Track 11 off our soon to be released, debut album, "Barriers"

Mixed and Mastered by Chris Brink of Audio Fury Studios(UK)
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Urban Vitamin is an alternative metal band from Pretoria, South Africa, formed in 2008 by members, Cobus Nigrini, Rick De Villiers, Neville Botha, and Cicero Carstens. In 2014, Ricky Dunningham took over on drum duties after Rick De Villiers left to complete his PhD in Durham, UK. 
Urban Vitamin is known for their intellectual lyrical content, experimentations with sub-genres of metal, alternative, rock and electronica, which are showcased in a well-balanced fusion in their intricate songwriting. 

“You’re waking up what could be left                                                                                Under this lock, beneath this latch
What devils wait inside this box…”

In 2010 the band released their debut album, The First Time Hurts the Most, as a free digital download, which A Look Away magazine (Feb 2010) hailed as a “confluence or whispers and violence, or a handshake between a Tibetan monk and Mark Wahlberg”. The album features the single, “Girls”, which received countless airplay on local radio stations and the accompanying music video received over 3 000 views on YouTube.

“Behind pressed lids I can see you, in this darkness there’s no distance. In this dumb show there’s no silence, behind pressed lids I can see”

In 2013, Urban Vitamin released a follow-up EP, Agent Provocateur. Two music videos have been released for the singles, “Philistine” and “Sirens”, which received well over 7 000 and 5000 views respectively. 

In 2014, the band played the Johannesburg leg of the popular South African music festival Ramfest 2014, alongside international artists such as Foals, Killswitch Engage, Trivium, and Biffy Clyro. The remainder of 2014 was devoted to playing shows on the local circuit and the year concluded with a line-up change as Rick De Villiers moved to the UK and the band introduced Ricky Dunningham as the new drummer. 

2015 saw the extension of the band’s borders as they ventured to play shows outside of South Africa. In August the band toured to Mozambique and played to a packed crowd at Afrika Bar, an old cinema renovated into a bar in the heart of Maputo, and a month later was invited to play a show in one of the town halls in Gaborone, Botswana. In addition, the band began recording the follow up album to the Agent Provocateur EP at Anti-motion Studio and the UV Studio. 

“Should it surprise us when                                                                                                   This cruel light shows us exactly as we are”

In 2017, Urban Vitamin released their sophomore album titled, Ekphrasis. The album featured the singles, “A Bloodless Ballet”, “Contagion, And So On” and “Metempsychose, Slow”.

Poverty of Ideals is a 3 Piece Instrumental Progressive Metal band hailing from the North of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Formed in 2009, Poverty of Ideals started from a desire to play something more, something technically challenging yet still keeping to a sound that can be enjoyed by everyone, regardless of genre.

All 3 members started music at a very young age, dedicating countless hours to perfecting their arts. Kyle Williams on Drums, Craig Goudge on Guitars and Matthew Bairstow on Bass all Studied at COPA(Campus of Performing Arts), receiving above average grades for their respective instruments, as well as playing for many well-known South African metal bands such as Unwritten Friday, Kill The Messenger, Hell To Pay, Pestroy and Truth and Its Burden.

They take a completely unique look on the “Progressive metal” genre, aiming to fuse technically syncopated grooves with expansive melodic sections, while shying away from the generic stereotypes often associated with the genre. Not only influenced by Metal, Poverty of Ideals draws influence from a wide spectrum of genres including Jazz, Blues, Rock and Fusion.

Poverty of Ideals have strong DIY ethics, releasing their 2010 self-titled EP independently and available for free. Playing small shows as well as nationwide tours has been the name of the game for the past two years, now Poverty of Ideals looks to take their unique blend of Metal and Prog. over to an International stage.

Recently Signing to Agent Indie Records, Poverty of Ideals plans to release their debut album late 2013, followed by a nationwide tour, with the help of some amazing people.

I'm Josh and Violent|Strings is my music. 

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