Spawn Fest: celebrating 10 years with Bleeding Spawn
Spawn Fest
Middelburg, South Africa: not many are the bands who survive ten whole years in the tough South African landscape. And far fewer...
Durban starts with new Metalfest: Pit at the Polo
Pit at the Polo Metalfest
Durban, South Africa: some years have passed since the "glory days" of the Durban alternative music scene. However, every...
Dreams Of Nightmares: new album, Dark Shadows
Dark Shadows
Bloemfontein, South Africa: with the fifth installation of this city's annual metal show, Metal Circuit V, just been wrapped up, we take a...
Asonicism: Sonus Absque Vita, EP written without sound!
Sonus Absque Vita
Johannesburg, South Africa: Alec Larsen, it turns out, is a prolific musical creative. We've followed output from projects linked to the...
Truth And Its Burden: Surfacing, single with lyric video
Surfacing
https://youtu.be/97BiNs4noGk
Johannesburg, South Africa: it's hard to believe that two years have already passed since Truth And Its Burden lit up the listening ring with...
SAMMA 2019: panelists announced
Johannesburg, South Africa: each year, the South African Metal Music Awards seeks to recognize the achievements of...
Wacken Metal Battle 2019: winners
Wacken, Germany: what a monumental experience. At www.metal4africa.com we often write about Wacken Open Air and the affiliated Wacken Metal Battle, and now...
A Collection of South African Metal: compilation album
A Collection of South African Metal
Hamburg, Germany: today, 100 copies of a promotional album are making their way to Wacken Open Air festival. Our...
Dance Gavin Dance: South African tour in 2020
Johannesburg, South Africa: tour promoter, Jam Packed Productions, announced the fifth and final tour to complete a...
Alestorm: on touring, drinking and being stranded on an island
Alestorm
The infamous pirate metal band Alestorm continues its conquest of the seven seas this year while playing metal festivals all over the world. With...