Every morning, a Ball of burning, brutal energy scorches away the faceless, directionless, angst ridden dark off the earth's face. Thank God, black can be such a drag.

Like the sun, Sonsteek, mighty Afrikaans rock band comes in hard from the east (Brakpan, Kempton and surrounds) to burn blisters into the current ideas of what rock music can be.

It’s brutally powerful, musically exceptional, but stays true in blood to the raw concrete of Gauteng's…