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!
The South African metal scene is often criticised for being too samey and lacking the innovation that has characterised the (admittedly, much larger) European and American scenes. Trends come and go, with bandwagons often full to overflowing with groups hoping to become the "next big thing" on everyones lips and it takes a certain amount of vision to fly in the face of this to make the music that you want to hear
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
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
