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
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
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!
At the time of a bands first release, that moment is often the most defining point in its members lives. The thought of how much time, cash, creative and mental resources have been pumped in over many years to reach that point is quite staggering. Sadly, many bands who even get that far
Sindulgence is a rising star in the local metal scene, which probably has to do with the fact that they are one of the hardest working bands around. They play a unique style of metal that encompasses progressive elements as well as death metal and even some 'core thrown in. In light of their debut Metal4Africa performance at Winterfest in July and their upcoming album launch this weekend, Stentorian got a hold of the sinners and fired off some questions
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,
M4A’s Nitro-Mecha-Penguin recently had the privilege of conducting an interview with Voice of Rock CEO and Founder, Frank Riester. This article followed: Most metalheads hailing from South Africa are frustrated with the fact that there are no radio stations dedicated to metal and hard rock music in our country. Long gone are the days of Barney Simon’s
The announcement carrying the biggest amount of clout since SummerFest’12 is that from Cape Town’s Sindulgence. Although it has yet some ways to go before we get to the date, the band is setting up to ensure a killer album launch for themselves in June 2012. Already, the event boasts a mean and interesting line-up and despite only
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
