Wildheart are a Brisbane based melodic hardcore band who had a big end of the year in 2018, hot off the back of their widely successful EP “We Are” and are not looking to slow down in 2019 with a run of shows through QLD Read More …
Author: Jai That Aussie Metal Guy
Crannk reviews Oculum Dei and the debut album “Dreams Of Desire and Torment”
Hailing from the deep, dark depraved depths of the bible belt Charlotte,USA are the blackened death trio Oculum Dei. They first formed in 2016 as a studio project and were not content to remain in the studio and started playing live shows developing an elaborate Read More …
Crannk Reviews From Crisis To Collapse EP “The Seventh Tree”
From Crisis To Collapse formed in Australia in 2015, but with members hailing from Italy, Spain, Brisbane, Sydney and Byron really have various influences from all over the world. They are billed as an extreme metal band but they are so much more and prove Read More …
Crannk Interviews Shockin’Head
Shockin’Head are a metal band out of Italy who play a no nonsense style of old school heavy metal.The debut album from Shockin’Head “Xxmiles” has just recently been released and Jai that Aussie Metal Guy got the chance to have a quick chat with the Read More …
Crannk Reviews- Backstabber “Conspiracy Theorist”
Backstabber are a Death/Thrash metal trio out from Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada. Backstabber will be releasing their Debut album “Conspiracy Theorist” upon the world on February 15, 2019. “Conspiracy Theorist has a real face crushing,devastatingly great death/thrash metal feel to it but also with the instrumentals Read More …
Crannk Interviews Seas Of Conflict
Seas Of Conflict are a metal band out of Hamilton, New Zealand, They have developed a solid reputation and following with their uncompromising sound and exceptional live performances through out New Zealand, with Seas Of Conflict having already supported bands like Antagonist Ad, Make Them Read More …
Crannk Reviews Soul Grip “Not Ever”
Soul Grip are a post Black Metal band from Ghent, Belgium. Soul Grip formed in early 2015 and got straight into touring and playing live developing and growing their sound and following, before heading into the studio in December of 2014 to record their first Read More …
Interview with Nautical Mile
Nautical Mile are a Pop-Punk band out of Perth, Western Australia with an exciting blend of catchy infectious Punk melodies and vocals. Nautical Mile first formed in 2015 with Nautical Mile’s self-titled EP being released in 2016.The second EP “Playing For Keeps” came out in Read More …
Review Beaten To Death “Agronomicon”
Beaten To Death are a Grindcore band out of Oslo and was formed in 2010, by members of Intense, Tsjuder, and She Said Destroy. Beaten To Death’s previous three studio albums “Xes And Strokes” 2011, “Dodsfest” 2013, and “Unplugged” 2015, along with the latest release Read More …
Donkey Vote- Home and Hosed Ep Album Review
Donkey Vote are a four piece punk band from Ballarat, Australia. They released their debut EP Home and Hosed in December 2018. The seven track EP is a mixture of fast paced heavy drumming, punky bass lines, distorted guitar and vocals that sit somewhere between Read More …
CRANNK’S 2018 Aussie Metal Year in Review
Hey Crannkers hope you have all had a kick ass 2018 loaded with great metal/live shows and memories where ever you are.Here in Australia we have had an absolutely amazing year for Aussie Metal.As the 2018 year winds up and we approach 2019 it is Read More …
Album Review – Battlegrave Relics Of A Dead Earth
Battlegrave are two extremely talented musicians Clint Patzel and Rohan Buntine, I first came across Battlegrave with the To Hell with War EP and was immediately blown away like a shotgun to my ears, with the war themes and sound of Battlegrave which reminded me Read More …