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He Has Been Going To Metal Shows For 50 Years

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Has Sean Joined Too Many Bands?

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What The Music Industry Doesn’t Want Bands To Know

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GroundUp: The New Generation Taking Over South African Alternative

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The Real Reason Shinesh Left Lefokolodi

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What Does It Take To Tour Internationally?

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The South African Music Video Everyone Is Talking About
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The Misty Waters 2026 Experience

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The Gen AI Divide In The Cape Town Alternative Scene

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South African Hip-Hop's Fastest Rising Artist
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The Real Reason Metal Vocalists Cup The Mic + The Bands That Made These 3 South African Metal Vocalists

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The Doors Pledge To Repay Artists

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The Return Of Vulvodynia

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South Africa's Most Underrated Metal Vocalist

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I Thought Afrikaans Alternative Music Was Dead, I Was Wrong
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Three Dudes That Cup Pilot Episode

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March Recap: IGNITE In South Africa, Upcoming Events, And More

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The South African Band That Disappeared For 20 Years
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Orange County's IGNITE Is Making Their Debut Appearance In South Africa

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February Recap: Calabash Cancelled, Emalyth Fest Shines, and More

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Inside The Mind Of One Of Africa's Best Metal Vocalists

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What Really Happens After Wacken?

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P+A+G+E+S Brings A Message Of Hope And Resilience Through Doom

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Best South African Bands & Releases of 2025

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Skrikkeljaar Isn’t Here to Fit In And That’s the Point
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Is This The Rise Of Afrikaans Alternative?

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The Ramfest 2025 Experience
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A Crash Course In Joining The South African Alt/Metal Scene

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What No One Tells You About Running Live Sound in South Africa

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Punks Put On Music For Palestine
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The Capetonian Metalcore Band Taking ZA By Storm
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South Africa's Most Explosive Metal Event

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The Band That Carried The Flag To Germany

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Why Durban Is Always Excluded From South Africa's Biggest Metal Events

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Why This South African Band Vanished For 12 Years

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Is this South Africa's Longest Standing Metal Band?

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This South African Band Just Went Viral
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The Most Anticipated Metal Release In South African Metal?

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The Woman Running African Metal From Behind A Screen
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South Africa's Most Insane Metalcore Band
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Argentina's NVLO Prepares For Their First TIme In South Africa

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Is This Durban Band South Africa's Next Big Thing?
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Hi Anxious: South Africa's Genre-Bending Rebels
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Indie Dog's Dream To Become The Best Rock Band In The World

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Why Lower Hollow Members Walked Away: Ash Tells All
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Die Gemeente: Pretoria's Newest Powerhouse

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Has The South African Artist Skill Floor Gotten Higher?

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Kenya's Irony Destroyed Take On The Wacken Metal Battle Sub-Saharan Africa Finals

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Botswana Brings Tswanian Black Metal To South Africa

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Can One Cape Town Band Take A Hilux To Germany?

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What If Wrong Turn Was A Metal Band

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How This Cape Town Metal Band Is Bending The Genre

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Namibia's Last Metal Band Brings The Heat To South Africans

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Why This South African Band Is A Force To Be Reckoned With
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Catching Up With Wacken Finalist Walk These Skies

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Why South African Live Music Is Suffering At The Hands Of Event Promoters | In Conversation with Qü
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Is Fading Gray South Africa's Newest Gateway Band?

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Emo Night: The Most Exciting Event in South Africa
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Collaboration and Creativity in Dawn Melanie's Musical Evolution

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Jay Reid's Ascendancy: How One DJ Has Dominated Durban and Cape Town's Nightlife

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How Swoger Went From Hip-Hop Artist to South Africa's Most Exciting Hyperpop Innovator
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Is Heavy Music Dying Out In South Africa?

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Lost//Youth On Their South African Tour
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Finding Creative Fulfilment with Cistamatic

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How NotRussellCrow Defined An Era Of SA's Alternative Music: From Cellphone Footage to Music Videos

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Social Media, Monetisation, And Debunking Record Label Myths with Gia McKay
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A Decade of Brutal Tunes with The Fallen Prophets

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Vibes & Voices Exploring the Heart of South Africa's Music Scene with Local Creators

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Bringing Quality Media To Local Bands, Working Within Budgets, And Drawing Attention To The Scene

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Face Jackson Talks About Their New Single, Avoiding Being Disingenuous On Social Media, And More

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Music Administration in South Africa: Challenges and Opportunities
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Basson Laas; A Dreamer Worth Loving
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Jade Garisch On The Best Social Media Practices For South African Artists
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Wessel Möller on Double Sun, Planet Karavan, Cape Town, Pretoria, Durban, Johannesburg, And More

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Black Hill Cove On Releasing Albums vs Singles In 2024
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Caligula's Horse On Touring South Africa
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Faet On How The Band Started, South African Female-led Bands, And Leaving South Africa For Wales
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Jasper Dan On Their KERRANG! Feature, Playing With Iron Maiden , Their Latest Single, & Giving Back

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Sunken State on going to Germany, Preparing for Wacken Open Air 2024, and representing SA

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MaxX & Love on their Debut Album, Working With A Label In 2024, Navigating Social Media
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Carla Franco on the Cape Town Music Scene, Overcoming Doubt & her "Big Talker" Release
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We Watched LONGLEGS - Sludge Reacts
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Sophomore Shifts, Epic Endings & BYOBand with Lower Hollow

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Ruff Majik talk merch, touring and devious deeds

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Tributes, Revivals & 90's Nostalgia with The Fismits
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Brandon Render Of Middle Grounds on The formation of the band, the Wacken finals, and the future

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An00k Patterton On Being An Emerging SA Artist, Maintaining Work Ethic, And Building Connections

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Variety, Consistency & Goosebumps with Angst Party

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Hawema: Local Punk, Forming the Band & Finding Their Flow

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Myke Taylor of Your Cynical Sanity On The Wacken Finals, Direction Shifts, and New Music

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Daisy Arson On Launching A New Project, Her Influences, And Musician Skillset

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Rocc Lobsters On The Durban Music Scene, Playing Festivals, And Being Authentic
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Sunken State On Relocating, Dealing With Lineup Changes, And Making Music You Enjoy

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The Ultimate Guide To Copyright & IP For Musicians with Legal Practitioner Beth Larriva
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From Bars to Cribs: Chyna The Artist on Fatherhood, Loss, and Durban Hip-Hop
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Glamping Gone Wild, Clive vs Johni Holiday: Last Week's Recap

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Splice’s Zain Wolf On Sample Clearance In 2024 & More
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WONDERboom And Their Latest Releases

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Arno Carstens On 30 Years In The South African Music Industry
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Ross Harding on Art vs Business

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