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as well as other reputed download stores
(physical CDs also at Bandcamp, OneWorld.co.za, Kalahari.com, Takealot.com, directly from the band
and selected South Africa stores)

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NEW VIDEOS:

NEW TERMINATRYX MUSIC VIDEOS

TERMINATRYX "Shadow" music video [produced & directed by Sonja Ruppersberg & Paul Blom]	TERMINATRYX "Gone" music video [Flamedrop & Gleam Studio / directed by Johnny Swanepoel]

Here is the TERMINATRYX "Siek+Sat" video shelved in 2009, plus a live version
of its Battery 9 remixed version (feat. Paul Riekert on guest vocals)

TERMINATRYX "Siek+Sat" music video [produced & directed Paul Blom]	TERMINATRYX "Siek+Sat" Batery 9 remixed version performed live [edited by Paul Blom]

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> 2020 <

FEBRUARY 2020

Good friend and former Terminatryx live guitarist Bret Elkington will return to the band on bass duties!

JANUARY 2020

On the rare mirror-image palindrome date of 0202.2020 there will be an exciting TERMINATRYX announcement!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Some exciting stuff coming in 2020!









> 2019 <

DECEMBER 2019

New TERMINATRYX Music

'Suiker' is the third in a series of new TERMINATRYX singles leading up to the next album.
This Afrikaans song (meaning 'Sugar') features South African Industrial legend Paul Riekert
of Battery 9 on guest vocals :

 

NOVEMBER 2019

We trust everyone will have a great festive season, and be safe however you celebrate.

Coming Christmas eve - the pre-release of new (Afrikaans) TERMINATRYX song 'Suiker' (Sugar),featuring South African Industrial legend Paul Riekert of Battery 9 on guest vocals :

(Paul Riekert - Battery 9)
"Suiker" will be the first ever Terminatryx Christmas eve release!

Video Teaser :

OCTOBER 2019

The TERMINATRYX-linked MAKABRA ENSEMBLE live silent film soundtrack project's performance
for the 2019 South African HORRORFEST will be for the classic Swedish film
THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE.



This performance will feature two special guests:
Keaton aka GRIMEHOUSE
and Sara of POLAR DUST

 

SEPTEMBER 2019

TERMINATRYX will perform as special guests with GRIMEHOUSE at THE PIT
13 September, Mercury Live

AUGUST 2019

New TERMINATRYX Music



'Blame' is the second in a series of new TERMINATRYX singles leading up to the next album:

 

Currently only available at www.terminatryx.bandcamp.com


TERMINATRYX Live

9 August
SIRENS Women's Day Celebration
Rumours, Johannesburg



NEW VIDEO CLIP
Leading up to the SIRENS show, Paul had an in-car chat about that, as well as gear, bronchitis
and never canceling a show :

JUNE - JULY 2019

Upcoming TERMINATRYX Live Shows

9 August - SIRENS Women's Day Celebration, Rumours, Johannesburg
13 September - THE PIT, special live guests at Grimehouse event, Cape Town
27 September - CREATURE FEATURE, animal charity show, Cape Town


NEW MUSIC



New TERMINATRYX single 'Blame' coming soon!
(sampler video clip above)

APRIL - MAY 2019

TERMINATRYX
"Destroy"
(single download)



With no-one wanting to pay for music anymore, it seems illogical to go into debt with a studio to capture your
audio creations... While Terminatryx usually recorded the basics of all songs, for mixing and mastering,
external experts usually took it from there.
But now, Terminatryx will go fully in-house on all aspects. With investment in softwre and other gear,
we by no means proclaim to be better than the fine technical pros we've worked with before
(from Theo Crous to Simon Ratcliffe), but will learn and improve as we go along.
So check it out and let us know what you think!

'Destroy' is available at Bandcamp and soon at all download & streaming locations.

a Flamedrop Production
c 2019

MARCH 2019

The first of several new TERMINATRYX singles is titled 'DESTROY' !
Released 29 March 2019

FEBRUARY 2019

New TERMINATRYX band image with Dr-Benway!

FEBRUARY 2019

Recording in progress for the new TERMINATRYX single coming soon!
(title, single image and release date announced soon)
Stay updated by following us at:
www.facebook.com/Terminatryx
www.instagram.com/Terminatryx
www.youtube.com/Terminatryx
www.twitter.com/Terminatryx

JANUARY 2019

Happy 2019 all!
First TERMINATRYX get-together for the year lined up some exciting plans...!
Stay tuned.








> 2018 <

OCTOBER 2018

MAKABRA ENSEMBLE LIVE SOUNDTRACK PERFORMANCE
MACISTE IN HELL
at the 14th annual South African HORRORFEST
Saturday 27 October, 9pm,
Labia Theatre (68 Orange Street, Cape Town)
BOOK HERE



The TERMINATRYX-driven MAKABRA ENSEMBLE is a project creating new soundtracks
to classic silent films, performed live to the screen.
For over 12 years the band has collaborated with the group's invaluable and talented co-members,
incl. Matthijs Van Dijk, Sean Ou Tim and Simon Ratcliffe.

The 1925 Italian movie MACISTE IN HELL has a virtuous man tricked and sent to hell,
where he kicks some ass!
Don't miss this exciting evening which is also the HorrorFest's Halloween dress-up night.
BOOK HERE

Like the Makabra Ensemble Facebook Page
Like the HorrorFest Facebook Page

SEPTEMBER 2018

TERMINATRYX
16th Anniversary
DUALITY TOUR
Images

SUNDOWNERS, Alberton :
CLICK HERE

RUMOURS, Randburg :
coming soon

TRENCHTOWN, Observatory :
coming soon

ALTERnatives FESTIVAL, Durbanville :
CLICK HERE

JULY / AUGUST 2018

TERMINATRYX
16th Anniversary
DUALITY TOUR
July / August 2018



There are two sides to every coin.
Across 16 years Terminatryx has illustrated that it doesn't stick to one recipe,
revealing many facets, levels and sound adventures in its music.
To celebrate this 16th anniversary, Terminatryx will perform various shows across July & August
showing its many sides with the DUALITY TOUR, sets leaning in the direction of
Metal and Gothic, tied together with a touch of Industrial.


Sat 28 July
METAL4AFRICA WINTERFEST '18
METRONOME, Brackenfell
It will start off at Metal4Africa's Winterfest with a DJ set by Paul & Sonja as Xtermin8,
spinning a wide range from their Metal collection's various sub-genres.

EVENT PAGE


Fri 3 Aug
SUNDOWNERS, Alberton

This first show of the Duality Tour's Gauteng leg will see Terminatryx deliver a more
Metal-edged set.

Joining us on stage are the undeniable piggies from planet Wolmer, BOARGAZM,
and the slick POLAR DUST.

EVENT PAGE




Sat 4 Aug
RUMOURS ROCK CITY, Randburg
RELEASE THE BATS

Headlining the Release The Bats event, Terminatryx will lean more towards its Gothic side with this set.
Also on stage is IN MISERY, Mr. BUTCHER and HEXOTERICKA,
plus a line-up of kick-ass DJs incl.
Jossie Ayame, Philbrey, K-Phetamine, Destrukto, Talisman

EVENT PAGE





CAPE TOWN SHOW DATES

Sat 25 Aug
TRENCHTOWN
Lower Main Road, Observatory



When Tours Converge!
On Saturday 25 August the Terminatryx 'Duality' and Polar Dust 'The Burning Water' tours collide
in the best possible way for a night of Alternative, Rock & Metal music.
Gauteng's Polar Dust will hit Cape Town with a bang, and joining the line-up is powerhouse Holo!

BOOK NOW

EVENT PAGE

A mere R30 gets you in!

JUNE 2018

TERMINATRYX
LIVE at VOICE FOR MDZANANDA
30 June 2018
BLACK IRISH (formerly Rabbit Hole)
Durbanville, Cape Town



RSVP and get more info at the FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE

Northern Suburbs! You can no longer say we neglect you...
Here's your chance to catch a tasty variety of Cape Town alternative bands in your neck
of the woods, and do some good in the process!
Undivided Legion is hosting this show in support of Mdzananda Animal Clinic,
with a finely selected line-up of:
TERMINATRYX
WITH DAWN
BOTTOM FEEDER

Dog- & cat food, blankets and any donations are also very welcome.

RSVP and get more info at the FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE

MAY 2018

TERMINATRYX - "Scars (Grimehouse Remix)" - Live Version



This trailer clip for the TERMINATRYX show at
METAL UNITED WORLD WIDE in April
features a segment from the new live version of the
Grimehouse "Scars" remix (with added guitars)

APRIL 2018

TERMINATRYX LIVE
5 May 2018
ROAR LIVE
299 Lower Main Road, Observatory, Cape Town

Terminatryx will bring a different flavour to Cape Town's leg of
METAL UNITED WORLD WIDE
as the only female-fronted band (with an electronic edge).



The full 5-band line-up includes:
Terminatryx, With Dawn, Holo, Last One Alive, Atlantic South, plus the Beasties burlesque show!

The event is a Metal4Africa and True Believers benefit concert.
During the Terminatryx performance, a lucky audience member will receive a Mr Lucky Tattoo voucher!

Event page: www.facebook.com/events/809700912565290

MARCH 2018

Unfortunately guitarist Mark was unable to find a middle ground with the material and decided
it was best to move on.
This led to Terminatryx forging ahead smoothly as a 3-piece, entering a new era in its 16th year.
While playing both bass and guitar when recording, for the new live configuration Paul will be switching
from bass to guitar.
Next live show in May!

FEBRUARY 2018

TERMINATRYX
"MASJIEN-MACHINE (Sementkop Remix by Battery 9)"
LYRIC VIDEO



For the remix of Afrikaans song "Masjien" on the TERMINATRYX "Remyx v2.0" album, the band had a brainflash:
ask SA Industrial legends Battery 9 to do a mash-up with their 1996 cut "Kiss The Machine"... 
The wish was granted and here is the track's lyric video! 
Expect rockets, explosions, space ships, blades and gears... and words of course!
(Hit CC for English subtitles)

JANUARY 2018

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE !





> 2017 <

DECEMBER 2017

TERMINATRYX
"SHADOW" vs "REMYX v2.0"
SAMPLER VIDEO





TERMINATRYX
"REMYX v2.0"
RELEASED!



"REMYX v2.0", the long awaited remixes of the Terminatryx "SHADOW" album is now available at all reputed digital download stores! (from iTunes to Bandcamp and all in between) + ltd. ed. USB drive / pendant & CD options.
Get it at
iTunes / Apple Music
Bandcamp
Amazon
CD Baby
and all other reputed on-line services

Check out the 'SHADOW Album vs REMIXES' sampler video clip with extracts from the original tracks alternated with their remixes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZVj3LKkxJE
Thanks to the kick-ass remixers who opened our music into another dimension of musical exploration:  
Grimehouse, Lloyd Price & The Frixion, Paul Riekert & Battery 9, Chris Hall & Industriezone, Mr Sakitumi / Sean Ou Tim
, Ronnie iRONic, In Misery, Isobel ( Sonja & Nerine, formerly A Murder), F8, Carlo &Khemical Krypt.
(Cover design by Thomas Dorman / Dr-Benway)

NOVEMBER 2017

We'd like to welcome our new Terminatryx guitarist,
Mark Allnutt!




Here is a Metal4Africa article announcing Mark joining Terminatryx, how it came about
plus quotes from the band members:
metal4africa.com/news/terminatryx-new-guitarist-announced

OCTOBER 2017

On Halloween the new TERMINATRYX guitarist will be announced!





M E T R O P O L I S

Saturday 28 October 2017 at the South African Horrorfest 
9:30pm, Labia Theatre, 68 Orange Street, Gardens, Cape Town

To celebrate its 90th anniversary, the TERMINATRYX spearheaded Makabra Ensemble will perform their original soundtrack for
Fritz Lang's masterpiece
METROPOLIS
(1927)

One show only!

To avoid disappointment, book at: https://goo.gl/mcpiV9
rsvp & more info at the Facebook event page:www.facebook.com/events/744001662474755

SEPTEMBER 2017

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT


image credit (L-R): Leigh Taylor Photography, Dr-Benway, Adaze

Sadly, after 10 years as Terminatryx guitarist, Patrick is moving on to ventures he'd been postponing.
With zero animosity or grudges, we wish him well and will definitely not lose touch,
the friendships as strong as ever.
We bid him a sad, but fond goodbye (not farewell), remembering we're not colleagues, but family.
For a full rundown on this, and qoutes from the band, check out the Metal4Africa.com article here.

Patrick's last show with the band will be at the 18 Till I Die 2017 live show (ROAR LIVE) 30 Sept - see below:


30 SEPTEMBER
18 'TIL I DIE
(ROAR Live, 299 Lower Main Road, Observatory, Cape Town)



+ Terminatryx Remyx v2.0 album launch
EVENT PAGE

Terminatryx returns to this all ages extravaganza of local Metal & Alternative music.
Also includes the Terminatryx "Remyx v2.0" album launch (remixes from the "Shadow" album)


30 SEPTEMBER

LIMITED EDITION TERMINATRYX "REMYX v2.0" LASER ENGRAVED USB FLASH DRIVE / PENDANT



The first physical launch phase of the new Terminatryx "Remyx v2.0" album (remixes of "Shadow") will be in the shape of a limited
edition key shaped laser engraved USB flash drive. (includes a ball chain making it wearable musical jewelry and always have
Terminatryx on your person!)
Comes in a magnetic presentation case and a branded cover sleeve.

(A version including "Shadow" and "Remyx v2.0" will also be available, and both versions will include extra features like music videos)
It launches SAT 30 SEPT at The Unscene's 18 Till I Die - 2017

(Ltd. Ed. CDs and digital releases to follow)

AUGUST 2017

26 AUGUST
15th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
(ROAR Live, 299 Lower Main Road, Observatory, Cape Town)



Celebrating a decade and a half of making music on our terms!
+ launch or remixes SCARS (by GRINDHOUSE) and GONE (by KHEMICAL KRYPT)

Joining the festivities live on stage:
WITH DAWN
DEVILSPEAK
KHEMICAL KRYPT

EVENT PAGE



AUDIO INFERNO CELEBRATE TERMINATRYX' 15 YEAR MILESTONE

www.audioinferno.com/2017/08/02/cape-towns-female-fronted-terminatryx-celebrating-15th-anniversary



LATE-OCTOBER / HALLOWEEN
MAKABRA ENSEMBLE

Makabra Ensemble live movie soundtrack performance at the South African HorrorFest.
Sonja and Paul's soundtrack project will bring another unique edge the Halloween-season
at this, SA's most respected Horror film festival and event (in its 13th year)
EVENT PAGE:

www.terminatryx.com/makabra
www.horrorfest.info

JULY 2017

Both the TERMINATRYX "MEDUSA (iRONic Remix)" single and music video is now available!

Pre-Mastered single exclusively at Bandcamp:

Video at the TERMINATRYX YouTube channel:



1 JULY
DER TANZ BOOT-EEK!
(Gandalf's, Observatory)

Not a Terminatryx live show - Sonja and Paul will attend this Darkling / Gothic / Rock night
as judges for a sexy boots competition
EVENT PAGE


29 JULY
WINTERFEST '17
(12 Viben Ave, Cape Town)

Terminatryx returns to Cape Town's premium Metal event alongside a range of killer acts from
Cape Town, Gauteng and Botswana!
This will also be the Terminatryx "Medusa" remix music video launch.
EVENT PAGE

LINE-UP:
16h55 - MC welcoming (with Nathan McClure)
17h00 - Nethercyst
17h45 - Bottom Feeder
18h30 - Subject to Slaughter
19h15 - Terminatryx
20h00 - Maximum Carnage (Pretoria)
21h00 - Skinflint (Botswana)
22h00 - SacriFist (Johannesburg)
23h00 - Megalodon (SA Wacken Metal Battle representatives)

FEBRUARY 2017

JANUARY 2017

HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL !!




> 2016 <

DECEMBER 2016

TERMINATRYX "ONTVLUGTING" Music Video [ Directed & Edited by Paul A. Blom ] Terminatryx was honoured to oblige when asked to adapt a poem from the rich oeuvre of legendary South African poet Ingrid Joker, for a tribute album linked to the 50th commemoration of her tragic death (by suicide) in the mid-1960s. Terminatryx chose “Ontvlugting” (Escape), and reveals a different side to the band, but the trademark sound and mood is definitely in tact (while perceived as a touch milder than expected, still filled with impact as it drives towards its climax). This is the band’s third Afrikaans song. Compiled by Ingrid Jonker’s daughter Simone and her husband Ernesto Garcia Marques, the tribute album is titled “Die Kind Is Nog Jonger” (The Child Is Still Younger), and contains 36 diverse artists of various genres, including South African legends, alternative stalwarts and also international acts (some performing English translations).  The album has only garnered high praise in the press, the 5-star review in www.WatKykJy.co.za singling Terminatryx out as “next level” and doing the passionate poem more than justice. The album was released by Flamedrop Productions and Sound Action, and is available on double CD, limited edition vinyl LP and download (from all reputed stores incl. iTunes, CD Baby, Amazon mp3 etc.)  CDs and vinyl can be picked up at stores across South Africa, or ordered on-line at www.loot.co.za and www.raru.co.za More details on the album, its background and all the artists can be found at www.flamedrop.com/ingridjonker Such is Ingrid Jonker’s impact that Nelson Mandela praised her and read from her poem “Die Kind” (The Child) during his address at the opening of the first democratically elected parliament in 1994. For the ocean themed music video to this darkly melancholic song, Terminatryx incorporated selected scenes from a short film made by drummer Ronnie and his BlackMilk partners Thomas Dorman (also a regular Terminatryx photographic collaborator), Leon Visser and Este Kira. This short film is titled “Onrusbarend” (Unbearable), and won a Shnit award. See the full short film at www.youtube.com/blackmilkproductions

NOVEMBER 2016

TERMINATRYX
Live at GANDALF's 17th BIRTHDAY
+ Launch of the new "ONTVLUGTING" Music Video
at ROAR, Sat 26 Nov, 299 Lower Main Road, Observatory
(R40 entry)



Join the 5-band line-up of Terminatryx, OhGod, Soldier, Black Moscow and Ethyl Ether
upstairs at ROAR to celebrate Gandalf's 17th birthday!
The Terminatryx set will co-incide with the band's launch of the new music video for the adaptation of the
Ingrid Jonker Afrikaans poem "Ontvlugting" (from the tribute album "Die Kind Is Nog Jonger")

RSVP & event details: www.facebook.com/events/1678754105772579

DJs, drink specials & merch on sale (incl. Ingrid Jonker tribute double CD & vinyl LP)

OCTOBER 2016

Paul & Sonja's live movie soundtrack project
THE MAKABRA ENSEMBLE
performs a new live soundtrack to silent classic
VAMPYR



Saturday 29 October 2016 at the South African Horrorfest 
8:45pm, Labia Theatre, 68 Orange Street, Gardens, Cape Town

This year's live soundtrack performance by The Makabra Ensemble will be for the amazing 1932 French-German classic VAMPYR.
One show only!
To avoid disappointment, book at: http://qkt.io/8D6Zf1

Resident Makabra members Sonja Ruppersberg, Simon Ratcliffe, Matthijs Van Dijk and Paul Andre Blom will be joined by special guest musicians Ronnie Belcher (of The Damned Crows & Terminatryx) and Nerine Dorman (A Murder). 
This will also be the customary HorrorFest Halloween dress-up event and the HorrorFest market will be outside the theatre from noon until 9pm.
All updates at:
www.facebook.com/SouthAfricanHorrorfest

www.horrorfest.info

JULY 2016

TERMINATRYX
Self-Titled Debut Album
8th Anniversary



The week of July 4th we're celebrating our self-titled debut album's 8th anniversary!
And we're making it available for free download ths week.
(Always keen on the unconventional, on July 4th, 2008 TERMINATRYX had the Cape Town launch
for the album at the Labia Theatre cinema! The music / movie double feature show had the band's
live performance followed by a special pre-release screening of werewolf movie Skin Walkers).
Thanks to everyone who'd been on this ride with us for 14 years(!), as well as newcomers (and the haters for proving that we're doing something right, getting under their skin!).
As a token of our appreciation, head to terminatryx.bandcamp.com/album/terminatryx and pop in a $0 at checkout. Limited downloads, so get your ass over there!



TERMINATRYX
"Siek + Sat"
Music Video



In 2008 TERMINATRYX shot a music video for the Afrikaans song "Siek + Sat" (Sick + Tired)
from the self-titled debut album.
For various reasons at the time, the video was shelved for release (see below) and only used
as a live performance backdrop.
Now, 8 years later (2016), it is being released for the first time...

The song is a stream of consciousness tirade on some of the aspects of life on planet earth
that can rub you up the wrong way (in one of SA's very expressive languages, Afrikaans). 
In order to illustrate this, Terminatryx co-founder and video director Paul wanted to have
this fury materialise in the video. He devised a simple but effective method, having the band perform
in front of green flames, but when the chorus kicks in, the fire turns red together with
the band members erupting into alter egos of disdain. 
For this effect the talented duo of Clinton Smith and Daleen Badenhorst of Cosmesis transformed
Sonja, Ronnie, Patrick and Paul with practical make-up application, including painted veins
and black-out contact lenses - yes, half a decade before Die Antwoord :)

2008 was still very much a pre-HD era, the video shot in SD DV, Paul wasn't happy that the
great make-up work by Clinton and Daleen got diminished by the less than perfect video quality.
On top of this, it was Paul's first attempt at editing green screen shot footage
(to key in the flames and band members). The less-crisp quality led to a lot of bleeding and interference. 
While the video did get screened as an opening clip before Paul & Sonja's Makabra Ensemble
live movie soundtrack performance of Nosferatu at the Oppi Koppi music festival
(and a few other film festivals like the SA HorrorFest), it was never 100% satisfactory.
So, it got shelved and only used as part of the live video backdrop to synch up
with the song when performed. 

But, now that the self-titled TERMINATRYX debut album (where "Siek+Sat" features)
is celebrating its 8th anniversary, we thought it was time the video got dusted off
and revealed to the wider public for the first time.
Looking back at it again after many years, it is actually far less terrible than the fog of memory recalls(!).
Enjoy!

Behind the scenes photo gallery: 
www.terminatryx.com/gallery2009_sieksat.htm

JUNE 2016

INGRID JONKER Tribute Album
"Die Kind Is Nog Jonger"
(The Child Is Still Younger)

It has been a long and winding road to get this landmark compilation album released.
Check out the TERMINATRYX adaptation of Jonker's poem "Ontvlugting" right here:

Legendary South African poetry icon and literary giant Ingrid Jonker committed suicide
50 years ago by walking into the ocean at Three Anchor Bay, Cape Town.

Her daughter Simone and husband Ernesto selected 36 artists to adapt Jonker's work
in whichever way they felt inspired.
The result is an amazing double album of varied artists paying tribute by breathing
new life into her timeless words.

When they struggled to get record companies interested, Terminatryx
co-founder Paul Blom stepped in to make it a reality (having listened to all the incredible
tracks and feeling it cannot be shelved). With a crowd funding campaign
and an indie release via Paul's Flamedrop (and Ernesto's Sound Action),
the collection was launched 3 June on double CD and download
(the limited edition vinyl LP set for July).

Downloads :
iTunes > purchase here
CD Baby > purchase here
Also available at all other download stores.

Order double CDs at :
Raru.co.za > order here
Loot.co.za > order here

Indie Walk-In Record Stores :
High Fidelity (Killarney Mall, Johannesburg)
 Mabu Vinyl (Gardens, Cape Town) 
Music Moods (Pretoria & Centurion) 
Revolution Records (Obs, Cape Town) 
Top CD (Menlyn, Grove & Kolonnade, Pretoria)
and soon at Musica stores
& more to be announced.

Book Stores:
Kalk Bay Books (Cape Town)
and at Exclusive Books branches soon

More stores announced soon.

All info on the project, Ingrid Jonker, artist details & more at