‘Kill ‘Em All’ by Metallica at 40

By Matt Innes | November 22, 2023

Heavy metal giants Metallica released their debut album ‘Kill ‘Em All’ on 25 July 1983 via independent label Megaforce Records, marking 40 years of a headbanging classic. Wielding an arsenal of pummelling riffs deployed at high velocity, Metallica were among the primary players of the new breed of heavy metal that emerged in the early…

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Fonke Knomaads: In Hip Hop We Trust

By Matt Innes | February 22, 2016

By: Matt Innes For years, John TeOp Riley struggled to reconcile his creative passion for hip hop with his deep, yet often-conflicting, Christian beliefs. As lyricist and MC for Fonke Knomaads, Riley, along with John ‘DJ Soup’ Blake, blazed a pioneering trail for Aussie hip hop in the early 90s. Combining Soup’s skilfully crafted loops…

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