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…
Battle City, the Cape Town based instrumental desert rock newcomers release their debut album Press Start today. Founded on the principles of video games and metal, the band started as a project between guitarist Stian Maritz and drummer Wayne Hendrikz to prioritise creative playing over precision. Songs are written haphazardly, spontaneously and often. Press Start…
Photographer – Jacki Bruniquel Kicking off 2019 with concerts throughout the USA and Brazil, multi-award winning artist Guy Buttery returns home for his first nationwide solo tour of South Africa in over 4 years. The Intramural Encounters Tour includes stops in every major city in SA crossing a distance of over 5000km’s with a run of 15…
(Photographer – Elsie Dippenaar) Athaza the debut album from Pretoria based South African musician Chris Prophet releases on all digital platforms today. A set of technically driven instrumental progressive metal tracks that South Africa’s leading metal website Metal 4 Africa recently described as “a solo project swaddled in melodic metal goodness.” The UK’s Games, Brrraaains…
South African Instrumental Post Rock Band Set to Tour Germany Cape Town’s OHGOD are very happy to announce dates for their German tour that will see them playing Dunk! Festival and Pelagic Fest. They will also be supporting progressive metalcore giants Jinjer on the German leg of their Cloud Factories Tour 2018 along with The Dali…
South African Instrumental Rockers KOI Release Impressive Debut Album South African Instrumental progressive rock band Kings of Improg have been gaining lots of fans over the last couple years with their amazing live show. Having recently released their debut album Henosis, Plug Music Agency heard the rumours, listened to the album, were blown away and…
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The band formed in back in 2012 when Byron invited a whole bunch of us around for a jam session at his place in Brakpan. Initially we would just get together every 6 weeks or so at his place and set up in the living room and just jam all day and have a braai,…
We’re very happy to announce that we’ve added Pelagic Records to our roster for South Africa and Africa. “Founded in 2009 by THE OCEAN guitarist Robin Staps, Pelagic Records has become an increasingly vital outlet for modern progressive metal, post-metal and beyond “, ROCK-A-ROLLA wrote last year in their PELAGIC RECORDS label feature, and German…
Savage Lucy is a Johannesburg based instrumental trio, formed in April 2011. Arranging dynamic movements of melodic phrasing in elegant cadences over eccentric rhythms, shadowed by darkly textured breakdowns, the trio create emotional and erotic soundscapes that leave audiences pleasantly aghast. Savage Lucy are made up of Austen Lewis on guitars, Steven Bosman on drums…