Judas ~ Beseech The Enemy ~
Your seductive whisper, against my ear. Ever sweet, dripping poison. Your web of lies, I should have listened, to the voice within me. That warned me of your treachery, I should have listened. You cold blooded bitch, how could you do this to someone you love? Hell awaits you, with it's dead and rotting arms. Your grave can't keep you safe and you'll keep the secrets you hold. Your grave can't keep you safe and you'll keep the secrets you hold.
And I've said it all before, and I'll say it again! You lying fucking whore! I'm better off now! Now that you are dead and gone. Now that you are dead and gone. I have seen your true face, I know what you are. I know what you are and, now you're, Dead to me, Dead to me, Dead to me, And all you've lost.
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Jenna Meiring, creative mind behind Jenna Sighed, is a mostly self-taught musician who draws inspiration from many different sources be it black or death metal or classical or pop or rock. And this flair for music is nothing new to Jenna – she composed her first melody at the age of seven (which she had to ask her mother to write out for her)! Jenna attended piano lessons from the tender age of seven, from 1995 until 1999 and this led her to her first love: guitar. When she picked up the guitar in 2000, at the age of twelve, and spent much of the following year learning to play the music of Metallica, Korn, and other such artists, one could say Jenna’s love for the instrument (and for metal) was firmly entrenched. At the end of 2002, at the age of fourteen, Jenna, along with two of her other school friends, formed her first alternative band, Pensive. Pensive played to somewhat limited audiences, mostly covering grunge songs – but it kept Jenna’s love for music alive and when, in 2005, the band broke up in order to focus on finishing school, there was most certainly no end in sight. For, while Jenna had some down time, she discovered her second love – the violin. In early 2007, after completing her Matric and gathering some steam (a new instrument added to her repertoire); Jenna joined the band Through Knives. Through Knives was a thrash metal band that lasted only ten months: the band broke up after just one show, due to creative differences. In the following months, she and the lead vocalist from Through Knives worked together, trying to find other artists to work with. In April of 2008, they teamed up with two friends and formed Black Soul Café, a progressive metal band in which Jenna played lead guitar, violin and backup vocals. Black Soul Café gigged in Pretoria and Johannesburg for most of 2009 before breaking up. Following the break-up of Black Soul Cafe, Jenna played with Necromantian from May 2009-June 2010. She participated on the ‘Gateway’ EP released by Salute Records in 2010. Despite her involvement in bands, Jenna spent a lot of time working on music on her own. In 2002, she had started playing piano again, and it became one of her favourite composing instruments. A prolific songwriter, she wrote around thirty songs in 2003, during her time at boarding school, and upon returning home continued to write. She performed at school functions and sang in several choirs, at one stage, in 2004, with Richard Cock in Songs of Praise. After starting formal training in violin and getting back in touch with music theory, Jenna’s song writing became more versatile and sophisticated, but it wasn’t until she started singing training that she truly felt ready to start promoting herself. This finally gave Jenna the confidence to pursue her own project, Jenna Sighed. But, this is always easier said than done – one has to find the right line-up, and that’s taken time. Nonetheless, by early February 2012 Jenna Sighed settled on the following line-up: Wesley van Eeden on bass, Storm Awesome on drums, Martin Dugdale on guitar and Jenna Meiring on lead guitar, violin and vocals. So, with Jenna Sighed being the main drive, there will be no holds barred over what she can achieve. So listen up, boundaries will be pushed, music will be made!
Crushing intensity, high energy and an engaging live performance is what sets Beseech the Enemy apart from the average run of the mill bands. Hailing from Johannesburg, South Africa, the band strives to make brutal music with melodic undercurrents and lyrics motivated by politics and life.
Initially established in 2009, the band went through several line-up changes and it was only in 2011 that the line-up was firmly cemented into the whirlwind force that is Beseech the Enemy.
Once on stage Beseech the Enemy is a force to be reckoned with. And they have had the honour of sharing the stage with excellent local acts The Dead Will Tell, Facing the Gallows, All Forlorn, Legions Ablaze and many more. The band continues to play as many shows as possible, whilst refining their new material.
David Penman - Vocals/screams Duncan MacKenzie - Guitars JandrĂŠ Killian - Guitars Grant Koekemoer - Bass Peter Pistorius - Drums
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This is ART
By: Sashquita Northey
April the 28th saw the fourth instalment of the Emalyth Arts Expo. This time round it was held at Wolmer Events arena in Pretoria- a spacious upcoming venue that allows guests to camp over. The Emalyth Arts Expo’s are events that strive to showcase up and coming artists from the alternative community and include performances by bands, fine artists and sculptors, photographers, clothing designers and some very tasty alternative models. The event gates opened at 2pm to an exhibition by several young artists including Katelgo Modiri, Janike Fourie, Cicero Carstens and Samara Reyneke. An interesting piece was the display set up on behalf of The Golden Tiki Tattoo Parlour, where each of the inking maestros from the shop contributed an A4 piece around this years theme, humanity. Being known for well supported metal shows, Emalyth’s band line up on this occasion featured bands like Therapayne, Spectral Realm, Maximum Carnage, Deity’s Muse, Bloodbeast, Killatoria, Of One Design, Boargazm and a special performance by All Forlorn which featured guest vocals by a variety of well known South African frontpeople including A3 of Killatoria and Durban’s favourite female vocalist, Ebony Aberdien. There were many highlights throughout the event like the give-away hampers before each band which contained three metal CD’s from local and international acts, a t-shirt, some badges, vouchers from Solsken Clothing and other little tid-bits. A bigger hamper was also raffled off towards the end of the evening making one lucky attendee very happy indeed. The most memorable part of the event would have to have been the hatching of the brand new baby Emalyth models. Seven bright young hairy lads dressed head-to-toe in dragsuspenders, heels, corsets and striking make-up-certainly not what the anticipating male crowd had expected! There was, however, a small consolation prize for those disappointed by all the testosterone. The creator of Drucilla’s Wardrobe and two other lovely alternative models dressed by the brand were at the event to hand out fliers and look pretty. With a BYOB policy, beer was drunk, mosh pits were made and parties were had. Be sure to check out Emalyth’s fanpage for updates on the next Emalyth Arts Expo.
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1) Metal drum sounds have become more and more processed over recent years with huge toms, clicky bass drums and cracking snares being the order of the day in most cases. While a lot of this is down to the way the drums are miked and processed, the tuning of the drums themselves is of huge importance. To begin with, toms should be tuned to a medium/low tuning, with the floor toms showing wrinkles when the hand is pressed into them. And while tuning the bottom heads to the same pitch as the top will produce the most tone and sustain, tuning the bottom heads slightly lower will shorten the sustain and introduce some pitch bend, which is often preferable. In metal, the snare is often quite high in pitch and tension and although it feels good to play it’s important to appreciate that, under a mic, a cranked up head can sound thin - so this is often an area of compromise. Finally bass drums should be tuned low, with the same wrinkle effect as the floor toms. They’ll also need some dampening to enhance the thud by reducing the overtones and sustain. Some metal drummers tend to favour placing pads on the head at the point of beater impact in order to increase the ‘click’ - however this quality is easily ‘dialled in’ using EQ when using a decent mic. 2) As well as hitting hard, a metal drummer will usually hold his own in a mix full of distorted guitars by hitting rimshots on the snare. This involves hitting the centre of the drum and the rim at exactly the same time, every time and can take some practice to get consistent, but it adds a sharp, cutting quality to the snare sound. 3) In metal hi-hats are usually played slightly open for a trashy sound with some players even setting the clutch quite low so as to play the double pedal without affecting the hi-hat sound. However this will compromise the open and closed sound from the hi-hats, which is where X-hats, free standing hi-hats usually on the opposite side of the kit, come in. They enable the drummer to set regular hi-hats more open and mean the left hand has access to the rest of the kit, whether playing double kick drums or not. Finally, be sure not to clamp the top hi-hat cymbal too tightly in the clutch as it will need to be free to move. Failure to do this can damage the top hi-hat cymbal, causing it to crack in the worst case.
4) One essential metal drumming sound is the cymbal choke where the decay of the cymbal is stopped short to create an aggressive punctuation in the music. The choking action is usually done using the opposite hand to that which hits the cymbal. However, as you get more proficient it is possible to crash and choke with the same hand, and for maximum effect it’s worth practising this using either hand. Choking the cymbal is usually done over individual bass drum hits. However it can also be very effective when played over double bass drum patterns. 5) As hi-hats have become more openly and aggressively played, so the dynamic of the rest of the drum kit has had to increase, to the point where simply moving over to the ride cymbal is no longer enough to achieve a lift in the music. As a result, most metal drummers now frequently play the ride part on a crash cymbal or sometimes even a china cymbal in order to create an appropriate shift in dynamics. This is best done on a larger cymbal, usual 18" or upwards, so as to create desired wash or spread. 6) Pro tip: Justin Foley "Lead with your weaker foot. Not only will it help develop the strength in your foot, more importantly it will help you develop your own mental awareness of what that foot is doing. 7) Pro tip Chris Adler "If you don’t have a lot of money, the one thing you want to spend money on, and find what is comfortable for you, is your pedals. You can get away with a crappy drum kit but if your feet aren’t comfortable trying to do that stuff, it’s never going to work." 8) Pro tip Derek Roddy “You might think playing a shuffle at 40bpm is boring, but that improves your fast playing because you don’t concentrate on the notes themselves, you concentrate on the space in between the notes. "The most important thing in extreme metal is not the speed but the consistency of the notes. For metal drummers it’s very important to be able to fast blast-beat at the same volume you play something slow and driving.” 9) Pro tip Vinnie Paul "It’s like being an athlete and doing a two-mile run. You don’t want to blast all your energy. I’m a really hard player so I drink a lot of water onstage and have a fan up there to keep the air moving." 10) Pro tip Daniel Erlandsson “i’ll practise a lot when I’m at home, just on my own, to a click track. I also do a bit of running to stay in shape. This is basically like a sport, especially when you’re doing 90-minute headline shows." 11) Pro tip Mike Wengren "Before a show, I spend an hour in the dressing room getting in the zone. I have a playlist on my iPod with bands to get me pumped up, like Pantera, Machine Head, Lamb Of God. I do stretches from head to toe to loosen up. Then I start playing a few simple rudiments on a practice pad or run through some of my parts.”
"Before leaving for stage the band has a customary shot of Jägermeister and then it’s time to throw down!" 12) Pro tip Joey Jordison "To the younger readers I say, you’ll never learn to play it all, but always strive to. Keep working as much as you can. Eventually it will happen as long as you have the will and strive to be a good drummer." 13) Pro tip Dave Lombardo "Play along to whatever you can properly play. Start at AC/DC. After a while try some early Judas Priest and maybe bring in some double bass stuff. If you’re doing good there, move on to the next record." 14) The metal drumming checklist Hit hard, and consistently Use semi-open hi-hats to create a sense of power Ride a crash cymbal or china to take things up a gear Hit rimshots on the snare drum Underpin fills around the kit using the double kicks Where possible hit two drums or cymbals simultaneously for a fatter sound Use heavier sticks for a fuller sound Choose double-ply heads for a thicker sound Wear earplugs/hearing protection Get tattoos and piercings
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The Punk&Pirate festival at The Doors on the 28th April promised ballads and booze from early afternoon ‘til the wee hours of the morning. And it delivered. Headlining was The Cavalier and speaking to the boys (most of them) beforehand, I got the feeling that we were in for a helluva show. We had Jay Wilton with vocals and guitar, Pete Element with bass and vocal, Pat Riot on drums and Nice de Beer on lead guitar. The stage presence of each of the guys in the band impressed me to the point where I was expecting a lot and they really pulled through. Their performance was littered with small (and sometimes not so small) snippets of conversation with their audience. And when I say ‘their audience,’ I mean it. These guys were holding on to the happiness and heartstrings of those on the dance floor for as long as they played. I think it was a combination of both that and the solidly good music they were giving us that really made it.
Moments that blew my hair back:
Drums solo – Hott damn, boy. That solo was electric and you need to give us more of them. I’m not even joking. Giving away those vouchers for free tattoos and piercings from The Little Shop of Horrors (www.littleshopofhorrors.co.za) – THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN MORE. Those stars on the back of Jay’s jeans – I was looking at the stars.
The Cavalier at Punk and Pirate Festival, The Doors Nightclub Now, I was warned beforehand by the man himself, but Jay, my friends, is the epitome and youthful arrogance. Pretty, talented arrogance. “But what does this have to do with their performance, Tam?!” I’ll tell you, shall I? I was less than impressed by the way, at the end of the set, Jay did not acknowledge the crowd nor his band mates as he strutted off the stage to no doubt grab a beer and some of Doors’ finest. Looking over my notes from the evening, I see I only wrote one sentence: ‘And then he just fucked off…’ Eish, dude. Eish… With certainty I say that the music The Cavalier played that night sounded awesome, if not a little flat (vocally) compared to the studio versions of their songs, which I did go and have a listen to. This is completely understandable and did nothing to take away from the damn awesome party these guys put on for us. As musicians, The Cavalier work very well as a unit, but I was a little disappointed by the lack of communication between all of them during the set. Making this all better, though, was the way they all just seemed to be having such a damn good time. On that note, it’s easy to see the potential in these guys and how far they’ll go in the industry: it just seems like they were born and brought together to make music and get it out there. I can say with honesty that I really hope to see The Cavalier play again sometime soon, perhaps on a bigger stage to accommodate the big sound the band puts out. So good luck, guys. Keep the energy up. It got your crowd, and me, moving.
You made a new fan :) Written by Tasty Tam
3 Holidays You Know You Want to Go On When was the last time you went on holiday? For most of us the answer will be “too damn long.” Next time you wanna get away, forget about it all and relax, consider these options before you book a package holiday in Spain or go on safari in Kruger for the millionth time. Considering the context, if I offered you anything other than the alternative, I’d be disappointed in myself. Now, my understanding of the alternative is pretty much anything outside of the mainstream. And what’s another word that begins with ‘a’? AWESOME.
The Whitby Goth Weekend, Yorkshire, UK As one of the world’s “premier goth events”, the Whitby Goth Weekend promises a long weekend of nothing but the best in alternative partying starting, this year, on Halloween. Founded in 1994, this event gives goths, punks, emos, bikers and steampunks the possibility of drinking their own weight in beer and dancing to what looks like an epic line up of bands for 2012 over the whole weekend. Personally, I would sell my ovaries to go to this. Anyone wanna come? www.whitbygothweekend.co.uk
Testicle Festival, Clinton, Montana, USA Apparently, ‘the festival feeds over 2 ½ tons of bull balls to its many hungry revellers.” I drove past the aftermath of this one in August 2008. I’d missed it by a few days, but I’d heard about it years ago without ever thinking I’d get to it. Just missing it only made me want to go more. Looking around where much drinking and ball-chowing had gone down (eish…) only a few days before, I saw a yellow school bus with the words ‘come and have a ball!’ written along the side. Hot damn, yeehaw and all that shit. IT’S ON MY LIST. www.testyfesty.com
‘Sacred Travel to Egypt’ Tours This is for the hippy in me. The part of me that wants to sell everything I own and go and live on a beach to sell drugs and trinkets to tourists. The part of me that wants to take most of these drugs on a daily basis and become one with the ocean, or sky, or the hepatitis-ridden needles cast over the beach, or whatever. Running from September 18 - October 2, 2012, this holiday is “a magical pilgrimage to Egypt with Danielle Rama Hoffman & Dr. Friedemann Schaub,” although we are told to “please note that due to the magical and spontaneous nature of these trips the itinerary is subject to change, although all sites listed will be visited.” Yep, that’ll be the LSD. www.shamanicjourneys.com
Dane Herbst – Lead Vocals Cirsten Claassen – Guitar, Clean Vocals Christiaan van Resburg – Guitar Emile Lombard – Bass Morne Lombard – Drums
Trapped in Reality is a JHB based, Post-Hardcore/Metalcore band formed in late September 2011, who always brings an energetic and lively performance to the stage. We are the new kids on the block and have a wide variety in sound, yet very unique to TiR. We aim to bring a totally new sound to the local metal scene. We are 5 kids from a school called Helpmekaar College in mid JHB that all share a passionate love for metal. We are all between 16 and 18 years old. We focus on breakdowns and bring you a mix of heavy riffs and melodic tunes. The name Trapped in Reality comes from a line in a cover that we did from a song by Attack Attack called Smokahontas. Trapped in Reality is a family that supports each other every step of the way, be it band related or personal. We love our fans and always give the best we can for them. We hope to do SA metal proud in the future and to build relationships with the people involved in it. We started out as 5 guys in school just chilling and making up some riffs. After a while we realized that we might have potential, so we wrote our first song in November, called ‘2D Loser’. We kept on writing and finished 6 songs by the beginning of February. Mid February we played our first show, the last leg of the Bloodshed Remains tour at The Back Dahlia, and landed firm footed on the local metal scene. The band has all its original members and we all work together really well. We have grown as a band and came up with our own unique style of music. We do what we do for the love of the music and we support the local scene to the fullest. Trapped in Reality is a hard working band that gives every ounce of energy to the music. Music means the world to us and we will always be hard at work with our very meaningful songs. We urge people to come out and see what the local scene has in store. We are currently recording our 7-track Album. Check us out on: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/trapped.in.reality.band ReverbNation: http://www.reverbnation.com/trappedinreality
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Heavy Metal Rhythm Guitar Essentials This article is about how to play firm and heavy metal rhythm guitar riffs. By referring to 'metal', we immediately get associated to palm muting, kickass slow riffs with rests, fast picking and heavy-sounding chords, right? That's exactly what we'll talk about here. Besides all the stuff here, I prepared several metal drumtracks downloadable at my website. I'm sure you'll find them useful and fun to jam along. They are based on the most often used, basic drummings in metal music. I'm going to begin with only 1 note (and that would be the 'E' note of 6th string) riffs. Let's see what rhythmizations can we do with it, what palm muting options do we have, and how do we make all of that to sound badass. First, just play the sixteenth notes in whatever tempo you feel comfortable, only with guitar picking downstrokes, without palm muting. You have to be ABSOLUTELY SURE that you're not out of tempo when playing this. Use metronome or drumtracks or hit the rythm with your foot. Rhythm playing has to be firm, solid, tight, strong and however you feel like calling it. And it definitely has to be in time. Now, add the palm muting. Make sure you also mute the strings you're note playing, because they can produce much unwanted noise. Try muting it even harder, by moving the picking arm a bit away from the guitar while pushing it's weight on the strings. You will probably hear how the sound now has a bit more bass. This is a great thing on slower riffs with chords, which we'll go through later on. Now try playing those 16ths openly, and then add the palm muting. This change must be flawless.
http://www.guitarplayerworld.com/Heavy_Metal/Heavy_Metal_Rhythm_Guitar_Essentials.html
Now I've got a cool little exercise. Try adding a rest (or rests) in your 16th note sequence. Here are some examples:
When you execute those rests, use 2nd and 3rd finger of your fretting hand to damp the strings at rests. This way you don't have the bass sound on the rests, though, this is the matter of taste. Make at least 10 more, and loop them. Feel free to use any time signature you want. Try to combine your licks later on. You might come up with some really groovy riffs, or even song ideas! Now try playing all of this only with upstrokes. I suggest you go for it with tempo around 90 bpms. Next thing you could do is add the 5th and an octave to those E's, so you get power chords. You can maybe flatten the 5th, so you get the really harsh E(5-) chord. Add the open G string to that chord, so you get the Edim chord. It's sound is perfect for crankin' your amp to 11 in 5am and waking up your girlfriend, especially if you don't want to see her sleeping over at your place anymore! :) Let's play with note lenghts a bit. If you use 32ths and 8ths in the riffs, you get a plenty of new options. 32ths usually build the tension and 8ths lower it, so always tend to have a balance between the both. Let's just experiment for now.
You should create at least 20 of your riffs. Right now. Take 5 of those that are best. How do you know if they're best? Very easily. They make you headbang! We'll make them more colorfull by adding more notes. Use phrygian scale for now (though, you can use variety of others), to keep that heaviness. It goes like this: I
'm sure you get the point. Anyway, that's it for now. Experiment with those ideas a lot, and absolutely positive that you're gonna end up with dozens of cool riffs. I'm going to talk about this subject on few next articles, so stay tuned! And keep your heads bangin'!
Thank you to all who walked the plank at the Punk and Pirate Festival 28 April 2012 - The Doors Nightclub
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