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M4A SummerFest 2016
Sat 30 January 2016 Last Saturday I attended the first of Metal4Africa’s 2016 bi-annual festival events, the M4ASummerFest. Since the usual venue (Stellenbosch‘s Klein Libertas) is still under reconstruction, the fest was held at a new venue: a warehouse/langarm dance … Continue reading
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The Darkest Hour at Assembly
Sun 20 December 2015 Many an international metal act has graced our shores this year courtesy of Witchdoctor Productions, and the last of them for 2015 was Washington’s The Darkest Hour. Originally scheduled to play Cape Town first, an incident … Continue reading
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Tagged american, bulletscript, cape town, crowd, darkest hour, evenings, events, gigs & festivals, guitars, international act, long hair, metal, mosh pit, moshpit, music, photography, rant, review, rock, south african, summer, tattoos, texx and the city, the assembly, weekends, witchdoctor productions, zombies ate my girlfriend
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Finntroll at Mercury
Fri 27 November 2015 Last Friday eccentric Finnish metal band Finntroll graced Cape Town with their highly entertaining presence last Friday, it was a great show thoroughly enjoyed by all at Mercury.
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Atlantic South EP launch with Facing the Gallows and ohgod at Mercury
Sat 7 November 2015 I was at Mercury two nights in a row last weekend – Saturday night saw Atlantic South launch their EP with support from ohgod and Facing the Gallows. It was a really fun and super energetic … Continue reading
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Lucky 13: Terminatryx 13 yr anniversary and HorrorFest afterparty with Mind Assault, The Damned Crows and A Murder at Mercury
Fri 6 November 2015 Industrial metal-makers Terminatryx celebrated their 13th anniversary with a free show last Friday at Mercury. It was also the official afterparty for the HorrorFest and featured performances from Mind Assault, The Damned Crows and dark folk duo A … Continue reading
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Tagged a murder, acoustic, anniversary, black and white, cape town, cbd, costumes, dressing up, favourites, folk, gigs & festivals, guitars, headbanging, horror, horrorfest, industrial, long hair, mercury, metal, mind assault, monochrome, music, photography, rockabilly, south africa, south african, south african horrorfest, terminatryx, the damned crows
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