When I first caught up with Canadian multi-instrumentalist Ryan Koepke through a written Crannk Q&A in 2025, Cepheidae Variable was very much his baby. The debut album, Primordial Reverie, was this massive instrumental journey through progressive metal, orchestration, synths and science fiction inspired soundscapes, with Read More …
Before Dungeon Synth had a name, Mortiis was already building strange electronic worlds. Killer talks to Håvard Ellefsen about Ghosts of Europa, analog synthesizers, sonic experimentation, creative obsession and the glorious art of following an idea into the unknown. Read More …
There are ambitious concept albums, and then there are albums that feel like somebody has emptied the entire contents of their head onto the table and somehow found a way to turn it all into music. Annihilus Mundi’s forthcoming second full-length, The Dead Sea Scrolls, Read More …
A year after our first conversation, Dorian Pavlović of Ocean of Another returns to talk AI, human creativity, cruelty, empathy, Manntra and the strange business of remaining human in an increasingly automated world. Read More …
Gunnhild Sundli and Magnus Børmark discuss Norwegian folklore, Eurovision, creative change and the stories behind GÅTE’s new album Sigil Norwegian folk rock trailblazers GÅTE have never approached tradition as something that belongs behind glass. Across more than two decades, the band have drawn upon Norwegian Read More …
There is still plenty of darkness inside ATER. The crushing low end, extreme vocals and heaviness that drove 2024’s Somber haven’t suddenly disappeared. If anything, they’re now sitting inside something much bigger. On album number three, Everlasting, Chilean dark metal outfit ATER are pulling gothic Read More …
Thirteen Days – Winter Album LaunchWith Larsen & The UnsetThe Ed Castle, Adelaide | 26 September 2026 A Night at The Ed Castle with Thirteen Days and Friends It’s 8:30 PM on a Saturday night. The busy doors of The Ed Castle are open and Read More …
August Burns Red – Season Of Surrender Australian Tour 2026With I Promised The World, The Gloom In The Corner & FallweatherThe Gov, Adelaide | 29 September 2026 A Night of Legacy and the New What a wicked night! The Gov is always a busy-body machine, Read More …
After 30 years, 13 albums and thousands of shows, Amon Amarth bassist Ted Lundström is still here. We talk surviving metal, touring, songwriting and The Allfather Awakens. Read More …
There is a moment early in my conversation with Falsimonian guitarist, keyboardist, composer and producer Jesus Fuentes Valverde where a lot of what sits behind the band suddenly starts making sense. Before the jazz degrees, before melodic death metal collided with Latin rhythms and before Read More …
Theo from Obscura Qalma talks Faust, AI, grief, philosophy, The Cure, The Smiths and the nightmare of being human in 2026. Read More …
There are album titles that simply sound good, and then there are album titles that carry considerably more weight once you understand the person standing behind them. For Melbourne hard rock outfit Ion Sky, Before We Die falls firmly into the latter category. The band’s Read More …
