Fire and brimstone! Blood and Iron! This is Heavy Metal distilled to its purest essence. On their explosive new album ‘Vitriol Inc’ South African Heavy Metal troopers Deadline conjure forth a platter of denim clad, black leather borne Heavy Metal melodrama fraught with propulsive riffs, bludgeoning drumming and strident vocals. With the force of nature … Read more
Hailing from Stellenbosch in Cape Town, Doomtrigger concoct a tightly wound confluence of Metalcore, Modern Thrash and Deathcore that is sheathed in orchestration and peppered with liberal doses of Blackened fury. “Scorched Earth” is a polished exercise in efficiently executed contemporary Metal that delves into the same sonic morass frequented by To The Grave, Nicolas … Read more
The latest track courtesy of Sunken State ‘Abyss’ intrigues as much as it entertains. Fraught with stellar musicianship, technical aptitude and a sonic narrative that convulses like a anaconda with indigestion, this song melds a myriad of Metal sub-genres into a holistic piece of music that, although unique can alas sound labored at times. Do … Read more
On ‘Yantra Creating’ 7 H. TARGET unleash a tidal wave of turbulent Death Metal that is threaded together with a tapestry of Tech oriented brutality and experimental, middle eastern motifs. This, their debut for the legendary Willowtip Records is a devastating statement of destructive intent that draws upon Hindu cosmology in subject matter and in … Read more
With their upcoming blast of blissful Pop-Punk magic ‘The Leviathan’, Punkfontein are poised to dominate the airwaves with a gleaming piece of songcraft that is threaded through with sunshine and ebullience. Featuring the golden vocals of Indie-Rock practitioner Meel Vignetting this sonic burst of incandescence begins with a cinematic confluence of guitar wrangle and thumping … Read more
Oceans Of Angels, an entity helmed by musical mastermind Sheldon Horvatic, create music of the most lilting, delicate, nuanced and evocative sort. Consisting of six sparkling tracks that run the gamut from introspective reverie, heartbreak and self ownership to empathic reflection, ‘The Gift’, their latest EP sparkles with incandescent splendor and heartfelt compassion. The … Read more
On their latest track “The Bloody Purse Of Closed Eyes” Ghast unleash a scorching slab of social commentary that tramples upon societal ills beneath a stampede of double kick devastation, heaving riffs and venomous vocals. Hailing from Port Elizabeth in South Africa Ghast specialize in bludgeoning Metalcore and are at the forefront of the modern … Read more
One of the grisliest slabs of Blackened Deathcore I came across last year was the gritty album ‘Magno Interitus’ by Cabal. These Danes create Blackened Deathcore of the nastiet sort. Rather then symphonic flourishes and orchestral arrangements, aka Lorna Shore, The Breathing Process or Worm Shepherd, Cabal concentrate their Blackened ideology upon frost bitten riffs … Read more
The newest single by South African sonic titans Deadline entitled ‘Cult Of Prometheus’ is a smouldering slab of vicious Heavy Metal splendour that will set your being alight in a blistering wildfire of bliss.Taken from their upcoming album ‘Vitriol Inc.’ this propulsive piece of pounding drums, siren like vocals and scorching riffs is Heavy Metal … Read more
Epic in every sense of the word “Don’t Say Goodbye” by veteran South African powerhouse Rock Singer-Songwriter Mark Haze is a scintillating slab of spirited song-craft that is enormous in vision and titanic in execution. At its outset “Don’t Say Goodbye’’ offsets the proceedings with a swirl of of synthesiser-borne orchestration and then expands into … Read more