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Cape Town, South Africa: a stellar line-up shapes up to bid farewell to one of this city’s beloved drummers, Josh Gready, from the band With Dawn. As a UK citizen,…

Cape Town, South Africa: Friday the 13th, July 2018 approaches rapidly, and local musicians prepare in earnest for the live My Dying Bride tribute. Hosts, The League of Doom, posted…

Cape Town, South Africa: we’ve observed this phenomenon repeatedly here. When the probability of a live appearance by a band which many devotees follow feels like zero, they assemble into…

Cape Town, South Africa: the weekend passed saw Capetonian metallers amassed at this cities landmark nightlife address, 299 Lower Main Road in Observatory, for one final sendoff. Better known as…

Cape Town, South Africa: returning from a brief hiatus after the September 2017 departure of long-time guitarist is industrial experi-metal band Terminatryx. Catch the band live, now as a three-piece…

Cape Town, South Africa: five bands from this city are gathering under the banner of the Metal United World Wide this weekend and will play to raise funds for Patrick…

Johannesburg, South Africa: We continue our genre journey for the South African Metal Music Awards by looking at the remaining three categories. This year we see the Best Thrash category…

Johannesburg, South Africa: The SAMMA (South African Metal Music Awards) 2018 is in full swing. Nominations received by the seven panelists from different parts of the country are now combined…

Cape Town, South Africa: at www.metal4africa.com, we’re preparing for our 23rd bi-annual event, SummerFest’18, taking place on Saturday 03 February. SummerFest’18 is our fifth event at the new location in…

Cape Town, South Africa: masterminded by one Ramone Pickover, a prominent alternative musician in the city, Alinea appeared on the map late in 2016 with a social media page. Yet,…