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Anger Leads To Death Metal – Interview with Bleeding Spawn
Few South Africans have been to Middelburg: situated in the heart of Mpumalanga, Middleburg is renowned for its luxury guest lodges, flourishing farming community and many industrial plants. All this...
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We Compose, Write and Play Music We Like – Interview with Fleshgod Apocalypse
Wednesday the 28th of March saw Fleshgod Apocalypse hit Cape Town on the fourth date of the eight day Detonation Tour 2012 and Metal4Africa was there to chat to Cristiano Trionfera (guitars) and Paolo...
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“Metal Braai” hits RAMfest Cape Town
If there is anything that South African metalheads might enjoy more than a metal braai, then it must be a metal braai at RAMfest outdoor weekend festival! And that is exactly what the team at...
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Review of the Wacken Metal Battle Finals: South Africa
So… wow! What an absolute pleasure and privilege to have been able to review what will probably be referred to as the most important gig thus far in the history of South African metal. Not so much in...
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We’re Picking Up Momentum and Speed – Sacrifist Interview
If you’ve never heard of Sacrifist, or listened to any of their music, I have one question for you: Where the hell have you been? This five piece band has been around since 1996, they have four full...
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Kataklysm, Behemoth, Konkhra To Hit South Africa In 2014
Witchdoctor Productions are thundering back onto the South African nightlife calendar in 2014 with some radical announcements to whet the appetite of any extreme metaller! In it’s new guise...
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Countdown to Kataklysm ticking to zero
Camps Bay, Cape Town A strong atmosphere of triumph for South African death metallers has erupted since social media began streaming pictures of Canada’s Kataklysm cavorting around Cape Town this...
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Pre-WinterFest’14 interview with Messiah Complex
Author: Darkfiend Website of origin: metal4africa Band: Messiah Complex Band member: Alex Wiese (Vocals) This article was written following an interview conducted by Darkfiend of metal4africa in...
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Kataklysm return to South Africa, with Aborted, Epica in tow
Word has been buzzing via social media and on the streets for a few months now of the coming Witchfest metal festival in Pretoria next April. Already, a steady list of some of South Africa’s most...
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Carnage Carnival let loose with ‘The Hunt’
Durbanites Carnage Carnival sprang to prominence within the national metal scene earlier this year when they landed themselves at the 2014 Wacken Metal Battle: South Africa finals in Gauteng. With...
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Witchfest Open Air finalizes international line-up for 2015
Legendary death metal titans Cannibal Corpse and technical death metal stalwarts Decapitated have been added to the biggest international metal line-up seen in Africa. Witchfest Open Air festival,...
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Witchfest 2015 from Open Air to Urban: Summary
Let no South African or any other fall under the illusion that pioneering a new festival concept in this country is easy! Witchdoctor Productions, the same who have already hosted international metal...
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First four African bands announced for Witchfest 2016
With memories of 2015’s installation of Witchdoctor Productions Witchfest still fresh, the promoter has already announced the first of South African bands who will be appearing at 2016. Reaching into...
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Boargazm Interview –“The Oracle told us to do it like this”
Hail Bacon(!), the signature line of intergalactic space metal band Boargazm, is a slogan well known to many metal heads in South Africa. Having formed in late 2012 the 4 piece act hailing from...
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Aborted South African Tour: local support announced
Belgian death metal band, Aborted, were in South Africa as recently as last month with their one-night-only appearance at Witchfest Urban Camping Festival in the heart of Johannesburg. The festival...
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Spectral Realm; The Drift: double album launch
This coming weekend in Johannesburg will see a unique metal album launch party, labeled “The Mountain Voyage”. Not only can the public come together in celebration of The Drift‘s second offering with...
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Emalyth Arts Expo 7: The Rapture… is coming
Pay-day is upon us! If Gauteng and surrounds do not yet have their plans in place to attend Emalyth‘s annual showcase event next weekend, candidly titled as the Arts Expo, then now is the time to get...
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Aborted interview: returning to South Africa
In a matter of weeks, Belgian death metal band Aborted will be returning to South Africa after having performed here for the first time earlier this year at Witchfest 2015. The local promoter will be...
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Metalheads to stand Against Xenophobia
Otherwise dubbed The M.A.X Campaign, Metalheads Against Xenophobia is a movement which has been taken up by metalheads in not only multiple South African cities, but even metalheads in other African...
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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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