South African Music Magazine
From the mid-80s into the 90s this Canadian act stood apart from the other bands of its time. The period was a richly exciting blast of Thrash, Death and Grindcore bands, and the rise of Black Metal, resulting in some great music coming from that period. But amid this rich mix Voivod could not really Read More »
This fascinating Industrial-Metal force from Germany has made as much impact with their dark-tinged music as they have with their flame-filled live performances and visually enticing, provocative and controversial music videos. Be it the werewolf flavoured Du Riechst So Gut, the Lost Highway movie footage inclusions in the song Rammstein, Ich Will’s bank robbing stand-off, Read More »
Shot in 1988 (when I was in Matric), on the Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son tour of these Heavy Metal legends, it has been re-mastered and includes three extra tracks not on its original VHS release. At that stage Iron Maiden was bigger than ever, and a live force that backed away at no Read More »
At this 2009 Canadian show, as is customary Metallica delivered over two hours of blistering music to an indoor arena of die-hard fans on their Death Magnetic tour. On the centrally placed oblong stage with its gigantic coffin shaped lighting rigs, each corner has a mic to allow frontman James Hetfield to circulate the stage Read More »
Recapping Metallica’s catalogue with Kirk Hammett I feel privileged to have been around long enough to get into Metallica, starting from their initial genesis, until their rise from struggling noise-mongers, to highly respected and successful international musicians. My Metallica exposure starts a bit disjointed at around the time I was 16. The sequence of albums Read More »
Metallica: The Metal Gods Descend Metallica return to South Africa as part of their world tour. Paul Blom chatted to guitarist, Kirk Hammett, some time in March…. When you’re young and full of beans and start that band you’ve always dreamt of, those big aspirations and high hopes are fuel for the fire, but even Read More »
In a country of socio-political opposites, factions and general cross-culture pig-headedness, ING is one Metal band that took the leap to thumb its nose at political correctness, saying it like they see it. With controversial songs hurling Molotov cocktails at everyone from China to Julius Malema, they are no strangers to controversy. We fired some Read More »
Some may only have caught wind of As I Lay Dying in recent years (and maybe even months, due to their appearance at the upcoming 2013 RAMfest), but this band is about to enter their second decade. Awakened is their 6th album, and they deliver a disc of pure Metal. With speed in high supply, Read More »
In the early Nu-Metal genesis, P.O.D. (Payable On Death) made a big splash entering the new millennium, their third release The Fundamental Elements of Southtown really pushing them into the spotlight of rising acts within this vibrant new genre. Their fourth album Satellite spawned stand-out tracks like the memorable Grammy nominated Alive and Youth Of Read More »
As the brainchild of North England’s Ben Corkhill, Oakenshield has his fingerprints all over it as sole member, from writing and performing to engineering and mixing. Initially his project started as Nifelhel in 2004, but morphed into its current state. With his home turf being full of Viking history, this forms the basis of his Read More »
