Intercontinental alternative rock ensemble Pirates of Radio release the video for their latest single GLOW today. What makes this project unique is that the band have created their own sound while living in different parts of the world. These guys have never been in a room together during the writing and recording processes, collaborating via…
Filth and Wisdom is a blazing, take-no-prisoners, post-punk future-classic, recorded hot with the VU meters slamming into the red. Today sees the release of Filth and Wisdom, the debut full length album from Cape Town based, South African post-punk trio The Medicine Dolls. Recorded at Just Music Studios in January 2020 and co-produced by renowned…
“When hell is full, the dead will walk the earth – turns out they like rock ‘n roll too.” – Ruff Majik Lead Pills And Thrills is the third single to be released from The Devil’s Cattle, the upcoming album from South African stoner rock collective Ruff Majik. It’s the first one to feature…
Mongrel Records is proud to present Fangs Volume. 2, a second compilation of heavy music from the smouldering African underground, with a solid focus on the South African scene as it rises hungrily from the debris of 2020. Amongst the 14 varied tracks are established acts such as Facing The Gallows, Scarab, and Vulvodynia, with…
Retrocausality is the second full length album from Bismut, a psychedelic desert metal trio hailing from Nijmegen, the Netherlands. All tracks were recorded live in studio 888 and mixed and mastered by Pieter Kloos. “You’ll listen to an honest musical encounter of three people playing, grooving, and flowing to become one intuitive audio space vessel.…
Cape Town based, South African post-punk/garage rock cult The Medicine Dolls are a band that the world really needs right now, with untamed fury and a glammed-out fervour for excess, they are the ultimate in sonic chaos, wrapped tightly in streaked eyeliner and delicious danger. Today sees the release of their new single and video,…
Cape Town based, South African rock mob Ethyl Ether unveil the video for their new single Ode, taken from their recently released album Chrome Neon Jesus, the track is a dirty psychedelic trip with acres of tone-washed riffs, leads, and a monstrous chorus. Drawing from a deep well of musical inspiration that blends blues, psychedelia,…
Today sees the release of Monterrey the debut single from alternative melodic hard rock trinity HEADFURY. Taken from the bands forthcoming album A New World, set for release on the 6th November via Hopepunk Records, the single is a unique blend of hard-hitting riffage and melodic epic-ness. ““Monterrey is our debut single, an emotional yet…
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…