It’s hard to imagine a world without cell phones, social networking, digital camera’s and of course THE INTERNET these days. Most bands that exist today owe a large percentage of their notoriety to these tools, yet there was a time when bands had to get by without these things and yet still managed to assemble
Darkfiend caught up with this South African vocalist on a recent trip back into the country to tie up some loose ends before returning to Sweden
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
The original Death of Africa compilation is almost a relic in the eyes of the African metal scene. Originally released in 1993 and re-released on tape in 1994, Inhouse Productions set out to showcase African metal on a global scale. Nearly twenty years later, Inhouse is at it again with the assistance of
With not many general media outlets devoting time or space to bands and musicians of a more extreme nature, from their April issue Muse Magazine has taken the brave and much commended step to include a column devoted to Metal and other off-centre genres! They approached alternative music veteran and entertainment writer Paul Blom (Terminatryx,
This week, guest writer Malcolm McArb pays tribute to Pothole and their kicker of a track, “Hung To Dry”. To read more of his rants and raves, drop by his blog: updated daily… sort of. Pothole, along with such luminaries as VOD, Groinchurn and Sacryphyx, must be considered one of the most prolific and influential
Note: This track is actually called “Macbeth” due to an error in the tracklisting. So, as it turns out, there was metal in S.A. pre-V.O.D. (blasphemous to claim, I know!) Here is to a Song by Odyssey, who were around in the late 80s through to the Early 90s. They only recorded one album, titled
Any self-respecting and dedicated South African metalhead would know that there is at least one band who can rightfully claim the title of the ‘godfathers of local metal’: Voice Of Destruction. Birthed in 1986, the band had highly talented musicians and ambition, and a wholly punk, ‘fuck you’, attitude! They gained international notoriety through underground
