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A Melodic Death Metal Meltdown Awaits Cape Town In May 2014
Somerset West’s melodic / thrash / death metal band Mind Assault have entered their tenth year in the South African metal scene, kicking off 2014 by supporting Lamb Of God on their South African dates...
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WinterFest’14 is ready for your headbanging enjoyment
As the beloved folk of House Stark have always insisted: “Winter is coming” …and so now it is here! The 14th bi-annual event hosted by metal4africa is approaching on Saturday 02 August at it’s usual...
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Animus Fall ‘Fell The Empire’ Today
Animus Fall have come blasting onto the Cape Town circuit this year, seemingly out of nowhere, with a refreshing contribution to the local metalscape. The band’s sound has been largely characterized...
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Pre-WinterFest’14 interview with Animus Fall
Author: Ryno de Lange Website of origin: Heavy Metal Panic Band: Animus Fall Band member: Joel Dickson (Vocals) This interview was conducted by Ryno de Lange of Heavy Metal Panic in cooperation with...
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Metalcore released from ‘Rip-Tide’ with new Atlantic South single
The Cape Town metalcore scene has appeared a little lax in recent years with many of those bands propagating the sub-genre in the last half-decade having called it a day. With the exception of a few...
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Animus Fall preempt Harbinger EP release with track
Cape Town’s Animus Fall have just released their first studio track in almost a year, with ears being last tickled on 18 June 2014 when they released ‘Fell The Empire’ (see article here). This time,...
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A Night Of Destruction… at small village festival
On Friday of 12 June, the small Eden District village of Albertinia in the Western Cape will experience an onslaught of heavy metal bands for the first time. Melodic death metal band Imperial...
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Klein Libertas Theatre fire: WinterFest’15 jeopardized
As of the earliest hours on Saturday 13 June, metal4africa has been added to the expanding list of metal festivals to have found themselves destitute at some point during 2015. M4A home of almost nine...
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History made as Metalheads oppose Xenophobia
Last month we took a detailed look at the multinational M.A.X Campaign (Metalheads Against Xenophobia – see full article here) which garnered support from a number of nations and attracted the...
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Cape bands active in charitable Food Aid drive
For the common man, perception of the stereotypical black-clad or pierced and tattooed sort is often tainted as some kind of brooding sub-human life form; or just “in need of a ‘snot-klap'”. However,...
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SAMMA is back: Public Polls are opened
The SAMMA (South African Metal Music Awards) returns for the third consecutive year in 2016, bringing many refinements with it which are developed from the experiences of previous years. Public Polls...
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Build Your Scene: S02E06 delivered
Cape Town, South Africa: Our favourite local podcasters, Build Your Scene, have released their final episode for the current season this weekend. This also marks the opening of a new chapter for the...
View ArticleSubject To Slaughter: beyond Eschatology
Cape Town, South Africa: the self-proclaimed “melodic djentcore” act, Subject To Slaughter, are about to embark on their third intercity tour and second time visiting Port Elizabeth. This visit is…
View ArticleSubject To Slaughter: collaboration single released
Cape Town, South Africa: recent Wacken Metal Battle finalists for the South African leg of the global competition, Subject To Slaughter have followed up their debut album Eschatology released in…
View ArticleLast One Alive: Kiss The Ground video launch
Cape Town, South Africa: something which has been brewing slowly in the background for many months is seeking to burst out in short order, starting this weekend with the release…
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