It's finally here! The "Mecca" of global metal has noticed that there is a movement on the southern tip of the Dark Continent worthy of recognition and it has thrown open the doors of its temple, inviting us in. We're talking about Wacken Open Air, the world's biggest festival of heavy metal which takes place every August in northern Germany
Arcana XXII was that most rare of bands – a metal band from Namibia. They certainly opened the gates for metal fans in that country, but I remember catching a CD during their farewell show in Cape Town, and it transformed my perception of African metal forever. They were gutsy, talented, a tad tongue-in-cheek and
Johannesburg heavy metal legends Agro have just sent us this press release regarding the band performing at Wacken Open Air this year as their plans for the near future. Read on. We are extremely pleased to announce that Agro, South Africa’s premiere Metal band, will be gracing the stage at this year’s Wacken Open Air
As far as death metal goes, Sacraphyx did a hell of a lot of put South Africa on the map, most notably playing the “holy grail” of metal festivals, Wacken in 2001! Through their ten year career, the band released two full lengths, a demo and an EP and were featured on the Witchdoctor Records
