contains music from almost all of the bands performing at the festival!
Metal is the genre of youth. Not to be discourteous to those metalheads among us who have been around since before most younger bands were even born, but it has a certain chutzpah that is designed to capture "youth" in a nice, neat package. It is rebellious, loud, aggressive and as crazy as most hormone-secreting teens and it is in those formative years that most are drawn into the fold. What happens, then, when Real Life starts creeping up on you
Cape Town’s monster “Showcase of African Metal” returns for its 12th installation since 2007. WinterFest’12, presented by yours truly, brings the heavy metal sound back to our residence in the beautiful Cape Winelands of South Africa. We look forward to seeing you at the Klein Libertas Theatre in Stellenbosch on Saturday 28 July. As usual,
Cape Town thrash fans rejoice, for impact is imminent! Bonded by a mutual love of thrash legends Exodus, members of some of the Cape Town metal scene’s most highly regarded bands have joined forces under the guise of Sexodus to wreak some lethal whiplash-inducing havoc this Easter weekend. The band will be performing a full
We set out from Bellville in the heat of day on Friday. Odd, I know, but hell, the gates opened on Friday, and we had nothing keeping us home. When we arrived however, we were greeted by an insane amount of cars. The organizers had a slick running check-in / ticketing station outside the festival
