It feels like forever since my last blog post, and it kind of has been… In part due to both a lack of enthusiasm for writing recently, as well as constant car issues that have left me caught up inside my bedroom. However, today I am feeling like I can write and so in turn…
It seems that this is a great time for local music with most of the country’s best bands all putting out albums over the past couple of months. Just a few weeks ago Wildernessking released their ‘The Devil Within‘ EP, followed by Conqueror releasing their new album ‘Life on Repeat’. Which brings us to the…
The Awakening is a band that I spent much of my early listening days assuming they were international. I originally got a copy of The Fourth Seal of Zeen from a girl in my class in high school, not knowing who they were, but being a fan of bands like Sisters of Mercy. So when…
I’m no stranger to hardcore shows, and I remember attending my first in Mossel Bay in 2001 with Neshama playing. After that I had a slow but steady interest in the hardcore scene and by 2004 I was attending gigs almost every weekend. When Most Precious Blood toured here in late 2005, I remember Wynberg…
It was that time of the year again, and to be honest I didn’t even know that it was. I was planning on spending my Saturday lazing about, but at about 10am on the day of the show I got a message from Keenan, from Wildernessking asking if I’d be willing to shoot their set….