Get ready, Australia — the horror circus is rolling back into town, and this time it’s bigger, bolder, and more batshit than ever. Kim Dracula, the genre-smashing Tasmanian iconoclast, has announced a triumphant homecoming tour this November with none other than the Duke of Spook Read More …
Italy’s Dying Awkward Angel are sharpening the blades once more with their upcoming album, The Missing Frame, out August 22nd via Rockshots Records. Built on years of hard-earned grit and unwavering loyalty to melodic death metal’s roots, the new material is a raging return, loaded Read More …
Power metal titans PRIMAL FEAR are back and bringing the fire — quite literally — with their stirring new single ‘Tears Of Fire’, the latest taste from their upcoming full-length DOMINATION, set to drop this September. From the opening climb of soaring guitars to the Read More …
Canadian rock royalty FINGER ELEVEN are back — and they’re coming in with fire, ferocity, and a fresh chapter carved out in stone. After a decade-long wait, the Juno Award-winning, multi-platinum alt-rock legends have announced their first new studio album in 10 years, Last Night Read More …
Few bands in modern metal possess the storytelling gravitas, cinematic flair, and emotional weight of Dutch symphonic metal visionaries Blackbriar. With their third full-length album, A Thousand Little Deaths, set to drop August 22 via Nuclear Blast, the band invites us once more into their Read More …
Melbourne’s own hard rock firestarters Ablaze have just unleashed their long-awaited second album Sink Ya Teeth In, out today, August 1st — and it’s an absolute ripper. The follow-up to their much-loved debut No Chaser, this new eight-track beast is the band’s first vinyl release, Read More …
Feature by Jai That Aussie Metal Guy Australian rock and punk fans — this is not a drill. This September, we witness history. Cherie Currie, the trailblazing frontwoman of the iconic all-girl rock band The Runaways, is bringing her fierce spirit, glam-punk legacy, and thunderous Read More …
As the tide of modern metal continues to evolve, few bands manage to navigate the line between power and vulnerability quite like Sweden’s ELEINE. With their uniquely cinematic blend of symphonic metal, dark aesthetics, and emotional weight, ELEINE have become torchbearers for a genre that Read More …
What happens when two of the most mind-bending, genre-defying musicians of the digital age step off your screen and onto a stage together? You get ESCAPE THE INTERNET—a tour that promises to blow minds, shake walls, and inspire a new generation of guitarists and bassists Read More …
Following an 8-year hiatus, The Dillinger Escape Plan return to Australia this August for a very limited run of live shows to commemorate Calculating Infinity, their game-changing debut album—and reignite the unrelenting energy that made them one of the most incendiary live acts in history. Read More …
Following the unrelenting devastation of their 2024 album Cursed, Paleface Swiss are dragging their visceral, genre-defying deathcore back to Australian shores—and this time, they’re not coming alone. Presented by The Phoenix AU, the Cursed Tour sees Paleface Swiss teaming up with beatdown bruisers NASTY for Read More …
By Jai “That Aussie Metal Guy” Anderson | Crannk.com Germany’s reigning kings of unrelenting brutality, NASTY, are finally heading Down Under for their long-overdue debut Australian tour this September 2025, co-headlining alongside Swiss deathcore wrecking crew Paleface Swiss. Presented by The Phoenix AU, this lineup Read More …
