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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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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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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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Punk’s not dead at Mercury
Fri 12 February 2016 Half Price, The West Coast Wolves, Monitor and the energetic show-stealers Swatting Bats put on a good old fashioned (read: sweaty) punk show at Mercury last Friday. There was loads of moshing, stage-diving and frantically-paced music … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, black and white, brass, cape town, circle pit, crowd surfing, guitars, half price, headbanging, jumping musicians, long hair, loud, mercury, monitor, monochrome, mosh pit, moshpit, music, parents in the crowd, photography, punk, rock, saxophone, sepia, ska, south africa, south african, stage diving, swatting bats, sweaty, texx and the city, trumpet, weekends, west coast wolves
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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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Tagged brackenfell, burlesque, cape town, crowd, diva disastar, dressing up, evenings, events, favourites, fuera, gigs & festivals, hardcore, headbanging, imperial destruction, jumping musicians, langarm hall, long hair, m4a, megalodon, metal, metal fest, metal4africa, mosh pit, moshpit, rock, south africa, south african, subject to slaughter, subvers, summer, summerfest, take hand, texx and the city, the drift, wargrave, weekends, wildernessking
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