ASH brought 1977 and their greatest hits to Lion Arts Adelaide, with Oscar The Wild opening the night before Burn Baby Burn sent the room into orbit. Read More …
Mortal Sin: Forty Years of Mayhem, Fifty Shows Back and No Signs of Slowing Down
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The Ocean: Robin Staps on Solaris, Rebuilding the Collective, Dual Vocals and Exploration
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Mastodon – Marrow Deep Review: Grief, Survival and a New Era
A band staring death in the fucking face and deciding to keep marching Released: August 28, 2026Label: Loma Vista RecordingsAlbum: Ninth studio albumLength: Approximately 65 minutesGenre: Progressive Metal / Sludge Metal / Heavy MetalRating: 9/10 There are albums you throw on because you want some Read More …
Sarcator’s Mateo Tervonen: The Ones We Follow, Death “N” Roll & Breaking Boundaries
There are albums that introduce you to a band, and then there are albums that immediately make you stop what you’re doing and pay attention. For me, Sarcator’s Alkahest was absolutely the latter. I first came across the Swedish band properly when that record landed Read More …
Behemoth Unleash In League With Satan Featuring Shagrath And Release I, Scvlptor
Polish extreme metal legends Behemoth have unleashed “In League With Satan”, the second single from their new studio release I, Scvlptor, which is out now digitally via Nuclear Blast Records and physically via Massacre Records. The track is a reworking of the Venom classic and Read More …
156/Silence Release New Album From A Distance And Share Title Track Featuring Alex Reade Of Make Them Suffer
Pittsburgh atmospheric metalcore powerhouse 156/Silence have released their new album From A Distance, out now via Pure Noise Records. The album is the band’s sixth full length and follows their critically acclaimed 2024 release People Watching. To mark the release, 156/Silence have also dropped the Read More …
Stabbitha and the Knifey Wifeys Unleash Their Most Human Record Yet: Disgust
Stabbitha and the Knifey Wifeys return with Disgust, an explosive new album shaped by twelve years of songwriting, live shows, anger, mortality and musical evolution. Read More …
From Under Concrete Kings’ Joseph Izayea on Impulse Tension, Trauma & Acceptance
Some records capture a moment. Others only really begin to make sense once enough time has passed to understand the person who survived it. From Under Concrete Kings’ Impulse Tension feels very much like the latter. I’ve known Joseph Izayea for a few years now. Read More …
Razorlight’s Johnny Borrell: Rebuilding Trust, Rediscovering the Songs and Returning Down Under
Twenty years after Razorlight, Johnny Borrell joins Jai That Aussie Metal Guy to talk about the album that seemed determined to exist, rebuilding his creative relationship with Andy Burrows, returning to Australia and the raw live moment captured in “Wire to Wire.” Anniversary conversations can Read More …
Exumer Return with Rage, Hooks and Death Mask Messiah | Crannk Reviews
The wait is over! Exumer’s new album, Death Mask Messiah, is here, and it’s fucking insane! The Exumer boys have been busy delivering their sixth studio album and their first since 2019. Death Mask Messiah is also the first Exumer recording to feature the new Read More …
Segression: Chris Rand On 30 Years, Australian Metal History And We Are Deathless
There are some interviews that are work, and then there are the ones where you sit there thinking, fuck, sixteen year old me would never have believed this. Catching up with Chris Rand from Segression definitely sat in that second camp for me. I first Read More …