In a small, secluded mining town in rural South Africa, three friends heard the call of the void, and spat fuzz back at it. Thus, Ruff Majik was formed, and the boys decided it was time to move to the city to spread their gospel of riff worship and sound sorcery. Ruff Majik moved…
Astral Death Cult is the second full-length album from DÖ, a riff-praising, cosmos-worshipping trio from Helsinki, Finland. This vicious death cult lead by Big Dog (guitar), Joe E. Deliverance (drums) and Deaf Hank (vox & bass) feeds on dark astral energy and compresses it into what they call “döömer” – a unique northern mix of…
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(Photo Credit – @dievetman.com) Formed in 2014, Cape Town based hard rock degenerates Black Pistol have released the video for their second single Call to Arms, a riff heavy ode to the rock n roll lifestyle. Taken from their debut full-length album Sins Of The Father which is set for release on the 12th July…
(Photographer – Christelle Duvenage) Today sees the release of Tårn the new album from South African psychedelic stoner sludge trio Ruff Majik. Already making a name for themselves after the release of Seasons in early 2018, the band have their red eyes set for the hazy horizon with this release. Recorded, produced and mixed by…
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(Photographer Christelle Duvenage) It’s going to be a big year for South African Sludge n Rollers Ruff Majik! The band are very happy to announce their signing to Dutch Label Lay Bare Recordings for new album Tårn, set for release on the 3rd May 2019. Désirée Hanssen from Lay Bare Recordings is excited about the…
Hailing from Johannesburg, South Africa, Mad God release their new album Grotesque and Inexorable today. A swirling mass of slow-motion sludgey riffs and Lovecraftian psychedelia. The album is an exploration into new musical territory for the band. After the release of Tales of a Sightless City in 2017, Mad God have been aiming to evolve…
Johannesburg’s purveyors of sludgy-stoner-doom Mad God are set to release their second album Grotesque and Inexorable on the 2nd November. As a little taste for things to come they’ve unveiled a lyric video for the track I Created God taken from the album. “This song was written after watching a Charles Manson documentary following his…