At once the energy of Infanteria’s attitude driven music possessed the audience, taking each and everyone on a wild ride, a taste of true thrash with a back hand. Infanteria’s members are well disciplined musicians who know how to apply their musical skills to the music they create. Seeing these guys live is a delicacy, flying the old school metal flag high. Infanteria’s Chris Hall’s demonic stage poise can be intimidating to those outside the heavy metal circle. To me it seems as if Chris channels he’s aggression into he’s guitar playing and vocals, releasing he’s opinions of the world through aggression yet meaningful and personal content. Metal horns pushed through the air, a few attempts to crowed surf with some more successful than others to not get a bloodied face. Infanteria’s performance was well received and well played out; with covers such as Metallica’s Sanitarium and Creeping Death gracing their set an incline of heavy metal euphoria was injected into every old school thrashers veins. A cure for the fever to thrash, an antibiotic for the corporate music industry that is forced into our faces daily. What more can one say about Infanteria who have been the forefront of South Africa’s thrash industry, except that these guys have shaped themselves into a professional musical outfit that have many years to reign as the kings of South African thrash. In the March issue of Fanbase Music Magazine I carry on my journey of Rock the River SA and share some camp site stories, I have a drink with Paul Rahilly front man of The Impalement Theory and talk about he’s departure to Johannesburg and the bands last performance at Rock the River. I sneak off to cover some of the metal acts on the main stage, continue the debauchery of the metal stage and come face to face with a spider of which the likes I have never seen. So look out for part 2 of this review in March issue of Fanbase Music magazine!!!! I would like to give a special thanx to the following photographers for letting me use their work Ezelle Louw - Lupa Photography. Diane Lilin - Pinskull Photography
“Look out for Part 2 of this review in the March issue of Fanbase Music Mag”