Marilyn Manson, the shock rocker born Brian Hugh Warner, is putting the final touches on his eighth studio album, Born Villain, which will be released sometime in 2012. Despite losing many crucial band members over the years (they all seem to end up in Rob Zombie’s band), Marilyn Manson hasn’t thrown in the lipstick-smeared towel [...]

Here is some light-hearted reading, because we don’t feel like being serious all the time. 8. Jill Valentine (Resident Evil) Shooting zombies does something to people – particularly if you’re doing it in a skin-tight bodysuit or short skirt. Recounting all her experiences with brain matter, cannibalism and body parts in Raccoon City, Jill is [...]

Hard work. Perseverance. Never say die. Those are all qualities that MusicReview appreciates in true musicians. One band that epitomises this code of honour is Durban’s Contrast the Water. Kicking ass and taking stripper names in the U.S. at the moment, CTW are making things happen for themselves, without relying on the music machine to [...]

My first experience of Burn Nightclub in Durban was in my undergraduate years, when I religiously listened to bands like Disturbed, System of a Down and Saron Gas. Of course, when your soundtrack to life is every hard rock band on the planet, it makes sense that your happiest moments are moshing to Burn’s customary [...]