Oscuramento is the opening track for Dutch progressive heavy psych power trio Bismut’s new album, Retrocausality set for release on the 25th September 2020. Oscuramento means blackout in Italian, which fits the overarching theme of the record – a dark, non-linear interpretation of time. Recorded live in one take, its ominous and powerful grooves make…
Just Music and Mongrel Records are delighted to announce TRUTH & ITS BURDEN’s Live Through Hell /// A Theatrical Apocalypse as the first live streamed performance feature on the company’s new Hullabaloo Sessions platform. On the 22 August 2020 at 19h00, Johannesburg based veterans of the heavy music scene TRUTH & ITS BURDEN will take…
Bismut is a Psychedelic Desert Metal trio hailing from Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Formed in 2016, Bismut has an established and explosive live reputation. Bismut arose from intense, experimental jam sessions in the caverns of the Nijmegen underground. Infinite jamming led to an oasis of psychedelic excesses, vicious riffing and heavily drawn-out grooves. Nik (guitar), Peter…
South Africans WHAM BAM! are a unique collaboration creating unfiltered rock and groove with catchy dual vocal harmonies. Their music lives up to their name – focusing on keeping it simple, punchy, and catchy. Consisting of multi-instrumentalist, producer and vocalist Gideon Kretschmer, now based in Germany and vocalist Nico Tourelle who lives on a farm…
WEAPONISED OPTIMISM THROUGH DOPE MUSIC This is the essence of HopePunk Records – a new boutique record label, recording and production studio based in Frankfurt, Germany, but with friends and partners across the globe. We are rockers and rebels at heart, focused on building long-lasting relationships with artists who share our belief in the undeniable power of music as instrument of positive…
South African dark-folk priestess Ann Jangle has shared the video for her latest single Ballad of Pink Cocaine. Written after returning home from 8 months of cycling alone across half of the African continent, from South African to Kenya, to raise awareness for animals and uplift communities through her music. Influenced by West African rhythms,…
Johannesburg based alternative music project This Summer release their second single Commotion taken form their forthcoming debut album Wonderland. With dark electronic undertones, this alternative rock track balances intensity, allure, and foreboding, opening the door to the haunted world of Wonderland. Growling guitars, pounding drums, electronica and slick production propel the hook-driven, ‘no filler’ punk…
Rising electronic artist HYMR releases his anthemic, intimate, and powerful debut album Artificial Intelligence today. The twelve-tracks contain driving basslines, groovy beats, and atmospheric melodic elements. From the minimalistic and energy-filled “Polluted Planet” to the emotion-packed, dark “The Dawn of A.I.”. HYMR delivers melodic bliss combined with ear-gracing instrumentation. “Artificial Intelligence” highlights the inevitable path…
