South Africa’s most eagerly awaited alternative, rock, and metal festival RAMFEST is gearing up for an explosive return, and fans are in for a treat with the announcement of not one but two exceptional international headline acts. This year’s festival promises an unforgettable experience as it welcomes ENTER:SHIKARI and The Ocean to grace its prestigious…
Doomtrigger is a 4-piece metal phenomenon hailing from Stellenbosch, South Africa. Seemingly out of nowhere, the band came tearing out the gates with their debut offering, Enter the Cosmic, in April 2022. They did not waste any time to attack the live scene and played their debut show in June 2022, demanding attention from the…
BOARGAZM is one of South Africa’s premiere hardcore metal acts, delivering hard, aggressive & groovy slices of top shelf metal theatrics. Founded by iconic musician Heine van der Walt, the youngest brother of the prestigious “Wolmer” clan. The Wolmer brothers have been involved in countless acts since the early 90s, and includes famed South African…
South African 5-Piece Lower Hollow see the light of somewhat darker times with their debut album Bloom & Expire out today via Mongrel Records. The album is already garnering widespread attention from media with the likes of GAMES, BRRRAAAINS & A HEAD-BANGING LIFE calling it “a debut album that is as creative as it is…
Carving a new path through the remnants of broken ideals. The world stood still and watched as we all shifted priorities, some losing everything while others faced indefinite change. An uncertain future; the end of an era. An idea birthed out of frustration for old flames dying, LOWER HOLLOW cut its teeth behind closed doors…
Armagammon this new album from Boargazm, an alien-pig themed band from South Africa. Sporting sci-fi inspired costumes with a trilogy of albums and accompanying comic books, they tell the story of a rebel band of time-travelling freedom fighters known as “The Pig Whisperers”, who warn the world of the impending Aporkalypse, through the Baconing, all…
South African 5-Piece LOWER HOLLOW see the light of somewhat darker times with their debut single Living Ghosts, a sledgehammer beating at the heels of fast hardcore, melodic broodiness and heavy lows. Comprising of South African metal royalty, LOWER HOLLOW cut their teeth behind closed doors during COVID refining a new sound and a viable…
Born from the gutters of the Mother City, Alive At Midnight are the product of a world gone bad. Today is the release of A House Divided, their new single and first with Mongrel Records. Drawing inspiration from dive-bars, crashed cars and back ally conversations. There is no shortage of mind numbing and stomach-churning narrative…
At its core, Burning Tongue is digestible punk songs that are more concerned with simplicity and brutality than whatever wild scale that incel guitar virtuoso has learned in their mother’s basement. American blackened metallic hardcore band Burning Tongue have released the video for their new single Cult-De-Sac. The track is taken from their upcoming album…
Swiss melodic metal masters Dreamshade have revealed a new single Shanghai Nights, taken from their forthcoming album A Pale Blue Dot which is set for release on the 5th March 2021 . It’s the second track they have shared from the new album after Lightbringers, which the band released late last year. The track which…