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
ape Town's sassy-thrashy quartet, Junkyard Lipstick, have announced the release of a second single off their forthcoming album Hellbent. This release also heralds a date for their album launch: 29 March at ROAR nightclub in Lower Main Road, Observatory, Cape Town
This coming Saturday, January 12th of 2013, heralds the return of The Underground In: Chapter II. This second part of Cape Town's metal trilogy will host nine alternative & heavy metal bands at Cape Town's beloved metal/alternative venues: R.O.A.R/Gandalfs
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
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
For those of you who are currently unenlightened, this gig was not hosted by one of those strange ‘end of days’ cult groups or anything else untoward, as the title might suggest. “But what is this ‘doom’ business all about?” I hear people asking. Well, the main objective of the show was to present doom
This one started as a rant about South African Metal. How we are always years behind the international scene, save for a few bands. I was going to complain how it took the local scene years to get into genres like folk metal, while still producing hundreds of death metal and deathcore bands that were
Gandalf’s has now celebrated 11 years of bone-snapping success and neck-breaking parties and has proved that it will keep growing from strength to strength. It truly caters for all entertainment and never excludes anyone who wants to have a night out to remember (or forget.) Boldly put, it’s most definitely the only place of its
The night started off rather awkwardly with Fun Toy delivering what seems to be – from a strictly metalhead’s point of view – disorientating music for zombies. Even though it sounded to me like something a 3 year old could do on a mixing table, some people actually seemed to like it. “This is ass.
