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Rotting Christ (Greece) at the Assembly
Sat 2 July 2016 Greek black metal band Rotting Christ faced a fair amount of resistance to their South African tour, but for all that the Cape Town show at the Assembly went down (rather disappointingly, I must say) without any interference … Continue reading
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Tagged assembly, cape town, chains, fallen prophets, favourites, gigs & festivals, greek, headbanging, international, international act, long hair, metal, music, photography, rotting christ, south africa, south african, spikes, the assembly, witchdoctor productions
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Tagged assembly, cape town, chains, fallen prophets, favourites, gigs & festivals, greek, headbanging, international, international act, long hair, metal, music, photography, rotting christ, south africa, south african, spikes, the assembly, witchdoctor productions
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Infanteria’s 10 year anniversary with Wargrave at ROAR
Sat 25 June 2016 This time last year I attended my first Infanteria show (which also happened to be their album launch) and it was epic. Since then I’ve become a big fan of the band and always enjoy being … Continue reading
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Tagged anniversary, favourites, gandalf's, gigs & festivals, guitars, headbanging, infanteria, long hair, metal, mosh pit, moshpit, photography, roar, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, wargrave, weekends
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Tagged anniversary, favourites, gandalf's, gigs & festivals, guitars, headbanging, infanteria, long hair, metal, mosh pit, moshpit, photography, roar, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, wargrave, weekends
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Subject to Slaughter EP launch with Mezzanine Floor and Bulletscript at ROAR
Sat 17 June 2016 After the chilled gig I’d attended the night before, I relished the intensity and energy of Subject to Slaughter‘s EP launch at ROAR. I always get hair envy watching the band – seriously, they should have … Continue reading
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Tagged album launch, cape town, ep launch, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, hair envy, headbanging, long hair, metal, mezzanine floor, mosh pit, music, obs, photography, roar, rock, south africa, south african, subject to slaughter, tattoos, texx and the city, weekends, winter
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Tagged album launch, cape town, ep launch, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, hair envy, headbanging, long hair, metal, mezzanine floor, mosh pit, music, obs, photography, roar, rock, south africa, south african, subject to slaughter, tattoos, texx and the city, weekends, winter
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Queens of the Stone Age Tribute show – QOTSA 2016 at Manila Bar
Sat 9 April 2016 I haven’t been to a show as sweaty, intense or downright fun as the QOTSA Tribute 2016 in a very long time. Say what you will about tribute shows but when they’re as good as this one … Continue reading
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Tagged african survival kit, bam bam brown & the wild professors, blynd tyger, cape town, crowd, crowd surfing, dangerfields, de wallen, evenings, favourites, feverstone, gigs & festivals, guitars, headbanging, julia robert, jumping musicians, kloof street, long hair, loveglove pyrotechnics, manila bar, mr cat & the jackal, music, photography, qotsa, queens of the stone age, rock, slow jack, south africa, south african, southern wild, stoker, sweaty, taxi violence, texx and the city, the sleepers, tribute, weekends
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Tagged african survival kit, bam bam brown & the wild professors, blynd tyger, cape town, crowd, crowd surfing, dangerfields, de wallen, evenings, favourites, feverstone, gigs & festivals, guitars, headbanging, julia robert, jumping musicians, kloof street, long hair, loveglove pyrotechnics, manila bar, mr cat & the jackal, music, photography, qotsa, queens of the stone age, rock, slow jack, south africa, south african, southern wild, stoker, sweaty, taxi violence, texx and the city, the sleepers, tribute, weekends
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Behemoth at the Assembly
Sun 27 March 2016 Polish metal legends Behemoth returned to our shores over the Easter weekend (in spite of much opposition from dismayed religious protesters over the last few months) and put on a fantastically theatrical and polished show at the Assembly. … Continue reading
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Tagged assembly, behemoth, black metal, blood, cape town, crowd, death metal, dressing up, facepaint, fake blood, favourites, fire, gigs & festivals, guitars, harrington street, headbanging, international act, long hair, metal, mosh pit, music, photography, poland, polish, pyro, skit, texx and the city, the assembly, witchdoctor productions
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Tagged assembly, behemoth, black metal, blood, cape town, crowd, death metal, dressing up, facepaint, fake blood, favourites, fire, gigs & festivals, guitars, harrington street, headbanging, international act, long hair, metal, mosh pit, music, photography, poland, polish, pyro, skit, texx and the city, the assembly, witchdoctor productions
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