Milo Aukerman talks punk outsiders, nerd culture, stage intensity, coffee obsession and the lasting legacy of Descendents ahead of the band’s 2026 Australian tour. Read More …
Avatar’s Johannes Eckerström On Returning Down Under And Why The Music Must Come First
Avatar have never felt like a band that simply turn up, plug in and play. They arrive with worlds attached. The music, the visuals, the clothes, the stage show, the darkness, the humour, the hooks and the strange theatrical madness all feel like they are Read More …
Anthrax Return With It’s For The Kids Ahead Of Long Awaited New Album Cursum Perficio
Anthrax are back, and after ten long years between records, the New York heavy metal titans are finally ready to unleash their next chapter. The band will release their long awaited 12th full length studio album Cursum Perficio on September 18 via Nuclear Blast Records Read More …
The Ghoulstars Raise The Dead With Debut Album The Dark Overlords Of The Universe | Crannk Reviews
Spooky is the name, yet wicked is the game! Finnish horror punk crew The Ghoulstars pump out a themed album that tickles your spine and feeds your deathly urges. Pop culture samples and horror references are woven all through each track, giving horror punk fans Read More …
Escape The Fate’s Craig Mabbitt On Surviving The Scene Era, Social Media Burnout & Why Heavy Music Still Matters
Escape The Fate vocalist Craig Mabbitt reflects on the rise of the MySpace-era scene, discovering heavy music through Linkin Park, the mental toll of social media, Sleep Token, and surviving more than 20 years in heavy music. Read More …
Sepultura Bow Out With Fire, Reflection And One Last Blast– The Cloud Of Unknowing Review
This might be an unpopular opinion, and believe me when I say I am in two minds about the whole thing. I think there are three camps, three individual fan groups, when it comes to Sepultura. The first are the old school 50 plus year Read More …
Necrosonic Festival Returns For Year Three With Rivers Of Nihil, Psycroptic And 30 Bands Across Three Stages
Necrosonic Festival is back for year three, and this one already feels like it is shaping up to be something seriously unmissable for the Australian heavy scene. On Saturday 22 August 2026, the gates reopen at Mansfield Tavern in Brisbane as Necrosonic returns bigger, darker Read More …
Rivers Of Nihil’s Adam Biggs On Australia, Psycroptic, Saxophone And The Band Finding Its Footing Again
Rivers Of Nihil are heading back to Australia this August for a massive co headline run with Tasmania’s own technical death metal legends Psycroptic, and this is one of those bills that just makes sense the second you see it. Psycroptic and Rivers Of Nihil Read More …
GAEREA’s Alpha On The Emotional Weight Of Loss And The Road To Australia
Portuguese extreme metal force GAEREA are finally making their way to Australia for the very first time this July, bringing the Loss Australian Tour to Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney, presented by Soundworks Direct Touring. For a band that has built its reputation on Read More …
Killswitch Engage Announce Massive Australian And New Zealand Tour For October/November 2026 With Sylosis
Killswitch Engage are heading back down under in 2026, and this one is going to be absolutely massive. The legends of modern heavy music will return to Australia and New Zealand across October and November 2026 for their biggest Antipodean headline shows yet, bringing more Read More …
FALLUJAH Are Returning To Australia And The Cosmos Is About To Split Open
Fallujahare heading back to Australia for SHRED FEST 2026 alongside Obscura, armed with their crushing new album Xenotaph. We caught up with vocalist Kyle Schaefer to talk atmosphere, evolution, Australian crowds and why this run feels bigger than ever. Read More …
Deep Purple Release Arrogant Boy As First Taste Of New Album SPLAT!
Rock royalty Deep Purple are back with a brand new single, and honestly, if there was ever a band that could still come roaring out of the gates with that classic hard rock fire in the belly, it is Deep Purple. The legendary British rockers Read More …