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Johannesburg, South Africa: During these times of political disillusionment, it’s important to focus on the small acts of kindness and the people who do...

Is South African Metal Doomed? Well, according to a pair of activists behind the newly-launched organization labelled The League Of Doom, Justin Bedford...

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: today is not only a big day for those of us metalheads and music creators living in sub-Saharan Africa, but also for...

Cape Town, South Africa: Local metal band and SAMMA 2015 award winners Zombies Ate My Girlfriend have begun the wind-down from the 2015...

sludge, doom and rock n roll with Ruff Majik Ruff Majik, those lovable purveyors of a very unique brand of sludge doom metal, have been...

As could be expected from just about any stock-standard metalcore act, USA's Affiance comes complete with: short cuts and lightly-to-furry faces; quirky attitudes with...

Top Five Tuesday is where we ask a local musician to talk us through the five tracks that have been blowing their mind lately. Despite a crazy day in the office and Lord Doom completely forgetting to tend to this particular beast, Thomas Theron, the vocalist of progressive djent-heads Megalodon has rescued things with a timely email. Without further ado, here are his Top 5 while Lord Doom is sent to the shame corner!

Cape Town, South Africa: fondly referred to by locals as "die groot space haai", djent-infused tech-metallers Megalodon will be co-headlining this weekend's second annual...

Mountains of Madness Cape Town, South Africa: a follow-up to last year's successful Doom showcase, Beneath the Mountains of Madness, approaches. Simply visited as...

We learned earlier this year that a South African-based band o' heavies have been covertly infiltrating a rather broad international tour scene.  What surprised...