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…
Over a decade ago, Johannesburg’s Truth and Its Burden immersed itself in a thriving metal scene. The idea was simple enough: delivering a message of hope and positivity out of the ashes of friction, adversity and dreams reshaped and redrawn. Those same ideals that initially bore life still resonate today, especially with the current situation…
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…
Mongrel Records is proud to present Fangs, a compilation of some of the finest heavy music from the emerging African underground, focusing predominantly on the fiery South African scene. Included in the 14 explosive tracks are locally acclaimed bands such as Ruff Majik, Deity’s Muse, Boargazm, Hellcats, and The Drift, with the added spice of…
RAMFEST are beyond excited to announce death metal giants The Black Dahlia Murder as headliners for the 2020 editions of the festival. The band will be headlining both the Cape Town (13th March 2020) and Pretoria (14th March 2020) events along with two reunion shows from South African rock royalty Van Coke Kartel. The diverse…
JOBURG’S BIGGEST HALLOWEEN INFESTATION SET TO STORM THE NEW RUMOURS ROCK CITY WESTGATE Thursday 17 October 2019, Johannesburg: Is the West Rand ready for a one of a kind infestation of sleazy rock, hardcore metal and pop punk vibes? We will see on the 2nd of November 2019 at Rumours Rock City Westgate, situated just off…
Johannesburg’s positive hardcore champions Truth & Its Burden have released the lyric video for their new single Surfacing which premiered exclusively via popular YouTube channel Hardcore Worldwide. This is the first new track from the band since the release of their critically acclaimed album I Labour in 2017. The inspiration behind the track is very…